The Vasona Branch
This was a secondary Southern Pacific route that passed through the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, on the San Francisco peninsula. It was abandoned in 1962 to make way for the Foothill Expressway.
The Los Altos passenger depot, located about halfway along the line, still stands and has a Western Pacific caboose on display.
| Southern Pacific Railroad | ||
| Docket: 22009 | 3/21/1962 | Section: 1(18) |
| Applic. for auth. to aband. that port. of the Vasona Branch, Coast Divn., betw. M.P. 33.932 at or near Alta Mesa and M.P. 46.199 at or near Simla, a distance of approx. 6.267 mi., together with all sidings, spur tracks and appurtenances, located in Santa Clara County, Calif. | ||
| Length: 6.267 miles | 240 | |
