Burlingame station

Burlingame
Burlingame station building in August 2018
General information
Location290 California Drive
Burlingame, California
Coordinates37°34′48″N 122°20′42″W / 37.58000°N 122.34500°W / 37.58000; -122.34500
Owned byPeninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)Peninsula Subdivision[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Burlingame Trolley
Bus transport SamTrans: ECR, 292, 397
Construction
Parking68 spaces; paid
Bicycle facilities13 racks, 18 lockers
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1894
Rebuilt2008
Original companySouthern Pacific
Passengers
20181,104 per weekday[2]Increase 1.4%
Services
Preceding station Caltrain Following station
Millbrae Local San Mateo
Broadway Weekend Local
     Limited does not stop here
     Express does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Caltrain Following station
Millbrae Local (L1) San Mateo
Broadway Weekend Local (L2)
Millbrae Limited (L4) San Mateo
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Millbrae Coast Line San Mateo
San Bruno Del Monte
Until 1971
San Carlos
toward Monterey
San Francisco
Terminus
Lark
Until 1968
Palo Alto
Burlingame Railroad Station
LocationBurlingame, California
Coordinates37°34′48″N 122°20′42″W / 37.58000°N 122.34500°W / 37.58000; -122.34500
Built1894
ArchitectHoward, George H., Jr. & Mathisen, J.B.
Architectural styleMission RevivalSpanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.78000769[3]
CHISL No.846[4]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1978
Designated CHISL1971
Location
Map

Burlingame station is a Caltrain commuter rail station in Burlingame, California. The station building was constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival and Mission Revival architecture styles in 1894, opening for service on October 10 of that year.[4] 18th-century tiles from the Mission San Antonio de Padua at Jolon and the Mission Dolores Asistencia at San Mateo were used for the station roof.[4]

The station was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1971 and added to the National Register of Historic Places as Burlingame Railroad Station in 1978.[4][3]

Burlingame has two side platforms serving the line's two tracks. Until 2008, the station had a southbound side platform and a narrow island platform between the tracks — a common configuration at Southern Pacific stations. This required use of the hold-out rule, where only one train could be at the station at a time. The northbound side platform was completed on February 25, 2008, followed by a new southbound platform on April 1, thus eliminating the hold-out rule.[5][6]

  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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d "Burlingame Station". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
  5. ^ "Caltrain to Open New Northbound Platform at Burlingame Station" (Press release). Caltrain. February 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008.
  6. ^ "Caltrain To Open New Southbound Platform At Burlingame Station" (Press release). Caltrain. March 27, 2008. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008.