To handle the diverse needs of the Sunnyvale area, the station—reopened on March 5—has a number of new features, including a tunnel underneath the tracks to allow wheelchair access to both sides of the station.

The station also has a shuttle drop-off and a park-and-ride area to encourage passengers to seek alternate modes of transportation before and after riding the trains. There are new ticketing machines, a messaging system and landscaping improvements.

The rebuilding is also part of a larger plan to get newer, streamlined "Baby Bullet" trains running from San Francisco to San Jose with fewer stops than a normal train. In order to make the full trip in less than an hour, the Baby Bullet trains will only stop in Millbrae, Hillsdale, Palo Alto and Mountain View. Two additional tracks running straight through Lawrence Station were installed specifically to handle the Baby Bullet trains.

According to Caltrain, the station's revamping was done with money collected through the 1996 Measure "B" Transportation Improvement Program. In 1996, Santa Clara County voters approved a nine-year project to add a half-cent sales tax to pay for countywide transportation improvements.

The project also includes a centralized traffic control system that automatically works track switches, cutting down on travel time for commuters by eliminating manual switching. All improvements should be completed by the middle of this year, and the faster, Baby Bullet trains will begin running throughout the Peninsula.