Convention Center (VTA)

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Convention Center is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station is located located in San Jose, California in the median of West San Carlos Street between Market St and Almaden Blvd. It is directly in front of the San Jose Convention Center and the Civic Auditorium.. Convention Center is served by both the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa and Mountain View-Winchester light rail lines.

Convention Center is one of the few remaining stations in the system that is not fully wheelchair accessible. The level of the platform is approximately eight inches lower than the floor of the light rail vehicle. A temporary wooden ramp has been erected to allow wheelchair users to board and deboard via the forward-most door of the forward-most car of the light rail train.[1]

VTA plans to close the Convention Center station temporarily for refurbishment beginning sometime in Fall 2006 so that the station platform can be made fully wheelchair accessible.[2]

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[edit] Adjacent stations


Preceding station VTA Light Rail Following station
Paseo de San Antonio   Alum Rock - Santa Teresa   Children's Discovery Museum
  Mountain View - Winchester   San Fernando

[edit] Nearby Points of Interest

San Jose McEnery Convention Center - across the street - 150 W San Carlos St
San Jose Civic Auditorium - across the street - 135 W San Carlos St
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts - 1 block away - 255 Almaden Blvd
The Tech Museum of Innovation (and IMAX theatre) - 3 blocks away - 201 S Market St

[edit] Connecting Transit

VTA Bus Route 23 - Downtown San Jose to San Antonio Shopping Center (Mountain View)
VTA Bus Route 85 - Lawrence Expwy & Moorpark to 10th & Hedding
Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Richards, Gary (Feb. 17, 2006). VTA light rail project prompts station closings. San Jose Mercury News.
  2. ^ Ibid.

[edit] External links

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