[1] The line connected at Shellmound with trains headed to the Oakland Pier and ferries to San Francisco.

[2] The line was constructed in no small part because of heavy lobbying by prominent local citizens like Francis K. Shattuck and people connected with the University of California.

When SP ceased running its electric commuter trains in July 1941, the trackage up to Ward Street and Shattuck Avenue remained in use for freight and was referred to as the "Berkeley Lead".

[6] The Berkeley Branch route began at Shellmound where it was connected to the main line of the CPRR and its successor, the SP.

Part of the line corresponds to Bay Area Rapid Transit's route through Berkeley, on Shattuck and Adeline streets but rebuilt as a subway.