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Lawrence station is a Caltrain commuter rail station in Sunnyvale, California. The station has four tracks with side platforms serving the outer tracks.[1]
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 A northbound train at Lawrence in March 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 137 San Zeno Way Sunnyvale, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°22′14″N 121°59′46″W / 37.37056°N 121.99611°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  SMCTD shuttles: Bowers-Walsh, Duane Ave., Mission | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 122 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Original company | Southern Pacific | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 949 per weekday[2]  1.9% (Caltrain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original Lawrence station was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, which completed the first rail link between San Francisco and San Jose in 1864.[3] By August 1866, "Lawrence's" station had appeared in the timetable.[4] It was named for Alfred Chester Lawrence, who owned the land in the area at the time.[5] The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad was acquired by Southern Pacific, which continued to operate a station at Lawrence until 1945.[6] In 1982 or 1983,[7][8] Caltrain reopened the station.
- ^ a b SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
- ^ "2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Grand Celebration of the Opening of the San Jose Railroad". Daily Alta California. Vol. 16, no. 5070. 17 January 1864. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Timetable, August 1st 1866".
- ^ "City History". City of Santa Clara. 2021.
- ^ "Passenger Trains > Caltrain's Lawrence Station and More". Trainorders.
- ^ "Caltrain 1982 Timetable" (PDF).
- ^ "Caltrain 1983 Timetable" (PDF).
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