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)

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.