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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Train station in Palo Alto, California, U.S.}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Stanford<br />
| style = Caltrain<br />
| image = Platforms at Stanford station, July 2018.JPG<br />
| image_caption = Platforms at Stanford station in July 2018<br />
| address = 100 Embarcadero Road<br />
| borough = [[Palo Alto, California]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|37|26|19|N|122|09|24|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}<br />
| mapframe = yes<br />
| mapframe-zoom = 14<br />
| owned = [[Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board]] (PCJPB)<br />
| line = PCJPB [[Peninsula Subdivision (California)|Peninsula Subdivision]]<ref name=schematics>{{CA rail schematics|page=13}}</ref><br />
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]s<br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| status = Football game days only<br />
| opened = {{circa|1920s}}<br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| original = [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]]<br />
| accessible = Partial, no [[wheelchair lift]] available<br />
| zone = 3<br />
| services = {{Adjacent stations<br />
|system=Caltrain<br />
|line1=Weekend Local|left1=Palo Alto|right1=California Avenue|note-mid1=(select trains on football game days only)<br />
|line2=Local|nonstop2=yes<br />
|line3=Limited|nonstop3=yes<br />
|line4=Express|nonstop4=yes<br />
}}<br />
| other_services_header = Former services<br />
| other_services_collapsible = yes<br />
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Caltrain<br />
|line2=L2|left2=Palo Alto|right2=California Avenue|note-mid2=Game days only<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Stanford station''' is a [[Caltrain]] station in [[Palo Alto, California]], near the [[Stanford Stadium|stadium]] on the [[Stanford University]] campus.<ref name=lgc>{{cite book |title=Let's Go California |edition=10th |editor-first=Naomi |editor-last=Straus |publisher=Macmillan |year=2004 |isbn=9780312335441 |page=184 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxAFfSutmEAC&pg=PA184}}</ref> It is not a regular service stop; instead, it is only in service for Stanford [[American Football|football]] home games and other large events at the stadium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Station |url=http://www.caltrain.com/stations/stanfordstation.html |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |date=2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Caltrain Offering Service for Earthquakes Game at Stanford Stadium on Saturday Night |url=http://trainer.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_Offering_Service_for_Earthquakes_Game_at_Stanford_Stadium_on_Saturday_Night.html |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213140802/http://trainer.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_Offering_Service_for_Earthquakes_Game_at_Stanford_Stadium_on_Saturday_Night.html |archivedate=February 13, 2018 |date=June 24, 2015}}</ref> The usual stop for the university is the [[Palo Alto station]]. The station does not have any ticket vending machines; however, when in use, Caltrain staff will be present with handheld [[Clipper card]] readers so people can tag on and off the train.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanford Football |url=https://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/specialevents/Stanford_Football.html |website=www.caltrain.com |access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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Service to the station has existed since at least 1922 (one year after the [[Stanford Stadium]] opened).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsPmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA21 |title=How to Get Your "Big Game" Ticket |date=October 1922 |page=21 |magazine=Stanford Illustrated Review |volume=24 |issue=1 |via=Google Books}}</ref> In 1994, an estimated 20% of the visitors to the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] soccer games at Stanford arrived by train.<ref>{{citation |title=Images of Rail: Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service |first=Janet |last=McGovern |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=9780738576220 |pages=106–107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjorOsVgXlcC&pg=PA106}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Caltrain stations in Santa Clara County, California]]<br />
[[Category:Stanford University]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1922]]<br />
[[Category:Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California]]<br />
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