Millbrae Station

Infobox Station
name=Millbrae Station
Millbrae Intermodal Terminal
type=Rapid transit (BART)
Commuter rail (Caltrain)
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image_size=225
image_caption=BART side of the station at night
address=2000 North Rollins Road (BART)
Millbrae, CA 94030
100 California Drive (Caltrain)
Millbrae, CA 94030
line=BART:
Rail color box|system=BART|line=RedRail color box|system=BART|line=Blue

Caltrain
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platform=Caltrain/BART Cross-platform transfer
parking=Monthly Reserved, Daily (free), Midday (free), Carpool (free)
Airport/Long Term ($6/day)
Yes (Caltrain)
bicycle=30 Lockers (BART)
Racks available (Caltrain)
mpassengers=rail pass box|system=BART|passengers=3,570|pass_year=FY 2007|pass_percent=6.60rail pass box|system=Caltrain|passengers=1,917|pass_year=2007|pass_percent=5.5
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pass_percent=
reference= [ [http://caltrain.com/caltrain_ridership_2007.html Caltrain - Ridership] ]
opened=June 22, 2003 (BART)
1987 (Caltrain)
rebuilt=
ADA=Yes
code=
owned=
zone=Caltrain Fare Zone 2

Millbrae Station (also known as Millbrae Intermodal Terminal) is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Caltrain station located in suburban Millbrae, California, in northern San Mateo County.

Description

Millbrae Station is the largest intermodal terminal in the United States west of the Mississippi in terms of station facilities and acreageFact|date=August 2008. It consists of three at-grade main tracks for BART and two for Caltrain. An island platform provides a cross-platform connection between the two systems (for traveling northward to San Francisco). An elevated concourse mezzanine is located above the platforms. Currently, two BART tracks and one island platform usually are kept out of regular service, used instead as a de facto rail yard to house train sets that are also out of service. However, because one of the two Caltrain tracks is serviced only by a side platform, to remove Caltrain sets from service, passengers occasionally must disembark using this island platform.

The station is also a regional bus transit hub with multiple bus bays served by several SamTrans lines.

Millbrae Station has approximately 3,000 parking spaces, including a five-story parking garage and surrounding surface parking. Except for the marked Reserved Parking areas, most parking is currently free of charge during weekdays for up to 24 hours at a time, and all parking (including the weekday reserved) is free without time restrictions on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays that fall on Friday or Monday. Additionally, the Reserved Parking areas become free parking after 10:00 a.m. on weekdays.

BART service

The station is the terminal station for BART on the San Francisco Peninsula with service by the BART Richmond – Millbrae Line on weekdays and the BART Dublin/Pleasanton - Millbrae Line during weeknights and on weekends. There is currently no direct connection provided to the airport, except during the first and last hours of BART service each day. A timed transfer to an airport-bound Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO Line BART train, however, is provided at the San Bruno Station north of Millbrae.

Caltrain service

The station offers extensive daily Caltrain commuter rail service that operates along the north/south line between San Jose and San Francisco on an approximately half-hourly basis each weekday (including express skip-stop trains). Service is more frequent during commute hours and for special events (such as San Francisco Giants home games) and is less-frequent at night and on weekends and holidays. Caltrain service south of San Jose to Gilroy is limited to three daily commute-hour round trips.

History

The original Millbrae depot, served only by Caltrain since 1985, was located about 200 feet (61 m) to the south and now houses the Millbrae Train Museum, which opened in 2004. Before the present Millbrae Intermodal Terminal was constructed for the BART San Mateo Extension terminus, Millbrae was a crucial stop along the Caltrain line, as it offered a free connection to what was then a Caltrain shuttle bus between the station and nearby San Francisco International Airport. (The trip is now only available on from the station via taxicab or BART, currently costing $1.50 via the latter as of January 2008.)

Caltrain service began at the original Millbrae depot in 1985, as part of the rebranding of previous rail passenger services that had operated along the San Francisco Peninsula since the early 20th century (see Peninsula Commute). Caltrain migrated to the new facility in spring 2003, and BART joined Caltrain at the new current station on June 22, 2003, [ [http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf untitled ] ] as part of the BART San Mateo County Extension project that extended BART service southward from Colma to Millbrae and San Francisco International Airport.

Gallery

Transit connections

Several SamTrans bus lines stop at the station:
*342
*390
*391
*397
*Burlingame Shuttle

References

ee also

*List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

External links

* [http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_station_list.html Caltrain station list]
* [http://www.bart.gov/stations/stationGuide/stationOverview_MLBR.asp BART - Millbrae Station Overview]
* [http://www.bart.gov/guide/parking/overview.asp BART - Parking Overview]