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 Amtrak 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 serves over 36,993 passengers a day as of the fiscal year 2008.[1]

The original railroad corridor between San Francisco and San Jose (known as the Peninsula Commute) was first constructed and operated by the San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road in 1863.[2][3] In 1870, the railroad service was acquired by Southern Pacific.[2] Under Southern Pacific's ownership, the line was double tracked in 1904. In 1958, the railroad experienced record ridership, with 7.5 million passengers.[4] However, the popularity of the railroad began to decline soon afterward, 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 brought 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, of which 29 are regularly served. Stanford is a football-game-day-only station, and both Atherton and Broadway are served only on weekends.[6] Five regularly served stations—Blossom Hill, Capitol, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and San Martin—are served on weekdays only during commute time. Tamien is served by train on weekdays and served by shuttle bus on weekends. Twelve stations are served by the express train service known as Baby Bullet, first inaugurated in 2004.[5] San Francisco 4th and King Street is the northernmost terminus of the system, while Gilroy is the southernmost terminus. 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]

Contents

Stations

* Express stops[8]
^ Express stop designated as transfer station[8]
Terminals
* Express stops/Terminals[6]
Station Stations with limited services[6]
Mile Station City Fare
zone[b]		 Ridership[c] Services
0.0 San Francisco 4th & King Street* San Francisco 1 &100000000000083060000008,306 regularly served
1.9 22nd Street* San Francisco 1 &10000000000000872000000872 regularly served
5.2 Bayshore San Francisco 1 &10000000000000166000000166 regularly served
9.3 South San Francisco South San Francisco 1 &10000000000000373000000373 regularly served
11.6 San Bruno San Bruno 1 &10000000000000450000000450 regularly served
13.7 Millbrae* Millbrae 2 &100000000000024250000002,425 regularly served
15.2 Broadway Burlingame 2  — served only on weekends
16.3 Burlingame Burlingame 2 &10000000000000646000000646 regularly served
17.9 San Mateo* San Mateo 2 &100000000000014410000001,441 regularly served
19.1 Hayward Park San Mateo 2 &10000000000000210000000210 regularly served
20.3 Hillsdale* San Mateo 2 &100000000000019570000001,957 regularly served
21.9 Belmont Belmont 2 &10000000000000426000000426 regularly served
23.2 San Carlos San Carlos 2 &10000000000000928000000928 regularly served
25.4 Redwood City^ Redwood City 2 &100000000000021540000002,154 regularly served
27.8 Atherton Atherton 3  — served only on weekends
28.9 Menlo Park* Menlo Park 3 &100000000000013930000001,393 regularly served
30.1 Palo Alto* Palo Alto 3 &100000000000036720000003,672 regularly served
30.8 Stanford Palo Alto 3  — served only on football game days
31.8 California Avenue Palo Alto 3 &10000000000000917000000917 regularly served
34.1 San Antonio Mountain View 3 &10000000000000551000000551 regularly served
36.1 Mountain View* Mountain View 3 &100000000000031730000003,173 regularly served
38.8 Sunnyvale* Sunnyvale 3 &100000000000018250000001,825 regularly served
40.8 Lawrence Sunnyvale 4 &10000000000000565000000565 regularly served
44.7 Santa Clara Santa Clara 4 &10000000000000673000000673 regularly served
46.3 College Park San Jose 4 &1000000000000009700000097 regularly served
47.5 San Jose Diridon* San Jose 4 &100000000000027500000002,750 regularly served
49.1 Tamien* San Jose 4 &10000000000000610000000610 served only on weekdays
52.4 Capitol San Jose 5 &1000000000000003400000034 regularly served (commute time only)
55.7 Blossom Hill San Jose 5 &1000000000000006700000067 regularly served (commute time only)
67.5 Morgan Hill Morgan Hill 6 &10000000000000143000000143 regularly served (commute time only)
71.2 San Martin San Martin 6 &1000000000000005700000057 regularly served (commute time only)
77.4 Gilroy Gilroy 6 &10000000000000149000000149 regularly served (commute time only)

Closed stations

Mile Station City Fare
zone		 References
20.0 Bay Meadows San Mateo 2 [9]
34.9 Castro Mountain View 3 [10]
4.1 Paul Avenue San Francisco 1 [11][12]

Notes

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Ridership Information" (PDF). Caltrain. http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Stats+and+Reports/Ridership/2008_Caltrain_Ridership_Counts.pdf. Retrieved May 22, 2008. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Caltrain — San Francisco to Gilroy". Caltrain. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100102012149/http://caltrain.com/caltrain_overview.html. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b c "History, Caltrain Milestones". Caltrain. http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_history.html. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  4. ^ a b Pimentel, Benjamin (June 30, 1997). "A New Look for Caltrain — Critics want better service instead of cosmetic changes". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/06/30/MN24599.DTL. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  5. ^ a b Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "Caltrain". Trains Magazine. http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=415. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  6. ^ a b c "Caltrain timetable". Caltrain. http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_map.html. Retrieved November 4, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Fares and Zones". Caltrain Facilities and Statistics. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080615050737/http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_statistics.html. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  8. ^ a b "Caltrain timetable". Caltrain. http://www.caltrain.com/timetable.html. Retrieved November 4, 2008. 
  9. ^ "Bay Meadows ridership". Caltrain. p. 11. http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Stats+and+Reports/Ridership/2010_Caltrain_Ridership_Counts.pdf. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 
  10. ^ Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/12/03/MN98287.DTL. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 
  11. ^ Murphy, Dave (August 1, 2005). "Baby Bullet service expands". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/01/BAGAVE0UMG1.DTL. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 
  12. ^ Seligman, Katherine (April 23, 2005). "Caltrain commute cost to go up 17.5%". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/23/BAGFNCDP1M1.DTL. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 
  13. ^ Somers, Janets (February 4, 2005). "All aboard for train buffs". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/04/PNGHOB2SOQ1.DTL. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
  14. ^ "Fares and Zones". Caltrain. Archived from the original on August 2, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080802030723/http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_zones_04-02-2007.html. Retrieved November 22, 2008. 
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