Broadway station (Caltrain)

Last updated
Broadway
Southbound train at Broadway station, August 2018.JPG
A southbound train at Broadway station in 2018
General information
Location1190 California Drive
Burlingame, California
Coordinates 37°35′14″N122°21′43″W / 37.58722°N 122.36194°W / 37.58722; -122.36194
Owned by Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s) Peninsula Subdivision [1]
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Burlingame Trolley
Aiga bus trans.svg Caltrain: Broadway/Millbrae shuttle
Aiga bus trans.svg SamTrans: 292, 397
Construction
Parking119 spaces; paid
Bicycle facilitiesLockers available
AccessiblePartial, no wheelchair lift available
Other information
StatusWeekend service only
Fare zone2
History
Opened1911
Previous namesBuri Buri
Original company Southern Pacific
Passengers
201878/36 (Sat/Sun) [2]
Services
Preceding station Caltrain roundel.svg Caltrain Following station
Millbrae
toward San Francisco
Weekend Local (L2) Burlingame
toward San Jose Diridon or Tamien
      Local (L1) does not stop here
      Limited (L3) does not stop here
      Limited (L4) does not stop here
      Limited (L5) does not stop here
      Baby Bullet (B7) does not stop here
Location
Broadway station (Caltrain)

Broadway station is a Caltrain station in Burlingame, California. Caltrain only serves the stop on weekends and holidays; weekday service is provided by a bus shuttle to nearby Millbrae station.

Contents

History

The former station building in 2018 Station building at Broadway station, August 2018.JPG
The former station building in 2018

A station in north Burlingame was opened around 1911, and renamed to Buri Buri in 1917, then Broadway in 1926. [3] The former Southern Pacific Railroad depot building at Broadway still stands and used as a restaurant. [3] A lightly-used station at nearby Easton (which existed as a separate town from 1906 to 1910) was in service until at least 1925. [3] The San Francisco Municipal Railway 40 San Mateo interurban, originally operated by United Railroads of San Francisco, served passengers at the station from their line on what became California Drive [4] : 32  [5] until the service ceased in 1949.

Like most stations on the corridor, the Southern Pacific built Broadway with a side platform on the west track for southbound trains, and a narrow island platform between the tracks for northbound trains. Because of the narrow center platform for northbound passengers, a hold-out rule is in effect at the station: if a train is stopped for passengers, an approaching train in the opposite direction on the other track must wait outside the station. The resulting delays were the main reason that Broadway became a weekend-only station on August 1, 2005, shortly after the Caltrain Express project was completed. [6] A free shuttle to Millbrae station was implemented in lieu of weekday service. [7]

Future plans

After the electrification of Caltrain is completed, daily service is planned to be reinstated at Broadway. [8]

The Broadway level crossing viewed from a passing train Traffic at Broadway crossing, December 2020.jpg
The Broadway level crossing viewed from a passing train

The nearby level grade crossing at Broadway Avenue is planned to be grade-separated, with construction projected to start as early as 2025 if funding can be identified. The at-grade crossing has been identified as the second-most necessary grade separation among 10,000 at-grade crossings in California because it handles 70,000 vehicles per day, and city officials state it is the site of the worst traffic congestion in Burlingame. Grade separation is projected to cost $250 million. [9] Plans for a grade separation started in 1965 when the Peninsula Commute was being operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad, but were stymied by the complex geometry of Broadway, which intersects with roads immediately east (Carolan) and west (California) of the level crossing, and (further east) passes over U.S. 101 at an interchange rebuilt in 2017, and the heavy rail traffic, projected at more than 114 trains per day by 2020. Traffic through the actual grade crossing was estimated at 27,000 vehicles per day in 2015. [10] : 1–2  There are an average of two accidents and 105 traffic citations issued each year resulting from traffic stopped on the tracks. [11]

Seven alternatives (including a no-build option preserving the current layout) were studied in the Broadway Grade Separation Project Study Report, which recommended Alternative A, a combination of partially elevating the rail line for 7,300 feet (2,200 m) and partially depressing the roadway for a length of 730 feet (220 m), resulting in acceptable grades of up to 4.8 percent for road traffic and 0.75 percent for rail traffic. [10] : 12–14  Under Alternative A, shoofly tracks would first be constructed east of the existing line and west of Carolan, then rail traffic would be diverted while the existing line was elevated. After the new rail bridge and embankments were completed, rail traffic would shift back to the newly elevated original alignment and Broadway would be temporarily closed while being reconstructed at a depressed alignment. [10] : 15–16  Alternatives with the rail line lowered were considered, but they were rejected because of the high cost of drainage due to three nearby creeks. [10] : 21  Broadway station would be rebuilt with an island platform to remove the existing hold-out rule. A preliminary design for the grade separation and station rebuild was anticipated for Spring 2019, [11] and ultimately completed in October 2020 along with environmental clearance. [12] The project is forecast to finish construction by summer of 2027. [12]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millbrae, California</span> City in California, United States

