Diridon Station
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 San Jose Diridon Station |
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| Address | 65 Cahill Street San Jose, California 95110 |
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| Routes | Capitol Corridor Coast Starlight San Joaquins (thruway bus) |
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| Other service | Altamont Commuter Express Caltrain VTA Light Rail |
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| Code | SJC | ||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | ||
Diridon Station (formerly the Cahill Depot) is the central passenger rail depot for San Jose, California. It also serves as a major transit hub for Santa Clara County. The station is located along the Union Pacific "Coast Line" tracks (formerly Southern Pacific property) at 65 Cahill Street in San Jose.
[edit] History
The Cahill Depot was opened in December 1935. The opening of the depot may have also been related to the Southern Pacific Railroad's track realignment from Fourth Street through Downtown San Jose to the eastern edge of Willow Glen in 1935. The new depot effectively replaced the Fourth Street line's station, then located at Market and Bassett Streets.
The Cahill Depot was a destination for several Southern Pacific passenger trains, including the famous San Francisco - Los Angeles train, the Coast Daylight. Amtrak took over long distance passenger train service in 1971, and Caltrain equipment replaced all SP passenger equipment on the Peninsula Commute in 1985.
Restoration of the station was finished in 1994, at which point the station was re-christened Diridon Station in honor of former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon. [1]
In 1996, Santa Clara County voters approved a half cent sales tax to fund the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Project. Part of this project was the construction of the Vasona Light Rail extension which included a VTA light rail station immediately adjacent to the Diridon train depot. The official opening date for this light rail extension was October 1, 2005, however, revenue service at the San Fernando and Diridon Stations began on July 29, 2005 to accommodate attendees of the inaugural San Jose Grand Prix race.
The passenger platform is featured in the opening scene of Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie (1964) as representing the Hartford, Connecticut train station. Marnie (Tippi Hedren) is seen walking down the platform, back to the camera with a yellow purse and a suitcase, setting down her suitcase and waiting for her train to arrive.
[edit] Transit connections
- VTA Route 22
- VTA Route 63
- VTA Route 64
- VTA Route 65
- VTA Route 68
- VTA Express Route 180
- VTA Limited Route 305
- VTA Rapid Route 522
- Highway 17 Express
- Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)
- Amtrak Thruway Bus - San Joaquin Route
[edit] External links
- Caltrain
- Altamont Commuter Express
- Amtrak California
- Amtrak
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
- Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Highway 17 Express)
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA
| Preceding station | Transit Lines | Following station | ||
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| San Fernando | VTA Light Rail (Mountain View - Winchester) | Race | ||
| Santa Clara - Caltrain/ACE | Caltrain (San Franisco - San Jose/Gilroy) | Tamien | ||
| Santa Clara - Caltrain/ACE | Altamont Commuter Express (Stockton-San Jose) | Terminus | ||
| Oakland Jack London Square | Amtrak Coast Starlight (Seattle - Los Angeles) | Salinas | ||
| Santa Clara - Great America | Amtrak Capitol Corridor (Auburn-San Jose) | Terminus | ||
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