Atherton station
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This article is about the former station in the United States. For the railway station in England, see Atherton railway station.
Atherton station is a former Caltrain station in Atherton, California. The station had one side platform and one island platform serving the two tracks of the Peninsula Subdivision, with a concrete and wooden shelter on the west side of the tracks. The station opened by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1866 as Fair Oaks and was renamed Atherton in 1912. Caltrain cut weekday service to the station in 2005 due to low ridership and a hold-out rule that prohibited two trains from being at the station simultaneously. Weekend service continued until December 2020.
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Location | 1 Dinkelspiel Station Lane Atherton, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°27′51″N 122°11′50″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Peninsula Subdivision[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | c. 1866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | December 19, 2020[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1913, 1954, 1990[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Fair Oaks (until 1912) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | 114 (daily average)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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