Millbrae is a city located in northern San Mateo County, California, United States. To the northeast is San Francisco International Airport; San Bruno is to the northwest, and Burlingame is to the southeast. It is bordered by San Andreas Lake to the southwest. The population was 23,216 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caltrain</span> California commuter rail line

Caltrain is a California commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley. The southern terminus is in San Jose at Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as far as Gilroy. The northern terminus of the line is in San Francisco at 4th and King Streets. Caltrain has 28 regular stops, one limited-service weekday-only stop, one weekend-only stop (Broadway), and one football-only stop (Stanford). While average weekday ridership in 2019 exceeded 63,000, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant: in August 2022, Caltrain had an average weekday ridership of 18,600 passengers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Millbrae station</span> Train station in Millbrae, California, U.S.

Millbrae station is an intermodal transit station serving Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Caltrain, located in Millbrae, California. The station is the terminal station for BART on the San Francisco Peninsula, served by two lines: The Red Line before 9 pm and the Yellow Line during the early morning and evening. It is served by all Caltrain services. The station is also served by SamTrans bus service, Commute.org and Caltrain shuttle buses, and other shuttles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Downtown Mountain View station</span> Train station in Mountain View, California, U.S.

Downtown Mountain View station is an intermodal transit station providing public bus and rail service, located in Mountain View, California. The station is served by the Caltrain commuter rail service, for which it is simply called Mountain View station. Santa Clara VTA Orange Line light rail service is provided to an adjacent, dedicated light rail facility, known as Downtown Mountain View station. VTA local transit bus and employer-operated shuttle services are accommodated from the Mountain View Transit Center on the Evelyn Avenue side of the station.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peninsula Commute</span> Passenger rail service between San Francisco and San Jose

The Peninsula Commute, also known as the Southern Pacific Peninsula or just Peninsula, was the common name for commuter rail service between San Jose, California and San Francisco, California on the San Francisco Peninsula. This service ran as a private, for-profit enterprise beginning in 1863. Due to operating losses, the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) petitioned to discontinue the service in 1977. Subsidies were provided through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in 1980 to continue service, and it was renamed Caltrain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palo Alto station</span> Train station in Palo Alto, California, U.S.

Palo Alto station is an intermodal transit center in Palo Alto, California. It is served by Caltrain regional rail service, SamTrans and Santa Clara VTA local bus service, Dumbarton Express regional bus service, the Stanford University Marguerite Shuttle, and several local shuttle services. Palo Alto is the second-busiest Caltrain station after San Francisco, averaging 7,764 weekday boardings by a 2018 count. The Caltrain station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision and a nearby bus transfer plaza.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bayshore station (Caltrain)</span> Train station in San Francisco, California, U.S.

Bayshore station is a Caltrain commuter rail station in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The station is on the border of San Francisco and the neighboring city of Brisbane. The parking lot and the northern section of the station are in San Francisco, while the remainder is in Brisbane. The station address is in San Francisco proper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South San Francisco station (Caltrain)</span> Train station in South San Francisco, California, U.S.

South San Francisco station is a Caltrain station in South San Francisco, California. The station is on the east side of the Bayshore Freeway, east and south of the curved Grand Avenue overpass, and north of where the freeway crosses over the tracks. Downtown South San Francisco is to the west, across the freeway. It previously underwent a substantial modernization and expansion project, completed in January 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Bruno station (Caltrain)</span> Train station in San Bruno, California, U.S.

San Bruno station is a Caltrain station located in San Bruno, California. The station is located just northeast of downtown San Bruno, above the intersection of San Mateo and San Bruno Avenues, adjacent to Artichoke Joe's Casino.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Mateo station</span> Train station in San Mateo, California, U.S.

San Mateo station is the northernmost of the three Caltrain stations in San Mateo, California. It is in downtown San Mateo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillsdale station (Caltrain)</span> Train station in San Mateo, California, U.S.

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Antonio station (Caltrain)</span> Train station in Mountain View, California, U.S.

San Antonio station is a Caltrain commuter rail station located in Mountain View, California. The station has two side platforms serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision, with a pedestrian tunnel at the south end.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gilroy station</span> Train station in Gilroy, California, U.S.

