Stanford station
Stanford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms at Stanford station in July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 100 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°26′19″N 122°09′24″W / 37.43861°N 122.15667°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Partial, no wheelchair lift available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Football game days only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | c. 1920s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Original company | Southern Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanford station is a Caltrain station in Palo Alto, California, near the stadium on the Stanford University campus. It is not a regular service stop; instead, it is only in service for Stanford football home games and other large events at the stadium. The usual stop for the university is the Palo Alto station. The station does not have any ticket vending machines; however, when in use, Caltrain staff will be present with handheld Clipper card readers so people can tag on and off the train.
Service to the station has existed since at least 1922 (one year after the Stanford Stadium opened). In 1994, an estimated 20% of the visitors to the 1994 FIFA World Cup soccer games at Stanford arrived by train.