Directions to TC SEQ at Stanford University

TC SEQ, the Teaching Center at the Science and Engineering Quad, at Stanford University is a new building located on Serra Mall between Campus Drive and the Oval that terminates Palm Drive. Guest parking is available in a parking structure at the corner of Campus Drive and Roth Way, one block east of TC SEQ, and at the Medical Center parking lot. Parking is free at night. Click here for directions.

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                                                                  Alpine Rd |
                                                                 (to I-280) |
                                                                            |
                      --------Junipero Serra --------------------------X----X
                                                /                    C |     \
   \      _____________________________________/                     a |
Bow-\    /           Campus Dr                                       m |
doin \ /                                                             p |
     /                                                        |V     u |
    |                                                         |i     s |
    |                 Central Stanford Campus                 |a       |
    |                                                         |      D |
  C |                      .............                      |O     r |
  a |                      .   Quad    .                      |r       |
  m |           Hoover     .           .                      |e     W |
  p |           Tower      ............. Stat TCSEQ  EE   CIS |t     e |
  u |-------------)(--Serra St ----------------Serra Mall--)(/g      s |
  s |          |                /^\                  GATES   |a      t /
    |          |G              |   |                 BLDG. --|--------/
  D |          |a               \ /                      /      Campus Dr
   r \         |l                |                      | Hospital Parking
      \        |v              P |-------Roth Way ------|
       \       |e              a |              PARKING | Stanford
        \      |z              l |             STRUCTURE| Hospital
         \     |               m |                   \Q /
          \    |                 |                    \u
           \---|-----------------|------Campus Dr-----/\a
               |               D |                      \r
               |  more trees   r |                       \r
               |                 |                       |y
               |-----------------X------Arboretum Rd-----X---> to Stanford
              /                  |                       |R       Shopping Ctr
      Galvez /   lots of trees   |                       |d
        St  /       here        /|\                      \            |
===========X=====================|====El Camino Real==================X=======
          /           underpass \|/
-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-|-Caltrain-+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--
        /                      	 | Station
       / Embarcadeo              |
      /   Rd                     |University Ave.
     / (to US 101)               |
    /                     (Downtown Palo Alto)
Legend:
   X:  traffic light
  )(:  traffic barrier

Directions to the TC SEQ

From San Francisco or the SF Airport: Take US 101 South to Embarcadero Rd West. Stay on Embarcadero for about 10 min. When you cross El Camino (major road), the road renames to Galvez Street. Go two blocks and turn right on Campus Drive, and then turn left on Quarry Road. The parking structure is just ahead. Walk in the same direction for one block to the Serra Mall and turn left. TC SEQ will be your second building on the right.

From San Jose: Take US 101 North to Embarcadero Road West. Continue as above.

Via El Camino Real (northbound) from Mountain View direction: Turn left on Galvez Street. On your right at the same intersection is Embarcadero Road. Continue as above.

Via El Camino Real (southbound) from Menlo Park direction: Turn right on Quarry Road just past the Stanford Shopping Center. Quarry Road terminates at the parking structure. Walk in the same direction for one block to the Serra Mall and turn left. TC SEQ will be your second building on the right.

You may also come in from SF & SJ via I-280. Take it to Alpine Rd East. Go right onto Junipero Serra Blvd. Turn left onto Campus Drive West. Turn right onto Roth Way. The parking structure is on your left and TC SEQ is on Serra Mall one block to your right.

By CalTrain (From San Francisco or San Jose): Get off at University Ave. Station in Palo Alto. Form there you can take the Marguerite Shuttle (red & white bus). Line "A" of the shuttle goes by Hospital, stops right in from of the Gates Building, then stops right in front of the Quad and then continues on. Line "B" goes up Galvez St. and eventually stops at Via Ortega and Campus Drive; this is not quite as convenient. Both lines run every 15 min. 6am to 8pm, Monday through Friday. You can also walk from the train station; takes about 25 minutes. An alternative CalTrain station is the California Ave. Station, served also by Marguerite Shuttle Line "A."

For more information about public transit to the Gates Building, click here. VTA buses that go to Stanford are 35 and 300. VTA buses that go to Palo Alto within walking distance or a Marguerite Shuttle ride are 22, 24, 86, and 88. From BART, take the Dumbarton Express DB bus to the Palo Alto Transit Center (also known as the Palo Alto Caltrain station) and either walk or take the Marguerite Shuttle. Samtrans buses to Palo Alto are 4A, 5L, 7F, 17F, 50A, 50C, and 50V. Note that the SamTrans 7F bus goes to the San Francisco Airport.