Bayshore Caltrain Station

The moment I missed all the baby bullet train for the day I knew it was gonna take forever to get to San Jose from San Francisco so I coordinated with my roommate to come get me.
We decided that Bayshore would be the best destination to pick me up. I arrived at Bayshore and it was very sketchy. What I didn’t like was I had to go up 3 stories, cross the tracks, and then go down another 3 stories. Why couldn’t they just make a path across the tracks?

Pretty simple no frills station. It’s a bit in the boonies with no close by stores. There is ample street parking so don’t pay to park in the lot.
Train stops about once an hour for a 10 min ride to SF. There is a ticket machine, a few shelters to wait in, and yellow rubber bumpers in the cement to remind you that you are standing too close to the edge.
Design is a bit poor. For those getting off SB you have to walk to the S end, cross the bridge, and then walk all the way to the N end to exit. They should have just put the pedestrian bridge at the N end where the exit is. Go figure. Oh. And no restrooms anywhere around here so you better hold it, wear depends, or water one of the drought stricken trees.

Oh god… Where am I? This station is in the middle of nowhere. Thank god there are map apps.
If you are traveling Southbound, you need to be ready for the stairs. And if you just arrive at the station and hear the «Southbound train is arriving» announcement, you need to beat Usain Bolt’s world record to catch the train. And don’t forget to clip your Clipper otherwise you will be kicked out of the train at the next stop.

Hey you!
Yeah you!
Tired of paying $ 50 bucks to park at Candlestick? Then after the game it takes you over 2 hours just to reach the freeway.
Yeah, I gave up on that years ago.
Caltrain is your friend. And even though the walk from the Bayshore Station seems like forever, it really isn’t. Seriously, just over 20 minutes and you’re at the front gate.
Plus you you will help us all breathe a little easier and lessen your carbon footprint.
Cheap, easy and safe.

Not a usual stop on the bullets NB/SB…great for Niner games

A mile walk to Candlestick Park.

There is a parking lot with 38 spaces available for commuters. Two portable toilet units are also available. If you are someone who dislike using these portable toilet units, then walk past it since these things tend to be disgusting most of the time.
Going to AT&T Park?
Get your ticket and hop on board Caltrain at the Bayshore Station, you’ll be there in 5 – 20 minutes. Skip MUNI’s T Third Street and 8X Bayshore Express Routes.
UPDATE:
This station seems quiet most of the time which causes some people to assume it to be dangerous. Only Local trains stop at this station. Baby Bullet and Limited Stop trains bypass this station.
Here is a descriptive breakdown of what I see through experience:
On the Northbound platform:
— 3 Clipper Card Tagging Terminal
— 2 Ticket Vending Machines
On the Southbound platform:
— 3 Clipper Card Tagging Terminal
— 1 Ticket Vending Machine

Comparing this station to the last stop 4^th/​King, it’s not as crowded. Literally, there is no sign of people most of the time, and from memory I do not remember seeing many ticket vending machines. Probably just my fail at panaramic perception. I always felt oddly paranoid whenever I got off this station when I was getting picked up from coming home for the weekend. The T-​train stops around the corner on the main road if you ever have to catch the T. Walk briskly, it’s not some neigborhood you want to linger in…

I live in Brisbane, and I take the Caltrain at this station. It’s chill and quiet, and tends to be fairly safe even at night.
Across the street is a recycling/​compost plant which attracts a lot of hungry seagulls! Though parking is plentiful, be prepared to have to wash your car if you park here.

This is my go to station for Giants games. Forget the $ 25 plus parking and congestion. Park for free on the street, hop on board and 10 minutes later you’re there. Does it get any better? Sure, if you happen to live across the street to the ball park.
Go ahead… order that beer once you get inside.

This is my neighborhood Caltrain station. I live in Brisbane. I am very grateful this is here, regardless of the negative comments, because it’s the only way for me to get to my job in Downtown SF. Bart is too far away and I can just ride my bike to this station from my house in 10 minutes. There is also ample street parking.
The elevators smell like urinal cakes, the land bridge is a PITA to get over and the station is generally pretty ghetto, but at least it’s relatively clean and a train stops there once an hour. It could be worse.

This is the last San Francisco Caltrain station and it’s pretty convenient. It’s true that it loose deserted and all but why does it matter? It’s a station to get on /​off. It’s also next to the land fill and a bad rep name of another neighborhood Visitacion Valley. It’s not as bad as they say.
Anywhere you live with have crime, but this area has vastly improved dramatically. Caltrain has even upgraded this station and made it brighter and a bit safer for the night. They have fences that block the north and south side train. truthfully, it’s dangerous already to try cross the tracks to north or south bound in general, so that is why Caltrain made a sky rise cat walk to go over. Like any other stations, you have to walk around under are over to go north or south bound. Taking short cuts like that can be dangerous.
The trains are on time and they also have a small parking lot for commuters. It’s obvious an important station or else they would not stop there and it has a decent amount of riders that hop on this location.
Overall, it’s a good way to get to giants game faster than the light rail from MUNI. Its fun and kids like trains, don’t they?
Anyhow I am glad we have another type of transportation in this neighborhood and part of town.

This station is a maze of fences that makes it impossible to get in or out of the station in reasonable time. Further, the use of an overpass instead of a simple ground-​level crossing makes it extremely slow to cross from side-​to-​side. The whole thing would be massively improved if the overpass were leveled and all the chain-​link fence removed.
The other problem is that there’s no reason whatsoever to stop at this station. I’ve only gone there because I missed the 4^th&King train and needed to overtake a moving Caltrain. It’s right next to a waste processing facility and nothing else. We could do the taxpayer a service and just eliminate this stop.

All we are missing at this station is the cows. Talk about out in no where.

So the Bayshore Station is located in a pretty shady part of the City. well to most it is. I mean Visitation Valley ain’t the safest of places, and from the station, the projects are pratically a hop, skip, jump away. But I grew up in Sunnydale, so I’m not too worried about it.
They recently (within the last 5 – 7 years) revamped the whole station. I mean before, they used to have this old shack stand as the place where the train stopped. Now they have raised platforms, an overpass so folks can cross from N to S or vice versa, equipped with an elevator and all. And it’s always pretty clean. I must admit Bayshore is pretty nifty now-​a-​days. Only problem is, no express trains stop there, well none form Palo Alto that is. So unless you plan on transferring routes, it’s the local only for Bayshore.
So have fun! My favorite memories of the place was trynna catch the 12:07 am train (yes folks, after midnight) and I’d be at the top of Tunnel Ave on my way down. I’d hear the damn train blowin and start running all the way down. now I’m Samoan. and if it aint the front of the Hometown Buffet line… you ain’t seein nothing this big move. wait…the new Hummers did come out, but anyways… I would huff it and puff it and miracolously. make it. Well with the old station I did. The new station, you have to use the overpass which kills a GREAT deal of time. Hmm. now that I mention that part. I’mma have to take a star. HAHAHA.
adiós!