South San Francisco (Caltrain station)

Infobox Station
name=South San Francisco Station


image_size=200
image_caption=The South San Francisco station as a Baby Bullet Train flies by.
address=590 Dubuque Avenue,South San Francisco
line=Caltrain
type=Commuter rail
other=
platform=
parking=Available
bicycle=Lockers available
passengers=548 [ [http://caltrain.com/caltrain_ridership_2007.html Caltrain.com - Ridership] ]
pass_year=2007
pass_percent=5.1
opened=
rebuilt=
ADA=
code=
owned=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
zone=Fare Zone 1

South San Francisco station is a Caltrain station located in South San Francisco, California. It serves Local and Limited-Stop trains. The station is located on the east side of [U.S. Route 101|Highway 101] and located underneath E. Grand Ave.; downtown South San Francisco is just across the freeway.

Unfortunately, the station suffers from a poor location and poor amenities. The station has a southbound platform that is not ADA-compliant and a narrow island platform for northbound trains. The island platform requires a "hold out" rule at the station, meaning that only one train can enter the station at a time. The station must be accessed via Dubuque Ave., and a very tall pedestrian staircase is provided to access Grand Ave., above the station. The poor location prohibits buses from connecting to the station. Although numerous Samtrans routes run near the station on Airport Blvd., the hills and tight turns make it difficult for buses to access the station.

tation amenities

*Caltrain Ticket Machines
*Caltrain 10-Ride Ticket Validators
*Waiting benches
*Bike racks
*All-day parking
*Public telephone

Past Relocation Proposals

There have been past proposals to [http://www.dyettandbhatia.com/ssfcaltrain.htm relocate the station] southward so that the train would stop along the overpass that goes above Airport Blvd. The main purpose of this would be to improve access to the station, however it does not appear that this course of action is currently planned.

Future Expansion

Caltrain will be accepting bids for a [http://www.caltrain.org/project_South_San_Francisco_Caltrain_Station_Improvement.html station improvement project] for the South San Francisco station. The project would update the aging station by renovating the current southbound platform and building a new northbound platform in order to eliminate the "hold out" rule at the station and to be ADA-compliant. The project would also construct a bus and shuttle drop-off area on Airport Blvd. and an ADA-compliant pedestrian underpass to the new platform that would also connect with E. Grand Ave. and Airport Blvd., in order to provide better access to the station.

References

* [http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_station_list.html Caltrain station list]