Castro station (Caltrain)

Castro Station was a Caltrain station located in Mountain View, California, just south of the railroad crossing at Rengstorff Avenue. It was replaced by the newer San Antonio station, which opened 0.8 miles (1.3 km) to the north in April 1999.^[3]

Castro
Former station site in 2012
General information
Location	Crisanto Avenue near Rengstorff Avenue Mountain View, California
Coordinates	37°24′10″N 122°05′49″W
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB)
Line(s)	PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision[1]
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Closed	February 6, 2000
Original company	Southern Pacific
Passengers
February 2000	111 (weekday average boardings)[2]
Former service
Preceding station Caltrain Following station California Avenue toward San Francisco Local Mountain View toward San Jose Diridon or Tamien
Location

After boardings at Castro were cut in half by the newer station opening, Castro was closed on February 6, 2000.^[4]

References

1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
2. "Caltrain Passenger Counts" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2006. p. 10.
3. "Milestones 1990s". Caltrain.
4. Pence, Angelica (December 3, 1999). "Little-Used Mountain View Station Closing / Castro stop to remain part of Caltrain history". San Francisco Chronicle.

External links

Media related to Castro station (Caltrain) at Wikimedia Commons

• Abandoned shelter in 2007 on Google Maps Street View