Paseo de San Antonio (VTA)

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Paseo de San Antonio is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Paseo de San Antonio is served by both the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa and Mountain View-Winchester light rail lines.

Contents 1 Location 2 Refurbishment project 3 Adjacent stations 4 Nearby Points of Interest 5 Connecting Transit 6 References

[edit] Location

The station is located located in Downtown San Jose, California on 1st and 2nd Streets just north of East San Carlos St. The northbound platform is on 1st Street; the southbound platform is on 2nd Street.

[edit] Refurbishment project

Paseo de San Antonio is one of the few remaining stations in the system that is not fully wheelchair accessible. The level of the platform is approximately fourteen inches lower than the floor of the light rail vehicle. A temporary wooden ramp was 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 temporarily closed this station for refurbishment on February 27, 2006 to make the station fully wheelchair accessible. The station was scheduled to reopen in autumn of that year, but was reopened early in order to serve traffic arriving for the San Jose Grand Prix. [1]

[edit] Adjacent stations

Preceding station	VTA Light Rail			Following station
Santa Clara		Alum Rock - Santa Teresa		Convention Center
		Mountain View - Winchester

[edit] Nearby Points of Interest

Robert F. Peckham United States Courthouse and Federal Building - less 1 block away - 280 N First St
San Jose Chamber of Commerce - 1 block away - 310 S First St
Fairmont San Jose Hotel [2] - 1-2 blocks away - 170 S Market St
San Jose Repertory Theatre [3] - 1-2 blocks away - 101 Paseo de San Antonio
Plaza de Cesar Chavez [4] - 1-2 blocks away - Park Av & Market St
United States Post Office Colonnade Brach [5] - 1-2 blocks away - 200 S 3rd St
San Jose State University [6] - 2-3 blocks away - 1 Washington Square
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library [7] - 2-3 blocks away - 150 E San Fernando St
San Jose Museum of Art [8] - 2-3 blocks away - 110 S Market St

[edit] Connecting Transit

VTA Bus Lines 23, 63, 65, 66, 68, 72, 73, 81, 82, 85, Limited 304, and Limited 305.
Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)

[edit] References

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