List of Caltrain stations

Caltrain is a commuter rail transit system that serves the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara Valley in the U.S. state of California. It is operated under contract by TransitAmerica Services and funded jointly by the City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) through the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB). The system's average weekday ridership is 62,190 as of February 2017.[1]

The original railroad between San Francisco and San Jose (known as the Peninsula Commute) was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road in 1863.[2][3] In 1870 the railroad was acquired by Southern Pacific.[2] Southern Pacific double tracked the line in 1904. In 1958 the railroad had record ridership, 7.5 million passengers.[4] The popularity of the railroad began to decline and in 1977 Southern Pacific petitioned to the state government to discontinue Peninsula Commute.[2][3] After months of negotiation, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reached an agreement with the three counties of which the Peninsula Commute ran through to continue rail operation.[2] Under the agreement, the system was renamed Caltrain and operation responsibilities were shared by Caltrans, Southern Pacific and the three counties.[2] The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board was formed in 1987, and it bought the right of way of Caltrain from Southern Pacific in late 1991 for $220 million.[2][3][4] The PCJPB formally took over the operation of Caltrain in 1992 and contracted Amtrak to operate the system. In the same year, Caltrain extended to Gilroy.[5] Amtrak's contract with PCJPB was renewed in 2001.[2]

The system has 32 stations, 29 served daily and two weekend-only. San Francisco 4th and King Street is the northern terminus of the system, while Gilroy is the southern terminus. Atherton and Broadway are served only on weekends, and Stanford is served only on Stanford University's football game days.[6] College Park is served only on weekdays during Bellarmine College Preparatory's school commute time. Tamien is served by train on weekdays and by shuttle bus on weekends. The five southernmost stations—Capitol, Blossom Hill, Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Gilroy—are served only on weekdays during commute time. Twelve stations are served by the express train service known as Baby Bullet, inaugurated in 2004.[5] Seven stations (Millbrae,[a] Burlingame, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and San Jose Diridon) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]

Stations

^ Timed-transfer stations[8]
Transfer to other system Transfer stations with other rail systems
* Baby Bullet stops[8]
*^ Baby Bullet stops/Timed-transfer stations[8]
*Transfer to other system Baby Bullet stops/Transfer stations with other rail systems[8]
dagger Terminals
*daggerTransfer to other system Baby Bullet stops/Transfer stations with other rail systems/Terminals[8]
Station Stations with limited services[6]
Mile[b] Station Baby Bullet[c] Fare
zone[d]		 Abb.[g] Location Weekday Ridership[e] Services Image
Peak Reverse
A B A B
0.2San Francisco*daggerTransfer to other system
()		●●●●1SFKSan Francisco15,220regular serviceView of the rail approach and branching at the northern terminal station, San Francisco 4th and King station
1.922nd Street*●●TWESan Francisco1,696regular service22nd Street station, facing south
5.2BayshoreBAYSan Francisco /
Brisbane		246regular service
9.3South San Francisco[f]SSFSouth San Francisco501regular serviceSouth San Francisco station, facing south
11.6San BrunoSBRSan Bruno704regular serviceSan Bruno station platform, facing north
13.7Millbrae*Transfer to other system
(Bay Area Rapid Transit)		●●●●2MILMillbrae3,378regular serviceSouthbound train platform at Millbrae station
15.2Broadway[f]BWYBurlingame166 (Sat & Sun)weekends
16.3BurlingameBURBurlingame1,061regular service

Burlingame station circa 1900

17.9San Mateo*●SMTSan Mateo2,062regular serviceSan Mateo station building
19.1Hayward ParkHPKSan Mateo379regular service
20.3Hillsdale*●●HILSan Mateo2,959regular serviceHillsdale station building
21.9BelmontBELBelmont607regular serviceBelmont station island platform
23.2San Carlos^SCSSan Carlos1,326regular serviceSan Carlos station building
25.4Redwood City*^●●●RWCRedwood City3,872regular service

