Castro Station was a Caltrain station located in Mountain View, California, just south of the railroad crossing at Rengstorff Avenue. It was replaced by the newer San Antonio station, which opened 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north in April 1999.[3]
Castro | |||||||||||
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 Former station site in 2012 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Crisanto Avenue near Rengstorff Avenue Mountain View, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′10″N 122°05′49″W / 37.40278°N 122.09694°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | February 6, 2000 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Southern Pacific | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| February 2000 | 111 (weekday average boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
| Former service | |||||||||||
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After boardings at Castro were cut in half by the newer station opening, Castro was closed on February 6, 2000.[4]
References
edit- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
- ^ "Caltrain Passenger Counts" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2006. p. 10.
- ^ "Milestones 1990s". Caltrain.
- ^ Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing / Castro stop to remain part of Caltrain history". San Francisco Chronicle.
External links
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