Palo Alto Caltrain Station Northbound
Caltrain, CA
Arrivals & departures
Next ~4 hours. Live trip updates from the operator's GTFS-RT feed where available; schedule-based otherwise. Delays surface as a red chip when the feed reports them.
- Caltrain 131Arr 7:57:25 PMDep 7:58:25 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 133Arr 8:27:21 PMDep 8:28:21 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 135Arr 8:54:54 PMDep 8:55:54 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 137Arr 9:24:54 PMDep 9:25:54 PMscheduledOn time
- Caltrain 139Arr 9:54:54 PMDep 9:55:54 PMscheduledOn time
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Gear up
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Weatherproof pages that take pen ink in rain or sweat. Log road numbers, consist notes, observed times — you'll want them in your logbook later. The No. 311 is the original yellow tagboard model — the most popular field notebook in history; the same one surveyors and biologists carry. ($10-$15)
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Six hours waiting for a heritage unit goes much better with a seat. Folds to 15in, weighs ~1 lb, slings off a camera bag strap. Worth the closet space. ($15-$25)
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The no-setup railfan scanner. Comes pre-loaded with AAR railroad band channels — hear road comms, dispatchers, defect-detector calls. Knowing a train is 20 minutes out beats staring at the horizon. ($110-$130)
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Nearby railfan spots
Curated viewing locations within 7 miles of this station.
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Nearby community sightings
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