Talk:Palo Alto station

new name?

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)

GA Review

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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.
  •  Done
• The first Palo Alto station was opened in 1890 to serve the then-new Stanford University. -- then-new sounds odd, "then-newly established"
  •  Done
• Palo Alto station was opened in 1890 to serve the new Stanford University. -- "newly established" here as well
  •  Done
• it was enclosed in 1893 as a waiting room. -- "and became a waiting room" sounds better
  •  Done (with slightly different wording)
• (previously used for the Los Gatos station, and later used as the Los Altos station) -- I'd clarify what this is referring to
  •  Done
• It was never locally popular, and calls came for its replacement as early as the 1920s. -- the station itself or the design?
  •  Done
• it consists two buildings connected -- "consists of", I think
  •  Done
• one north of the station building, and a pair flanking University Avenue -- comma not needed
  •  Done
• SP Peninsula Commute local service (renamed Caltrain in 1985) continued to stop. -- ... "here/at Palo Alto."
  •  Done
• It was closed on October 27, 2004 -- comma after date
  •  Done
• The bicycle station reopened on February 27, 2007 -- comma again
  •  Done
• from 2008 to 2009 -- upper case
  •  Done
• Caltrain constructed the $35 million Palo Alto Stations Improvement Project at Palo Alto and California Avenue stations. -- the Palo Alto...
  •  Done
• In 2013, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority proposed to relocate -- "proposed relocating"
  •  Done
• lengthy tunnel under the downtown area. -- lenthy --> long
  •  Done
• 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
  •  Done
• ref 7: need access date as info subject to change
  •  Done Added access dates for a couple sources.

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)

Possible sources

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.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:30, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Palo Alto station was designed to resemble a streamlined passenger train? Source: "This one-story streamlined Southern Pacific station personifies the tendency of the 1930s to style buildings in the imagery of transportation machinery, in this case the Streamline train." (link)

• Reviewed: Church Avenue station (IND Culver Line)

Improved to Good Article status by Pi.1415926535 (talk). Self-nominated at 03:29, 8 April 2020 (UTC).

• Article is plenty long enough, and passed GA on 8 April. The hook fact is interesting and appropriately cited inline. Spotchecks reveal no evidence of close para-phrasing or copyvio. Good to go. Harrias ^talk 09:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)