Stanford station

Stanford is a Caltrain station in Palo Alto, California, near the stadium on the Stanford University campus.[2] It is not a stop for regular service; instead, it is only served for Stanford football home games and other large events at the stadium.[3][4] The station does not have ticket vending machines nor Clipper card readers.

Stanford
Platforms at Stanford station in July 2018
Location	100 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, California
Coordinates	37°26′19″N 122°09′24″W
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)	Peninsula Subdivision[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Event service only
Fare zone	Fare Zone 3
History
Opened	c. 1920s
Original company	Southern Pacific
Services
Preceding station Caltrain Following station Palo Alto toward San Francisco Local (game days only) California Avenue toward San Jose Diridon, Tamien or Gilroy
Location

Service to the station has existed since at least 1922 (one year after Stanford Stadium opened).[5] In 1994, an estimated 20% of the visitors to the 1994 FIFA World Cup games at Stanford arrived by train.[6]

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
2. Straus, Naomi, ed. (2004). Let's Go California (10th ed.). Macmillan. p. 184. ISBN 9780312335441.
3. "Stanford Station". Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2017.
4. "Caltrain Offering Service for Earthquakes Game at Stanford Stadium on Saturday Night" (Press release). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on February 13, 2018.
5. "How to Get Your "Big Game" Ticket". Stanford Illustrated Review. Vol. 24 no. 1. October 1922. p. 21 – via Google Books.
6. McGovern, Janet (2012), Images of Rail: Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 106–107, ISBN 9780738576220

External links

Media related to Stanford station at Wikimedia Commons