two former Caltrain employees built apartments inside two of the railway’s stations, were charged with felony theft of public funds to build the secret apartments. (run the video at 1.5x speed... the guy talks slower than hell)

Worden, a Caltrain station manager employed by the agency’s rail service provider, was directed by Navarro to hire contractors to remodel former office space and kept invoices below the $3,000 threshold he could approve, prosecutors said. The upgrades, costing $42,000 total, included a kitchen shower, heating, plumbing and security cameras.

Navarro then used it as his primary residence until he was caught in 2022 and fired, according to prosecutors. The same tactic was used to remodel part of the Millbrae station in 2019, costing $8,000. Caltrain employees discovered the Millbrae home in 2020.

Caltrain was told to leave the spaces as-is while the cases were going on and does not yet have any immediate plans for the converted residences, agency spokesperson Dan Lieberman told SFGATE. They are not up to code and are in historic buildings that require careful consideration of changes, he added.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/caltrain-secret-homes-embezzlement-20372638.php

The Burlingame Station opened on October 10, 1864. It was built at the request of the Burlingame Country Club’s membership, which wanted to replace the flag stop shelter and Oak Grove with a proper station

The Southern Pacific agreed to put up the cost of an “ordinary” depot if the country club paid the difference for something more elaborate and the result was “a very picturesque Spanish Structure,” in the news of the day. The hipped-roof building featured a square tower, Moorish decoration on the main arch, and authentic California mission tiles on the roof. Burlingame’s was the country’s first permanent Mission Revival style depot.

https://www.caltrain.com/about-caltrain/caltrain-history/historic-stations/burlingame-1978