College Park station (Caltrain)

College Park
Commuter rail
College Park station, 22 September 2012
Location	780 Stockton Avenue San Jose, CA 95110
Coordinates	37°20′34″N 121°54′56″W / 37.34278°N 121.91556°WCoordinates: 37°20′34″N 121°54′56″W / 37.34278°N 121.91556°W
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)	Caltrain   Limited-stop service   Local service
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	5
Other information
Fare zone	Fare Zone 4
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	92 on, 166 off per weekday[1]  5.5%
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station Santa Clara toward San Francisco Limited-stop service San Jose Diridon toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Santa Clara toward San Francisco Local service (weekday limited service) San Jose Diridon toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours
Location

College Park is a lightly used Caltrain station in San Jose, California. It is served by two trains in each direction Monday through Friday, and no train stops there on weekends or holidays. It is in Caltrain Fare Zone 4. College Park serves Bellarmine College Preparatory, a boys' secondary school, resulting in the school-related service times.

History

Before Caltrain, College Park was a station on Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute line, in fare zone 6 (brown).^[2] It is mentioned in Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild.^[3][4]

In August 2005, service was reduced from 12 daily trains to four.^[1]

Due to the small size of the station, only two cars within a 5-car train are capable of opening their doors to allow passengers to board/disembark.

Platforms and tracks

Mainline tracks	■ ACE	No stops
	■ Coast Starlight	No stops
	■ Capitol Corridor	No stops
	■ Caltrain: Baby Bullet	No stops
Caltrain northbound	■ Caltrain: Local service	toward San Francisco, weekday limited service (Santa Clara)
	■ Caltrain: Limited-stop service	toward San Francisco (Santa Clara)
Caltrain Southbound	■ Caltrain: Local service	toward Gilroy, weekday limited service (San Jose Diridon)
	■ Caltrain: Limited-stop service	toward Tamien, Gilroy during peak hours (San Jose Diridon)

Station amenities

• Caltrain Ticket Machines
• Sheltered Waiting Bench
• Clipper Card Validator

References

1. "2014 Caltrain Annual Passenger Counts, Attachment 1 – Caltrain Service History" (PDF). Caltrain. 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
2. "Southern Pacific Peninsula Time Tables". Southern Pacific Lines. April 1, 1978. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007.
3. Dunn, Geoffrey (16 January 2013). "The Call of the Valley". Metro Silicon Valley. San Jose, California. p. 17. Retrieved 15 March 2014. When Buck was stolen from the 'Miller' ranch, London referenced 'the little flag railway station known as College Park,' a small train stop that, to this day, is located in the College Park neighborhood, just off the Alameda near Bellarmine Preparatory School.
4. London, Jack (1903). "Chapter I. Into the Primitive". The Call of the Wild. No one saw him and Buck go off through the orchard on what Buck imagined was merely a stroll. And with the exception of a solitary man, no one saw them arrive at the little flag station known as College Park.

External links

• Media related to College Park (Caltrain station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Station information (Caltrain)
• Station information (Transit Unlimited)