Atherton station

Atherton station is a former Caltrain station in Atherton, California. The station had one side platform and one island platform serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision, with a concrete and wooden shelter on the west side of the tracks. The station opened by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1866 as Fair Oaks and was renamed Atherton in 1912. Caltrain cut weekday service to the station in 2005 due to low ridership and a hold-out rule that prohibited two trains from being at the station simultaneously. Weekend service continued until December 2020.

This article is about the former station in the United States. For the railway station in England, see Atherton railway station.

Atherton
A southbound train at Atherton station in December 2020
General information
Location1 Dinkelspiel Station Lane
Atherton, California
Coordinates37°27′51″N 122°11′50″W
Owned byPeninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)Peninsula Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
Fare zone3
History
Openedc. 1866
ClosedDecember 19, 2020
Rebuilt1913, 1954, 1990
Previous namesFair Oaks (until 1912)
Passengers
2019114 (daily average)
Former services
Preceding station Caltrain Following station
Redwood City
toward San Francisco
 Local
Weekends only, until 2020
 Menlo Park
toward San Jose Diridon
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Redwood City
toward San Francisco
 Coast Line Menlo Park
toward Los Angeles
San Carlos
toward San Francisco
 Del Monte
Until 1971
 Palo Alto
toward Monterey
Location
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