Caltrain Breaks Ground on Burlingame Station Project

Built in 1894, the Burlingame Caltrain Station is about to get an extreme makeover. On Thursday, June 28, at 10 a.m., officials from Caltrain, the City of Burlingame and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority will kick-off the improvement project.

The $20.5 million construction project will take a year to complete and will cover a range of improvement areas, including safety, accessibility and track capacity. The new design also includes a pedestrian plaza, enhanced landscaping, wider sidewalks, custom shelters and new station fencing.

In order to make necessary platform improvements at this station, South Lane will be closed permanently at the railroad crossing. During the course of the project, boarding areas will periodically be shifted, to allow for construction to occur without closing the station.

The current Burlingame station configuration only allows one train to be in the station at a time, which can cause service delays and requires cars waiting at adjacent crossing gates to wait for a prolonged period of time. This project will replace the current center-boarding platform with outside boarding platforms on either side of the tracks, with a new fence between the train tracks. The new design will improve safety by preventing pedestrians from crossing the tracks, except at designated crossing areas, which will be protected with pedestrian crossing arms.

Thursday’s event will mark a ceremonial closing of South Lane for the start of construction, shortly after which the contractor will begin actual work at the station. For more information about the project, visit www.caltrain.com/burlingame.

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