Redwood City station

27.8Atherton[f]3ATHAtherton154 (Sat & Sun)weekendsAtherton station shelter
28.9Menlo Park*^●MPKMenlo Park1,740regular serviceMenlo Park station building
30.1Palo Alto*●●●●PALPalo Alto7,404regular servicePalo Alto station building
30.8StanfordSTFPalo Alto —Stanford football gamesStanford station
31.8California AvenueCALPalo Alto1,668regular serviceStreet side of California Avenue station
34.1San AntonioSATMountain View905regular serviceShelter at San Antonio station
36.1Mountain View*Transfer to other system
(Santa Clara VTA)		●●●MVWMountain View4,585regular serviceMountain View station building
38.8Sunnyvale*●SUNSunnyvale3,312regular serviceSunnyvale station, facing south
40.8 CaltrainLawrence4LAWSunnyvale906regular serviceLawrence station
44.7 UPRRSanta Clara Transfer to other system
(Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak)		SCLSanta Clara1,023regular serviceSanta Clara station building
46.3College Park[f]CPKSan Jose78Bellarmine commute timesCollege Park station
47.5San Jose Diridon*daggerTransfer to other system
(Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak Santa Clara VTA)		●●●●SJDSan Jose4,662regular serviceSan Jose Diridon station
49.1Tamien*daggerTransfer to other system (Santa Clara VTA)●TAMSan Jose1,264regular serviceTamien station
52.4Capitol5CAPSan Jose56weekday commute timesCapitol station sign
55.7Blossom HillBHLSan Jose109weekday commute timesBlossom Hill station
67.5Morgan Hill6MHLMorgan Hill183weekday commute timesMorgan Hill station
71.2San MartinSMRSan Martin69weekday commute timesSan Martin station
77.4GilroydaggerGILGilroy173weekday commute timesGilroy station building

Closed stations

Mile[b] Station Fare
zone[d]		 Location Notes
4.1Paul Avenue1San FranciscoClosed in 2005 due to low ridership[9]
8.6Butler Road1South San FranciscoClosed in 1983
20.0Bay Meadows2San MateoConsolidated with Hillsdale Station in 2005[10]
34.9Castro3Mountain ViewReplaced by San Antonio Station in 2000[11]

Notes

a Millbrae station's original depot and platforms were closed in 2003 when Caltrain relocated to the new Millbrae Intermodal Terminal just to the north. The depot now houses the Millbrae Train Museum.[12]
b Station mileposts are based on track distance from the former 3rd and Townsend Southern Pacific Depot 0.2 miles northeast of the current San Francisco station. Actual station distances south of Lawrence station no longer match the given mileposts (e.g. current track distance from San Francisco to the San Jose station is 46.8 miles).
c Peak trains travel north toward San Francisco in the morning and south toward San Jose/Tamien in the afternoon. Reverse peak trains travel south toward San Jose in the morning and north toward San Francisco in the afternoon. A, B indicate Baby Bullet train stop patterns. Trains of each stop pattern runs on an hourly frequency during peak commute hours.
d Caltrain charges zone-based fares. Fares are based on the number of 13-mile zones the passenger travels in.[13]
e Ridership counts the average number of weekday boardings at the listed station in February 2017.[1]
f At this station, Caltrain applies a "hold-out rule": a train cannot enter the station when a train on the other track is stopped at the station for passengers.
g Three-letter station abbreviation.[14]

References

General
  • "Caltrain Stations". Caltrain.
Specific
  1. 1 2 "Caltrain 2017 Annual Passenger Count: Key Findings" (PDF). Caltrain. February 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Caltrain — San Francisco to Gilroy". Caltrain. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "History, Caltrain Milestones". Caltrain. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Pimentel, Benjamin (June 30, 1997). "A New Look for Caltrain — Critics want better service instead of cosmetic changes". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  5. 1 2 Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "Caltrain". Trains Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  6. 1 2 "Caltrain System Map". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Caltrain Facilities and Statistics". Caltrain. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Caltrain Weekday Timetable". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Dave (August 1, 2005). "Baby Bullet service expands". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
  10. ↑ "Key Findings-February 2010 Caltrain Annual Passenger Counts" (PDF). Caltrain. p. 1. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
  11. ↑ Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
  12. ↑ Somers, Janets (February 4, 2005). "All aboard for train buffs". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Fare Chart". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
  14. ↑ List of Caltrain stations on Twitter

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