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    The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (SF&SJ) was a railroad which linked the communities of San Francisco and San Jose, California, running the length...
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    Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded...
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    San Jose Diridon station is the central passenger rail depot for San Jose, California. It also serves as a major intermodal transit center for Santa Clara...
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  • San Jose, California, is the third largest city in the state, and the largest of all cities in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, with...
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  • The San Francisco and Oakland Railroad (SF&O) was built in 1862 to provide ferry-train service from a San Francisco ferry terminal connecting with railroad...
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    coast of San Francisco, California, United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. It is adjacent to Golden Gate Park, the Richmond District, and the Sunset...
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    The San Jose Railroads was a street railway operator in San Jose, from 1912 until April 10, 1938 The San Jose Railroads has its origins in the founding...
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    in the San Francisco Bay Area has historically focused on San Francisco but also includes two other major media centers, Oakland and San Jose. The Federal...
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    The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay. The Association of...
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    San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water from approximately 40 percent of California. Water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin...
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  • Drive — named after Peter Donahue (businessman), who built the San Francisco to San Jose Railroad company. Dry Creek Road — named after the flood of 1866 that...
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  • The San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (SF&A) was a short-lived railroad company in the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. The railroad line...
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    Valley at First and Mission Street; Mission Bay at Fourth and Townsend; and for the construction of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad. Over those years...
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    before it was completed, in 1863 the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (SF&SJ) was urged to build passenger and freight stations along Market Street...
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    The Chinatown centered on Grant Avenue and Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, (Chinese: 唐人街; pinyin: tángrénjiē; Jyutping: tong4 jan4 gaai1)...
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  • San Francisco Brex – San Francisco Calypso Technology – San Francisco Coinbase – San Francisco FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) – San Jose and San Rafael...
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    southern shore of San Francisco Bay, San Jose covers an area of 179.97 sq mi (466.1 km2). San Jose is the county seat of Santa Clara County and the main component...
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    station as the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad was built. The city of South San Francisco was conceived as an industrial suburb and was promoted by representatives...
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    residents as of 2023, San Francisco is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California behind Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose. It covers a land...
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    The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis) is a park and former U.S. Army post...
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    The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part...
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    San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university...
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    List of Caltrain stations (category San Francisco Bay Area-related lists)
    original railroad between San Francisco and San Jose (known as the Peninsula Commute) was built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in 1863. In...
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  • and including Charles McLaughlin and Peter Donahue, all associated with the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad (SF&SJ), to build a railroad from San...
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  • The history of the city of San Francisco, California, and its development as a center of maritime trade, were shaped by its location at the entrance to...
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    Amtrak route, and the busiest outside of the Northeast Corridor between Washington D.C. and Boston. The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad built the first...
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  • League established. The San Francisco Stock and Bond Exchange was founded. 1863 San Francisco and San Jose Railroad begins operating soon. St. Andrew's Society...
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    San Francisco, in the US state of California, has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments...
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    Santa Clara Transit Center (category Former Southern Pacific Railroad stations in California)
    on the future Green and Orange Lines. The former station building, constructed in 1863 by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, is used by the Edward...
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  • As of 2012, 21.4% of the population in San Francisco was of Chinese descent, and there were at least 150,000 Chinese American residents. The Chinese are...
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