San Carlos Station

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Blue area - Station platforms

Red area - Station parking

A and B - Bus stops

C - Shuttle stop

Overview

Nearby attractions

  • Downtown San Carlos (Laurel Street) - Shops and restaurants
  • SamTrans/Caltrain administrative headquarters
  • Farmers' Market - Thursday afternoon (4:00pm - 8:00pm, May-Sep)

Caltrain

Schedules and fares

On weekdays, most local and limited stop trains serve this station. Baby Bullet trains do not stop at San Carlos.

On weekends, all trains serve this station.

Paying the fare

Buy your ticket from Caltrain ticket machines located on the Caltrain platforms.

10-ride ticket validators are located adjacent to all ticket machines.

Boarding the train

For northbound trains to San Francisco, board trains on the platform near Old County Road.

For southbound trains to San Jose/Gilroy, board trains on the platform near El Camino.

Walk through the ground level concourse to get from one platform to another.

Bus connections - SamTrans

<tab sep=comma cellspacing=5> , , Stop location 260, Redwood Shores > College of San Mateo , A 295, San Mateo, A 295, Menlo Park/Florence and 17th Street, B 390, Daly City via El Camino, A 390, Palo Alto via El Camino, B 391, Mission and Evergreen/San Francisco via El Camino, A 391, Redwood City via El Camino, B KX, San Francsico via SFO, A KX, Palo Alto/Stanford Industrial Park via El Camino, B PX, San Francisco, A 397, San Francisco via SFO (overnight), A 397, Palo Alto via East Palo Alto (overnight), B </tab>

Shuttle

Parking

Parking is available by the southbound platform. The parking by the southbound platform is accessible from El Camino at San Carlos Ave.

Parking requires a $2 daily fee or a Caltrain monthly parking permit. Pay the daily parking fee at a Caltrain parking permit machine and place the day permit on top of the dashboard.

Bicycle