Gilroy station is a Caltrain station located in Gilroy, California, United States. It is the southernmost terminus of the Caltrain system, and is only served during weekday rush hours in the peak direction, with trains going toward San Francisco in the morning and returning southbound in the evening. The station building was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1918 and restored in 1998. Future plans call for extended Amtrak Capitol Corridor service, as well as California High-Speed Rail trains, to also stop at Gilroy. The station was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as Gilroy Southern Pacific Railroad Depot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atherton station</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dumbarton Rail Corridor</span> Passenger Rail Line

The Dumbarton Rail Corridor is a proposed transbay passenger rail line which would reuse the right-of-way that was initially constructed from 1907–1910 as the Dumbarton Cut-off. The Dumbarton Cut-off includes the first structure to span San Francisco Bay, the 1910 Dumbarton Rail Bridge, although the vintage Cut-off bridges would likely be replaced prior to activating new passenger service. Dumbarton Rail Corridor would provide service between Union City in the East Bay and Menlo Park on the Peninsula, with train service continuing to both San Francisco and San José along the existing Caltrain tracks. It has been in the planning stages since 1988, and would be the first above-ground transbay rail line since Key System electric trains stopped running on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge in 1958, and the first new transbay crossing of any kind since the completion of the Transbay Tube in 1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caltrain Express</span> Faster San Francisco-San Jose rail service

The Caltrain Express (CTX) project was implemented from 2002 to 2004 and led to the establishment of the Baby Bullet express service, which shortened the transit time between San Francisco and San Jose, and certain stations in between. New locomotives and rolling stock were purchased for dedicated express service, bypassing most stations; quad-track overtake sections were added in two locations along the Peninsula Corridor right-of-way to allow express trains to pass slower local trains that were making all stops; tracks were also upgraded with continuous-welded rail; a centralized traffic control system was added; and crossovers were added every few miles to allow single-tracking trains around disabled trains. Congresswoman Jackie Speier, then serving as a California State Senator, is credited with securing the funding for CTX and one of the new locomotives acquired for the project is named for her as a result. During commute hours, the Baby Bullet is up to 20% faster than driving south from San Francisco to San Jose.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caltrain Modernization Program</span> Railway electrification project in California, US

The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, is a $2.44 billion project that will add a positive train control (PTC) system and electrify the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley, as well as transition from its current diesel-electric locomotive powered trains to electric multiple units (EMU). According to Caltrain, electrification of the tracks will allow it to improve service times via faster acceleration and shorter headways, reduce air pollution and noise, and facilitate a future railway tunnel into downtown San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center, as diesel trains cannot serve underground stations.

The Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) is a planned second phase of the San Francisco Transbay Transit Center (TTC). When complete, it will extend the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor commuter rail line from its current northern terminus at 4th and King via a 1.3 mi (2.1 km) tunnel. The new terminus will be near the Financial District and will provide intermodal connections to BART, Muni, Transbay AC Transit buses, and long-distance buses. In addition, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) plans to use DTX and the Caltrain-owned Peninsula Corridor for service on the CHSRA San Francisco–San Jose segment. Because DTX uses a long tunnel, current diesel locomotives are not suitable and the Caltrain Modernization Project (CalMod), which includes electrification of the line and acquisition of electrified rolling stock, is a prerequisite.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monterey County Rail Extension</span>

The Monterey County Rail Extension is a planned commuter rail extension that would bring Caltrain passenger service south of its existing Gilroy, California terminus to Salinas in Monterey County, using the existing Coast Line owned by Union Pacific (UPRR). Implementation of the rail extension will occur over three phases, starting from Salinas and moving north. When construction is complete, there will be four trains operated over the extended line per weekday: two northbound trains that depart from Salinas and travel to San Francisco in the morning, and two southbound trains that return to Salinas in the afternoon.

References

  1. ↑ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
  2. ↑ "2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
  3. 1 2 3 Duncan, Mark (October 4, 2005). "The San Francisco Peninsula Railroad Passenger Service: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ McGovern, Janet (2012). Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738576220.
  5. ↑ Vielbaum, Walter; et al. (2005). "Introduction". San Francisco's Interurban to San Mateo. Arcadia Publishing. p. 30. ISBN   0738530085.
  6. ↑ "Caltrain "Reinvention Adds 10 Trains, Faster Trips" (Press release). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 22 July 2005. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Broadway Millbrae Shuttle". Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Wood, Barbara (26 July 2017). "Atherton: Caltrain will soon cut trees to install electric wires" . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Walsh, Austin (25 September 2017). "Inching ahead". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 4 DeStefano, Peter (January 2017). Broadway Grade Separation Project Study Report (PDF) (Report). City of Burlingame. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Burlingame Broadway Grade Separation Community Meeting" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. 1 2 "Broadway Burlingame Grade Separation Project" (PDF). San Mateo County Transportation Authority. March 4, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.