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 58,245 as of February 2015.[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 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, 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 stations with other rail systems | |
| * | Baby Bullet stops[8] |
| *^ | Baby Bullet stops/Timed-transfer stations[8] |
| * | Baby Bullet stops/Transfer stations with other rail systems[8] |
| † | Terminals |
| *† | 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] |
Location | Weekday Ridership[e] | Services | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak | Reverse | ||||||||
| A | B | A | B | ||||||
| 0.2 | San Francisco*† ( ) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | San Francisco | 13,571 | regular service |
| 1.9 | 22nd Street* | ● | ● | 1 | San Francisco | 1,629 | regular service | ||
| 5.2 | Bayshore | 1 | San Francisco / Brisbane |
254 | regular service | ||||
| 9.3 | South San Francisco[f] | 1 | South San Francisco | 472 | regular service | ||||
| 11.6 | San Bruno | 1 | San Bruno | 682 | regular service | ||||
| 13.7 | Millbrae* ( ) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | Millbrae | 3,536 | regular service |
| 15.2 | Broadway[f] | 2 | Burlingame | 217 (Sat & Sun) | weekends | ||||
| 16.3 | Burlingame | 2 | Burlingame | 998 | regular service | ||||
| 17.9 | San Mateo* | ● | 2 | San Mateo | 2,062 | regular service | |||
| 19.1 | Hayward Park | 2 | San Mateo | 367 | regular service | ||||
| 20.3 | Hillsdale* | ● | ● | 2 | San Mateo | 2,706 | regular service | ||
| 21.9 | Belmont | 2 | Belmont | 699 | regular service | ||||
| 23.2 | San Carlos^ | 2 | San Carlos | 1,435 | regular service | ||||
| 25.4 | Redwood City*^ | ● | ● | 2 | Redwood City | 3,233 | regular service | ||
| 27.8 | Atherton[f] | 3 | Atherton | 111 (Sat & Sun) | weekends | ||||
| 28.9 | Menlo Park*^ | ● | 3 | Menlo Park | 1,762 | regular service | |||
| 30.1 | Palo Alto* | ● | ● | ● | ● | 3 | Palo Alto | 7,197 | regular service |
| 30.8 | Stanford | 3 | Palo Alto | — | Stanford football games | ||||
| 31.8 | California Avenue | 3 | Palo Alto | 1,553 | regular service | ||||
| 34.1 | San Antonio | 3 | Mountain View | 872 | regular service | ||||
| 36.1 | Mountain View* ( ) |
● | ● | ● | 3 | Mountain View | 4,569 | regular service | |
| 38.8 | Sunnyvale* | ● | 3 | Sunnyvale | 2,881 | regular service | |||
| 40.8 | Lawrence | 4 | Sunnyvale | 857 | regular service | ||||
| 44.3 | Santa Clara (  ) |
4 | Santa Clara | 1,006 | regular service | ||||
| 45.7 | College Park[f] | 4 | San Jose | 82 | Bellarmine commute times | ||||
| 46.9 | San Jose Diridon*† ( ) |
● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | San Jose | 4,161 | regular service |
| 49.1 | Tamien*† () |
● | 4 | San Jose | 1,102 | regular service | |||
| 52.4 | Capitol | 5 | San Jose | 43 | weekday commute times | ||||
| 55.7 | Blossom Hill | 5 | San Jose | 120 | weekday commute times | ||||
| 67.5 | Morgan Hill | 6 | Morgan Hill | 172 | weekday commute times | ||||
| 71.2 | San Martin | 6 | San Martin | 71 | weekday commute times | ||||
| 77.4 | Gilroy† | 6 | Gilroy | 153 | weekday commute times | ||||
Closed stations
| Mile[b] | Station | Fare zone[d] |
Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | Paul Avenue | 1 | San Francisco | Closed in 2005 due to low ridership[9] |
| 8.6 | Butler Road | 1 | South San Francisco | Closed in 1983 |
| 20.0 | Bay Meadows | 2 | San Mateo | Consolidated with Hillsdale Station in 2005[10] |
| 34.9 | Castro | 3 | Mountain View | Replaced 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 2015.[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.
References
- General
- "Caltrain Stations". Caltrain.
- Specific
- ^ a b "Caltrain 2015 Annual Passenger Count: Key Findings" (PDF). Caltrain. February 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Caltrain — San Francisco to Gilroy". Caltrain. Archived from the original on January 2, 2010. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ a b c "History, Caltrain Milestones". Caltrain. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ 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. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ a b Van Hattem, Matt (July 5, 2006). "Caltrain". Trains Magazine. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ a b "Caltrain System Map". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ "Caltrain Facilities and Statistics". Caltrain. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Caltrain Weekday Timetable". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
- ^ Murphy, Dave (August 1, 2005). "Baby Bullet service expands". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ^ "Key Findings-February 2010 Caltrain Annual Passenger Counts" (PDF). Caltrain. p. 1. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ^ Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
- ^ Somers, Janets (February 4, 2005). "All aboard for train buffs". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ^ "Fare Chart". Caltrain. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
