Palo Alto station

Palo Alto, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Wheelchair access: Accessible

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Palo Alto station, an intermodal transit center in Palo Alto, California, is a Streamline Moderne building designed by architect John H. Christie and opened by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1941. Built as part of a grade separation project, the station was conceived to harmonize with the railroad's Daylight series of streamlined passenger trains. The facility features two side platforms serving the Peninsula Subdivision's two tracks and a bus transfer plaza. Once serving intercity routes until 1971, it now functions as the second-busiest Caltrain station after San Francisco, accommodating regional rail, local and regional bus services, and university shuttles, with approximately 7,764 weekday boardings recorded in 2018. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.