College Park station (Caltrain)


College Park is a lightly used Caltrain station serving Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. It is served by two weekday-only round trips, with no weekend service.

History

Before Caltrain, College Park was a station on Southern Pacific's Peninsula Commute line, in fare zone 6. It is mentioned in Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild as the location at which the stolen canine protagonist is fenced, beginning his journey away from civilization.
In August 2005, service was reduced from 12 daily trains to four. The nearby students who use the station have a history of protesting to protect it from removal.
Due to the small size of the station, only two cars of each train are capable of opening their doors to allow passengers to board and alight. The platform is planned to be rebuilt to accommodate through-running California High-Speed Rail service.