Bayshore (Caltrain station)

Bayshore
Commuter rail
A northbound train at Bayshore station in 2012
Location	400 Tunnel Avenue San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°42′27″N 122°24′07″W / 37.70750°N 122.40194°W / 37.70750; -122.40194Coordinates: 37°42′27″N 122°24′07″W / 37.70750°N 122.40194°W / 37.70750; -122.40194
Owned by	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s)	Caltrain   Local service   Limited-stop service
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Bayshore/Brisbane Senior Shuttle Commute.org: Bayshore/Brisbane Commuter Shuttle, Crocker Park Shuttle
Construction
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Lockers available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1907
Traffic
Passengers (2014 average weekday)	490  26.3%
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station 22nd Street toward San Francisco Local service South San Francisco toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Limited-stop service South San Francisco toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours
Location

Bayshore is a Caltrain commuter rail station on the border of San Francisco, California and Brisbane, California. The parking lot and about the northern fourth of the platforms are in the Visitacion Valley District of San Francisco; the remainder is in Brisbane. The official address is in San Francisco.

Like most Caltrain stations it is not staffed with ticket sellers; passengers buy tickets from machines.

Four tracks pass through, two in the middle and two side tracks for trains stopping at the station. During commute hours on weekdays, some trains are scheduled to wait at Bayshore on the side tracks until the Baby Bullet passes on the bypass track. A centerline fence prevents passengers from running across the four rails.

Muni intended to establish another light rail connection to the Bayshore station at Visitacion Valley in southern San Francisco with its new Third Street light rail extension. However, during the CTX Project, the Bayshore station was moved from San Francisco down south toward San Mateo County—currently, the platform itself is in Brisbane while the main parking lot is in San Francisco. To complicate matters, this connection has also been plagued by cost and design issues. The Third Street extension opened in early 2007 without the connection. Two proposed development projects adjacent to the station, the Visitacion TOD Project and the Brisbane Baylands, could hasten the planning and conversion of the Bayshore Station into an Intermodal Transit Station.

The closest Muni station, Arleta Station, is about a seven-minute walk north from the Bayshore Caltrain station.

Bayshore was established by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1907 along the new Bayshore Cutoff, a more direct route into San Francisco. The railroad planned to build an extensive terminal facility in Visitacion Valley that would serve as the primary maintenance and marshaling facility for the San Francisco Peninsula. Financial problems delayed completion of the project, and the 250-acre (1.0 km²) Bayshore rail yard and shops did not open until 1918. The facility operated around the clock and employed over 1,000 workers.