Castro (Caltrain station)
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Castro Station was a Caltrain
Caltrain
Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley in the United States. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy...

 station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 located in Mountain View, California
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...

. It was replaced by the newer San Antonio
San Antonio (Caltrain station)
San Antonio Station is a Caltrain station in Mountain View, California. It opened in 1999, replacing the Castro station at Rengstorff Ave 0.8 miles to the south, which closed in 2000. A pedestrian tunnel at the south end of the platform area connects the two platforms...

 station 0.8 mi (1 km) to the north in 1999. The last Castro boardings were in 2000.

The Castro Station was built at the request of Mr. Castro, whose hacienda lay opposite the corner formed by present day Central Expressway and Rengstorff Ave.
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