Castro station (Caltrain)

Castro Station was a Caltrain station located in Mountain View, California, just south of the railroad crossing at Rengstorff Avenue. It was replaced by the newer San Antonio station, which opened 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north in April 1999.[3]

Castro
Former station site in 2012
LocationCrisanto Avenue near Rengstorff Avenue
Mountain View, California
Coordinates37°24′10″N 122°05′49″W
Owned byPeninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)Peninsula Subdivision[1]
Other information
Fare zone3
History
ClosedFebruary 6, 2000
Original companySouthern Pacific
Passengers
February 2000111 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Former service
Preceding station Caltrain Following station
California Avenue
toward San Francisco
 Local Mountain View
toward San Jose Diridon, Tamien or Gilroy
Location

After boardings at Castro were cut in half by the newer station opening, Castro was closed on February 6, 2000.[4]

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
  2. "Caltrain Passenger Counts" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2006. p. 10.
  3. "Milestones 1990s". Caltrain.
  4. Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing / Castro stop to remain part of Caltrain history". San Francisco Chronicle.

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