Stanford station explained

Stanford
Style:Caltrain
Address:100 Embarcadero Road
Borough:Palo Alto, California
Coordinates:37.4386°N -122.1567°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Owned:Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB)
Line:PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Status:Football game days only
Original:Southern Pacific
Accessible:Partial, no wheelchair lift available
Zone:3

Stanford station is a Caltrain station in Palo Alto, California, near the stadium on the Stanford University campus.[1] It is not a regular stop; instead, it is only in service for Stanford football home games and other large events at the stadium.[2] [3] The usual stop for the university is the Palo Alto station. The station does not have ticket vending machines; however, when in use, Caltrain staff will be present with handheld Clipper card readers so people can tag on and off.[4]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Let's Go California . 10th . Naomi . Straus . Macmillan . 2004 . 9780312335441 . 184 .
  2. Web site: Stanford Station . Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board . 2017.
  3. Caltrain Offering Service for Earthquakes Game at Stanford Stadium on Saturday Night . Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board . https://web.archive.org/web/20180213140802/http://trainer.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_Offering_Service_for_Earthquakes_Game_at_Stanford_Stadium_on_Saturday_Night.html . February 13, 2018 . June 24, 2015.
  4. Web site: Stanford Football . www.caltrain.com . 23 September 2021.
  5. How to Get Your "Big Game" Ticket . October 1922 . 21 . Stanford Illustrated Review . 24 . 1 . Google Books.