Centerville's first Southern Pacific Railroad station was nothing more than a boxcar, functioning in that capacity from May 1909 to September 1910.

It was one of sixty Type 23 stations built by Southern Pacific, and its cost was under $5,000 USD (equivalent to $163,500 in 2023).

[4] The station was a busy one during its early years, handling both freight and passenger traffic, including two to three daily milk trains.

In 2018, ACE was awarded $3.4 million to extend one platform at Fremont to accommodate ten-car trains.

[11][12] The Dumbarton Rail Corridor project, which has been studied several times since the 1990s, would have Fremont as an intermediate station.

[13] A 2016-released Vision Plan called for Capitol Corridor trains to be rerouted over the Coast Subdivision, which is used by less freight service.