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    Caltrain Station - Sunnyvale

    3.5 (76 reviews)

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    Southbound platform
    Michael A.

    This station is right downtown. It has some sheltered seating on the northbound platform and a good size sheltered seating on the southbound platform. Close walk to restaurants, food etc. if you take the train from here make sure you pay for parking before you get in the train cause they will ticket people who didn't pay for tickets

    Yes train is coming
    Michael W.

    Oh yes, my go to Caltrain station. I haven't been here for 5 years but I must say it's even better than before. I started becoming a regular on the Caltrain starting from Spring Break and it feels good. Most of the time when I arrive at the station by bus I am the first to arrive. This place is really big and looks very fabulous. Whether I take the bus, Uber or drive myself this is the first thing that comes to mind. I don't have to wait so much after arriving. There are a lot of bus connections here. Once you get off you can get a hot meal at one of the nearby restaurants. Buying my one way ticket is cheaper here because I either go as far as Milbrae or Palo Alto. Come here and save Drawback: I don't like paying for parking if I drive here so I park on Hendy Dr. Clipper cannot be loaded with a debt card which was a issue for me.

    The station at night, well lit and safe!
    Stephanie P.

    This is my home station! I've taken Caltrain from here to get to work for 2+ years and it's usually a relatively smooth experience unless someone happens to get run over in one of the other stations (usually Burlingame or Palo Alto). Sunnyvale is clean and safe, and there's even a restroom in the parking garage, what more can you ask for for public transit? A few tips for the newbies: 1. GET THERE EARLY IF YOU'RE BUYING A TICKET at the station! There are only 2 machines, and there's always a line during morning rush hour. You don't want to miss your train just because you didn't have time to get your ticket! Sometimes, one of the machines are down for maintenance too, which makes things even slower. 2. REMEMBER YOUR PARKING SPACE # before going down the stairs to buy a parking pass! Buy your parking pass at the same machines that you buy your paper tickets from - under the parking garage on the side with the awning and benches. No need to put the receipt in your car, you're good as long as you punched in the right space #. 3. The side across the tracks from the parking garage goes NORTH. The tracks on the same side as the parking garage goes SOUTH. 4. Parking garage fills up by 8:30AM. If that's the case, circle around the residential neighborhoods 3-4 blocks away and there should still be some (free) parking around there. The residential parking fills up around 9:00. BE CAREFUL NOT TO PARK IN THE 3 HR LIMIT SPOTS downtown! Go a few blocks out where there are no time limits. 5. Sunnyvale meter maids are notoriously nit picky. Never leave any part of your car sticking out into anyone's driveway or you'll be faced with at $40 parking ticket for sure! They'll get ya! 6. REMEMBER TO TAG ON AND TAG OFF! Clipper card is a total scam and will only refund you twice for forgetting to tag off (they charge you all the way down south to San Jose if you don't tag off at your correct stop). Certain conductors are not nice and will write you a ticket for $300+ for getting on the train without tagging on first! So remember to do so, Clipper card users! There's a lot of things I can say about improving the experience of using Clipper card, but I digress. The Clipper tagging stations at Sunnyvale are in the middle of the station, and all the way at the parking lot end of the station, it's easy to miss at night because they're not lit up, so don't forget! Good luck, safe travels!

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    If your going to visit a friend or something it works fine. But as far as primary transportation it's terrible, trains are constantly late.

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    No open bathrooms? Hardly any shade? God what an ordeal it is to wait an hour for the train here!

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    This station is great little commuter hub for the South Bay. I am an in and out of this station…read morejust about every weekday when I take ACE to work from Tracy. There are many free shuttles that ACE operates to get passengers quickly to and from their workplaces in the mornings and in the afternoons. There is also access to VTA light rail within a 5 minute walk from the station at either the Lick Mill or Levi's Stadium/Great America stations. I park a car at the station Tuesday-Thursday to get back and forth from my office in downtown Mountain View to the station. There's plenty of parking at both the paved VTA lot and also at the unpaved lot that was used as parking and trailer space for the Levi's station construction. The unpaved lot is a lot closer to the train platform, but I'm not entirely sure how much longer they're going to allow ACE passengers to park there now that construction is complete on the stadium. On Mondays and Fridays, I usually take the VTA light rail into downtown Mountain View. If you have to make a similar trip, take the red ACE Shuttle to the Crossman VTA station instead of walking down to Lick Mill. The connection to the light rail is usually really tight and the shuttle will take you farther down the light rail line, which will save you a run down the hill to the station. The only thing that sucks about this station is that there are no restrooms. There is one porta-poty with a lock on it that is only to be used by the shuttle drivers. If there's a big delay, you'll have to go over to the Carl's Jr to use the restroom. It's rarely an issue, but it does happen.

    This review is for Amtrak train not the station…read more I regularly use the Amtrak stop at Great America Station in Santa Clara, and one thing continues to be incredibly frustrating: the train horn. Every single time the Amtrak train arrives and is already slowing to a near-complete stop, the engineer blasts the horn at maximum volume for an unusually long time. It's so loud that it startles passengers and people waiting on the platform. I've seen people visibly jump from the sudden noise. I understand train horns are important for safety, but this feels excessive and unnecessary when the train is already at walking speed and nearly stopped at the station. I've ridden ACE and Caltrain many times, and they don't seem to do this in the same disruptive manner. Amtrak should review their operating practices and ensure the passenger experience is being taken seriously.

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