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San Mateo Caltrain Station Southbound

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 166
    Arr 4:53:23 AMDep 4:54:23 AMscheduled
    On time
  • Caltrain 168
    Arr 5:22:00 AMDep 5:23:00 AMscheduled
    On time
  • Caltrain 170
    Arr 5:52:00 AMDep 5:53:00 AMscheduled
    On time
  • Caltrain 172
    Arr 6:22:00 AMDep 6:23:00 AMscheduled
    On time

Plan your visit

Hotels and rail experiences nearby. Links earn us a small referral — we only surface partners we'd use ourselves.

Rail tours and experiences

Our curated picks on Viator — museums, heritage rides, scenic rail trips, depot tours.

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Gear up

The starter kit serious railfans wish they'd bought day one. Each link earns us a small Amazon Associates referral — we only list gear we'd actually carry.

Earpiece for handheld scanner

Scanner audio is unlistenable next to a passing freight without an earpiece. Standard 3.5mm right-angle plug fits the Uniden + Baofeng. Adds zero bulk to your kit. ($10-$15)

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SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas

The definitive volume of US railroad maps — every mainline, every branch, every connection, with mile markers and dispatcher territories. You will memorize this. Multiple regional volumes; pick the one for where you railfan. ($30-$50 per volume)

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Compact monopod for telephoto shots

A 70-200 or 100-400 at full reach gets shaky after a few minutes of waiting. Carbon-fiber monopod folds to ~16in and weighs nothing. Worth its price the first time you nail a 1/250s shot of a stopped train. ($40-$80)

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Nearby railfan spots

Curated viewing locations within 7 miles of this station.

No curated spots within range

None of our seeded railfan spots fall inside the radius for this station. Submit one via /spots.

Nearby community sightings

Within 7 miles, last 24 hours. Community-reported.

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