Blossom Hill station (Caltrain) explained

Blossom Hill
Style:Caltrain
Address:5560 Monterey Road
Borough:San Jose, California
Coordinates:37.2839°N -121.8417°W
Owned:Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line:UP Coast Subdivision
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Connections: VTA: Rapid 
Parking:425 spaces
Bicycle:10 racks and 10 lockers
Accessible:Yes
Zone:5
Opened:July 1, 1992
Passengers:146 per weekday[1]
Pass Year:2018
Pass Percent:14.1
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Blossom Hill station is a Caltrain station located off Monterey Road near the Blossom Hill Road expressway in San Jose, California. The station is only served during weekday peak hours, with northbound trains in the morning and southbound trains in the evening.

Blossom Hill station has a single side platform serving one of the two tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad Coast Subdivision.

A footbridge crosses the tracks at the station allowing pedestrians to access both Monterey Road and Great Oaks Parkway. The bridge, opened on September 28, 2012, was named Xander's Crossing after two-year-old Alexander Arriaga, who was killed crossing the tracks in the area in 2005.[2] Service between San Jose and Gilroy, including Blossom Hill station, was increased to four weekday round trips on September 25, 2023.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report . Caltrain . 2018 . 2018-10-17 . 2020-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200520173552/http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/_Marketing/pdf/2018+Annual+Passenger+Counts.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: September 28, 2012 . New San Jose Pedestrian Bridge Honors Boy Killed By Train . October 21, 2022 . . en-US.
  3. Caltrain to Operate New Schedule Starting this Fall . September 13, 2023 . Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.