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I wish there were pictures. I am having a hard time imagining what "apartment in a train station" actually means.

poisonborz 2y ago
They are converted offices, I imagine something akin to resting rooms for rescue workers. I wonder what the plan was. They could never profit from this. They risked so much just to have a hidden sleepover place between commutes?
- Yoric 2y ago
  Well, given the prices in Bay Area, perhaps they were simply priced away so far that it saved them several hours per day? Or perhaps it was closer to family?
  - tomjakubowski 2y ago
    One of them, the deputy director, received $270k in pay (before benefits) in 2021. https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/san-mateo-county-transit-district/joseph-v-navarro/ https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/san-mateo-co...
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    - infecto 2y ago
      Thank you for sharing this. I hate all the hoops everyone is using the justify why it was ok what they did. These were not some sort of sleep area for all employees, these were private accommodations for these two individuals.
Animats 2y ago
The Daily Journal had pictures. I go by the Burlingame station, which is a nice Spanish-revival station from the Southern Pacific days.[1] SP built good stations, and Caltrain maintains them mostly as decoration. I'm surprised they don't put a Starbucks in each one. Google Street View coverage is so good that you can see the apartment.[2] [1] https://flickr.com/photos/rajbhatnagar/5626838344 https://flickr.com/photos/rajbhatnagar/5626838344 [2] https://earth.google.com/web/@37.57977486,-122.34480873,10.51372621a,0d,60y,266.97527424h,90.04717249t,0r/data=IhoKFnF0MGk3emVfaXhrNGF6cWJSNnp3T2cQAg https://earth.google.com/web/@37.57977486,-122.34480873,10.5...
- theoldlove 2y ago
  Can you provide a link to the Daily Journal piece with photos of the apartment? I can’t find it.
  - renewiltord 2y ago
    The closest I could see is at 1:43 in this video https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/former-caltrain-manager-secret-apartments-bay-area-train-stations/3496068/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/former-caltrain-manage... Apparently the DA declined to share pictures.
- gqcwwjtg 2y ago
  I’m surprised they don’t put a Subway in each one.
davekeck 2y ago
https://youtu.be/xjtmEoGszeA?t=24 https://youtu.be/xjtmEoGszeA?t=24
kaycebasques 2y ago
I grew up in Millbrae. Oddly satisfying to solve the mystery of why I often saw a couple dudes hanging inside the decommissioned old station over the last 5-10 years. It has a display train car. I wonder if they were living in that too. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vk9ZXxWGJT9UmM3D6?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/vk9ZXxWGJT9UmM3D6?g_st=ic The Millbrae one would be easy to get away with but the Burlingame one is more surprising. If we're talking Bgame Ave, that's a very busy area. If they mean Broadway station then that makes more sense.

They are converted offices, I imagine something akin to resting rooms for rescue workers. I wonder what the plan was. They could never profit from this. They risked so much just to have a hidden sleepover place between commutes?

Yoric 2y ago
Well, given the prices in Bay Area, perhaps they were simply priced away so far that it saved them several hours per day? Or perhaps it was closer to family?
- tomjakubowski 2y ago
  One of them, the deputy director, received $270k in pay (before benefits) in 2021. https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/san-mateo-county-transit-district/joseph-v-navarro/ https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/san-mateo-co...
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  - infecto 2y ago
    Thank you for sharing this. I hate all the hoops everyone is using the justify why it was ok what they did. These were not some sort of sleep area for all employees, these were private accommodations for these two individuals.

Animats 2y ago

The Daily Journal had pictures. I go by the Burlingame station, which is a nice Spanish-revival station from the Southern Pacific days.[1] SP built good stations, and Caltrain maintains them mostly as decoration. I'm surprised they don't put a Starbucks in each one. Google Street View coverage is so good that you can see the apartment.[2] [1] https://flickr.com/photos/rajbhatnagar/5626838344 https://flickr.com/photos/rajbhatnagar/5626838344 [2] https://earth.google.com/web/@37.57977486,-122.34480873,10.51372621a,0d,60y,266.97527424h,90.04717249t,0r/data=IhoKFnF0MGk3emVfaXhrNGF6cWJSNnp3T2cQAg https://earth.google.com/web/@37.57977486,-122.34480873,10.5...

theoldlove 2y ago
Can you provide a link to the Daily Journal piece with photos of the apartment? I can’t find it.
- renewiltord 2y ago
  The closest I could see is at 1:43 in this video https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/former-caltrain-manager-secret-apartments-bay-area-train-stations/3496068/ https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/former-caltrain-manage... Apparently the DA declined to share pictures.
gqcwwjtg 2y ago
I’m surprised they don’t put a Subway in each one.

davekeck 2y ago

https://youtu.be/xjtmEoGszeA?t=24 https://youtu.be/xjtmEoGszeA?t=24

kaycebasques 2y ago

I grew up in Millbrae. Oddly satisfying to solve the mystery of why I often saw a couple dudes hanging inside the decommissioned old station over the last 5-10 years. It has a display train car. I wonder if they were living in that too. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vk9ZXxWGJT9UmM3D6?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/vk9ZXxWGJT9UmM3D6?g_st=ic The Millbrae one would be easy to get away with but the Burlingame one is more surprising. If we're talking Bgame Ave, that's a very busy area. If they mean Broadway station then that makes more sense.