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This new platform at Bayshore station, a Caltrain stop, demonstrates the typical height of newbuilt platforms at the West Coast. As a result, Caltrain's main punctuality risk are wheelchair users and cyclists, while both are easily transported by railroads with level boarding.

© Dan Klitzing, used with permission. Dan is a Caltrain engineer, and offers a site with lots of Bay Area railroad photos.

Last modified: 2005-04-25