Caltrain Station At Hillsdale Closed for Construction – Dec. 17 & 18

Caltrain passengers who want to board the train at the Hillsdale station will be directed to the nearby Bay Meadows station on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 17 and 18. The change is needed to accommodate extensive track work that will occur during a 55-hour work window. North- and southbound trains will go around the construction site on a single track.

In order to upgrade this key Baby Bullet station, the entire track bed will be shifted six inches east and lowered, and new railroad ties will be installed. Regular Caltrain service will resume at the Hillsdale station for the morning commute on Monday, Dec. 19.

Passengers will be directed to park in the Caltrain spaces behind TGI Friday and the former Organized Living store, just north of the Hillsdale station. Passengers requiring wheelchair access should use the Hayward Park or Belmont stations during this weekend, as there is no wheelchair access from the Bay Meadows station.

After completion of improvements to the Hillsdale station, the Bay Meadows station will be permanently closed to regular Caltrain service on Dec. 20.

The upgrade to the Hillsdale Caltrain Station is part of a $4.2 million construction project, which included the construction of a new northbound platform, the extension of the southbound platform, the separation of tracks by a center fence, and the installation of gated pedestrian crossings between the northbound and southbound platforms.

12/09/05