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.

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. In 1870 the railroad was acquired by Southern Pacific. Southern Pacific double tracked the line in 1904. In 1958 the railroad had record ridership, 7.5 million passengers. The popularity of the railroad began to decline and in 1977 Southern Pacific petitioned to the state government to discontinue Peninsula Commute. 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. Under the agreement, the system was renamed Caltrain and operation responsibilities were shared by Caltrans, Southern Pacific and the three counties. 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. 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. Amtrak's contract with PCJPB was renewed in 2001.

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. 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. Seven stations (Millbrae, Burlingame, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and San Jose Diridon) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Stations

4th St. side of San Francisco 4th and King station

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Southbound train at Millbrae station

Burlingame station circa 1900

Redwood City station

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Menlo Park station looking southeast

Street side of California Avenue station

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San Jose Diridon station

^	Timed-transfer stations
	Transfer stations with other rail systems
*	Baby Bullet stops
*^	Baby Bullet stops/Timed-transfer stations
*	Baby Bullet stops/Transfer stations with other rail systems
	Terminals
*	Baby Bullet stops/Transfer stations with other rail systems/Terminals
Station	Stations with limited services

Mile	Station	Baby Bullet				Fare zone	Location	Weekday Ridership	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					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					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					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
44.7	Santa Clara ( )					4	Santa Clara	1,006	regular service
46.3	College Park					4	San Jose	82	Bellarmine commute times
47.5	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	Station	Fare zone	Location	Notes
4.1	Paul Avenue	1	San Francisco	Closed in 2005 due to low ridership
	Butler Road	1	South San Francisco	Closed in 1983
20.0	Bay Meadows	2	San Mateo	Consolidated with Hillsdale Station in 2005
34.9	Castro	3	Mountain View	Replaced by San Antonio Station in 2000

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.
^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.
^e Station ridership is measured by average weekday exits in February 2013.
^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.

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