Re: Millbrae station
Author: Jim
Date: 12-14-2009 - 11:53
Nice photo. Some trivia facts:
The station is a historical landmark so it will survive. He took the photo from the Millbrae Ave. grade seperation overpass. That used to be a grade crossing. I think the overpass was built in the mid to late 1980s. The station was originally about 100 yards farther north, right next to Millbrae Ave. They moved it to its present location in the 1970s so the trains could stop south of Millbrae Ave. and not stop traffic for so long. Of course that became a moot point when the grade seperation was done. There used to be a cement plant where the BART station is now. There used to be a small house across the tracks from the station that was right next to the northbound mainline track. That's been gone for about 15 years. There used to be an extensive set of spur tracks east of there into the Rollins Road industrial area, between Millbrae and Broadway; between the tracks and Highway 101. UP killed the Millbrae Local and those spur tracks. It branched off right next to the station.