Hillsdale station (Caltrain)

Hillsdale
Commuter rail
Looking north at Hillsdale Station, November 10, 2012
Location	3333 El Camino Real San Mateo, CA 94403
Coordinates	37°32′16″N 122°17′51″W / 37.53778°N 122.29750°WCoordinates: 37°32′16″N 122°17′51″W / 37.53778°N 122.29750°W
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)	Caltrain   Local service   Limited-stop service   Baby Bullet
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: M Samtrans: KX, ECR, 57, 62, 250, 251, 256, 292, 294, 295, 397, 398
Construction
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Lockers available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Fare Zone 2
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	2,555 per weekday[1]  10.3%
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station Hayward Park toward San Francisco Local service Belmont toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Limited-stop service Belmont toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Millbrae toward San Francisco Baby Bullet Pattern A Palo Alto toward San Jose Diridon

Hillsdale is one of three Caltrain stations in San Mateo, California. The station is next to the (now demolished) Bay Meadows Racetrack and close to the Hillsdale Shopping Center.

Platforms and tracks

Northbound	■ Local service	toward San Francisco (Hayward Park)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward San Francisco (Hayward Park)
	■ Baby Bullet, Pattern A	toward San Francisco (Millbrae)
Southbound	■ Local service	toward Gilroy (Belmont)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward Tamien, Gilroy during peak hours (Belmont)
	■ Baby Bullet, Pattern A	toward San Jose Diridon (Palo Alto)

Station amenities

• Caltrain ticket machines
• 8-Ride ticket validators
• Market (Luke's Local)^[2]

Transit connections

Hillsdale Station is well-connected by several Samtrans bus routes and one AC Transit Transbay Route, making it a hub for services to Foster City, Hillsborough, and San Mateo, with some routes extending north to San Francisco, south to Palo Alto Caltrain, east to Hayward BART (via San Mateo Bridge), and west to Half Moon Bay and Pacifica (weekdays only). This station also has bus service to and from San Francisco International Airport (on Routes 292 and 397).^[3][4]

Hillsdale Station is also served by Samtrans' All Nighter Route 397, an all-night bus service connecting San Francisco, Brisbane, South San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, and the El Camino Real corridor between Millbrae and Palo Alto Caltrain via East Palo Alto.^[4]

Bay Meadows station

Until December 20, 2005, the former Bay Meadows Racetrack had the now-closed Bay Meadows station, less than a half-mile (800 m) north of Hillsdale. When Hillsdale was renovated, the platform was extended a few hundred feet to the north, eliminating the need for the separate station. Hillsdale is now the closest station to the former racetrack area.

Relocation

The City of San Mateo applied for Measure A funds for a grade separation project in 2013. The proposed 25th Avenue Grade Separation Project will elevate tracks in southern San Mateo, eliminating the at-grade crossing at 25th Avenue and adding grade-separated crossings at 28th and 31st Avenues, which are currently interrupted by Peninsula Corridor tracks.^[5][6] As part of the grade separation project, Hillsdale Station will be relocated closer to the transit-oriented development at Bay Meadows, somewhere between the new crossings at 28th and 31st Avenues. Construction is expected to start in 2017 and complete by 2020.^[7]

References

1. Caltrain. "February 2014 Caltrain Annual Passenger Counts" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-11.
2. "Luke's Local". Retrieved 2012-11-09.
3. "292 - (SamTrans) serves Hillsdale Shopping Center, San Mateo, Burlingame, San Francisco International Airport, United Airlines Maintenance Base, South San Francisco, Brisbane, San Francisco". Retrieved 2012-11-09.
4. "397 - (SamTrans) OWL SERVICE serves San Francisco, South San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport, Burlingame, San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Palo Alto". Retrieved 2012-11-09.
5. City of San Mateo (13 September 2013). "25th Avenue Grade Separation and Rail Realignment Project". City of San Mateo. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
6. "25th Avenue Grade Separation" (PDF). Caltrain Board of Directors. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
7. Weigel, Samantha (15 July 2016). "San Mateo closing in on grade separation: Plans relocated Caltrain Hillsdale station, create new crossings at 25th, 28th and 31st avenues". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

External links

• Media related to Hillsdale station (Caltrain) at Wikimedia Commons
• Caltrain Hillsdale station page