# Talk:Palo Alto station

If we are going around renaming, I would suggest "Palo Alto Transit Center" given that this is more than a train station.  --Erp (talk) 18:41, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Is your proposed name the common name as per USSTATION? Regards, James (talk/contribs) 19:41, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
I would say yes.  Certainly Palo Alto Transit Center is used by Marguerite and the VTA bus lines in their literature.  The station refers only to the train part.  I suspect a lot use transit centers because there are two Palo Alto train stations (California Avenue is also in Palo Alto [actually there are three with Stanford but most people would say Stanford is a 'stop' not a 'station' given there is no building, ticket machine, etc]) but only one transit center.  Same for Mountain View.  --Erp (talk) 20:11, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Bus schedules are not reliable third-party sources. Regards, James (talk/contribs) 22:51, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 21:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I will be doing this review. --Truflip99 (talk) 21:06, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I would take off one image from the Streamline section, that way you can remove the clearleft TPs. Too many photos for the length of the article.
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The first Palo Alto station was opened in 1890 to serve the then-new Stanford University. -- then-new sounds odd, "then-newly established"
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Palo Alto station was opened in 1890 to serve the new Stanford University. -- "newly established" here as well
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it was enclosed in 1893 as a waiting room. -- "and became a waiting room" sounds better
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(previously used for the Los Gatos station, and later used as the Los Altos station) -- I'd clarify what this is referring to
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It was never locally popular, and calls came for its replacement as early as the 1920s. -- the station itself or the design?
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it consists two buildings connected -- "consists of", I think
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one north of the station building, and a pair flanking University Avenue -- comma not needed
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SP Peninsula Commute local service (renamed Caltrain in 1985) continued to stop. -- ... "here/at Palo Alto."
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It was closed on October 27, 2004 -- comma after date
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The bicycle station reopened on February 27, 2007 -- comma again
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from 2008 to 2009 -- upper case
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Caltrain constructed the $35 million Palo Alto Stations Improvement Project at Palo Alto and California Avenue stations. -- the Palo Alto...
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In 2013, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority proposed to relocate -- "proposed relocating"
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lengthy tunnel under the downtown area. -- lenthy --> long
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Dumbarton Express, SamTrans, VTA, and some Marguerite buses stop in a bus plaza located northwest of the station building (adjacent to the southbound platform), with some Marguerite buses instead stopping south of the station building. -- consider splitting
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ref 7: need access date as info subject to change
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All I got. Good stuff. --Truflip99 (talk) 22:56, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! I believe I've addressed everything. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 23:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Just a listing of interesting links for mining.  People should add if they know of any. --Erp (talk) 00:49, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

https://historysanjose.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B572D83B-F4AC-4352-AF06-056217272799 picture of the station circa 1910-1934.
Also at one time there were streetcars in Palo Alto Peninsular Railway (California).  A nickname for one line was the Toonerville Trolley which ran from the station to Stanford University (1909-1929).  Unfortunately I couldn't find a picture of one at the station end.