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Workshop on Test Beam Opportunities at SLAC's LESA (Linac to End Station A) Facility

4–5 Sept 2025
SLAC
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Practical Information

Practical Information For In-Person Attendees

 

Below you can find general information about travel to SLAC.

Room Block

For the LESA Test Beam workshop, a room block  (group code: LESA) has been secured at the Stanford Guest House onsite at SLAC.  

Reservations can be made online at guesthouse.stanford.edu, or by contacting our front desk for assistance at 650-926-2800.  The following booking link will autofill the group code- guests will just need to enter their stay dates to proceed- https://stanfordguesthouse.p3hotels.com/search-rates?codeType=block&code=LESA

The block will only be held until August 3 -- so please make a reservation soon!
 

SLAC Campus Access and Site Information

All LESA conference attendees who are non-SLAC employees or affiliates will need to complete the online access form.

All visitors/ attendees driving in are required to show a valid REAL ID or eligible ID (e.g. passport, driver's license) in order to enter SLAC. Visitors staying at the Guest House will be issued a guest card to further ease the access check. The SLAC Main Gate is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The workshop will be held in the Redwood Rooms (Building 048). 

Stanford Guest House is located on SLAC site (building #49). See room block information above. It is the first building on the left after turning left from the guard gate. Parking in front of the Guest House is designated for the registered guests.   There is a cash ATM located at the Stanford Guest House lobby. 

Parking at SLAC is free, and you can grab any open parking spot except the disabled space and space labelled Government cars only. In case you have trouble finding parking spot near the central campus area, Parking lot G (campus map grid 28D) always has plenty of open spots and still just 2 min walk to ROB Building (048). 

For latest updates on COVID-19 and other health related alerts, please check the SLAC COVID-19 info page, and Stanford health alert page.  

LUNCH On-Site / Near SLAC

SLAC Cafeteria is located on the 2nd floor of the SUSB building (#53) is open for lunch on weekdays. Additional on site and near SLAC options:

 

For dinners, there are 200+ restaurants in Palo Alto and Menlo Park area which are within 15min of drive -- we refer you to more general guides such as Google Maps, or yelp which have more reviews for many places (also check Palo Alto, Portola Valley). Delivery by Uber Eats or Door Dash is also available. The SLAC ATLAS visitor info local dining page contains a partial (and somewhat outdated) list.  

Note that US restaurants (and shops) list item price before tax and a 9% sales tax will charged on top of the listing price. In addition, tips to services are not included in the price in most cases and you are expected to "voluntarily" add roughly 18% of the total cost before tax as a tip in case of sit-in dining at restaurant served by a waiter/waitress (their wage largely come from that), which can be cash left on the table or written in to credit card bill.

Wireless Network

There are several open access wireless networks at SLAC:

  • "Visitor" is available at most locations around SLAC campus. Just a very simple registration at first use with no approval needed will let you connect.
  • "Eduroam" is also available at many locations on SLAC campus. This would require the Eduroam certificate which most visitors already have from their own home institutions. In particular, all CERN users have a readily avaiable CERN certificate option. Since the Eduroam network was installed more recently, it may have stronger signals and more bandwidth at places they are available.
  • "Stanford Visitor" is acceisible from the Guest House rooms that is adminstrated by Stanford. Access speed is limited to 5 Mb/s.

More detailed information on the wireless network at SLAC can be found here

In case you find your Guest House room wireless speed somewhat slow during off hours when SUSB lobby area are not reachable, you can always go to the Computer Center building (#50) with the lobby open 24 hours.

Travel and Directions

Flights to Bay Area

The Bay Area airports, San Francisco International (SFO) in particular, operate direct flights to and from many international airports around the world daily, as well as most major cities in the US. San Jose International (SJC) and Oakland International (OAK) airports also host flights to many US destinations and some limited international destinations. In case of inbound flights requiring a hop from another hub airport, it is generally better to have an long international leg directly into the Bay Area airport, as a hop within the US has the drawback that you must go through US immigration at the first US landing (port of entry), pick up your checked luggage to go through customs, then recheck the bags. The long US domestic legs also only offer very simple paid meals/snacks.

Local Maps

 

 

Ground Transportation

Local Airport Access:

From SLAC to SFO:  The SLAC to SFO drive route also includes a convenient slip-off from 380 just just before the airport to El Camino then along San Bruno Avenue where there are many gas stations for car refuel. You can simply continue on San Bruno Avenue to car rental return as shown. I280 traffic is normally quite good so that the 25min time estimate is OK for off peak hours. For rush hours you may need at least 45min to1 hour. However, you need to budget in time for rental car refuel, return and air-train to terminal etc.

Car Rental:

Rental cars provide an effective local transportation option favored by many regular SLAC users, which will give you more flexibility, and sharing the rental car between a few people will make this even more cost-effective. Most major rental car companies have many outlets including all major airports (SFO rental car center has many rental vendors altogether in one central building nearby which is very conveniently reachable by air-train). You should check your institutional travel rental insurance policy. There is also the Stanford Zipcar option for very short period rentals.

Other Ground Transportation:

The most popular means of travel between SLAC/Stanford and airports has become the ride share services of Uber and Lyft in recent years for SLAC travelers and vistors alike. This has a typical rate of ~$65 one way for SFO<->SLAC with UberX, with some variations depending time of day etc. but can call a ride any time without reservation. Uber/Lyft are not allowed to pick up passengers at lower arrival level of SFO so that you need follow signs for Ride App to go up to departure level upstaris to find the designated Pickup / Drop off zone #, typically on the outer ring driveway, to meet your driver there.

 

 

 

 

 

The shuttle system used to be the most popular mode before the Ride App era, but may still make sense for a group of people travelling together to share a van with e.g. the Super Shuttle express service. However, you need to reserve in advance. 

CalTrains cannot directly reach SLAC, but can be a useful option for trips to SFO or downtown San Francisco (need to transfer to BART system at Millbrae), for those staying in downtown Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City hotels close to a CalTrain station. Palo Alto CalTrain is also a major hub for Stanford Marguerite Shuttle system (see below). From CalTrain Station to SLAC is not walking distance. Uber/Taxi may be more viable options when out of Marguerite shuttle operation hours. 

From San Francisco Airport: From San Jose Airport:
Super Shuttle(650) 558-8500 South Bay Airport Shuttle (800) 548-4664
Sam Trans Bus(800) 660-4287 Santa Clara County Transit(800) 894-9908
CalTrain(800) 660-4287 Yellow Cab (650) 361-1234

Local Transportation around Stanford:

Marguerite Shuttle (Free shuttle around Stanford) has a SLAC Line with stops at Parking E near Arrillaga Science Center (#57) and between Kavli and ROB inside SLAC. For those staying at hotels just out of the Marguerite shuttle service area, the Santa Clara Transit VTA bus system serves along El Camino Real with line 22 passing in front of Stanford. From Palo Alto CalTrain station you need to take lines N/O or X/Y for change to/from SLAC line at Central campus. From California Avenue, Line SE meets SLAC Line near Governer's Corner. Due to the exchange and many stops, you need to check schedule cacrefully to see how long the whol trip takes. The SLAC Line has limited capacity so that this is not meant to carry the bulk of participants for a major meeting at SLAC. The complimentary Stanford Guest House  shuttle is also available evenings and weekends when the Marguerite is not. 

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