Bascom (VTA)

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Bascom is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station has a single center platform between two trackways. Bascom is served by the Mountain View-Winchester light rail line.

Contents 1 Location 2 Station Amenities 3 Architecture / Public Art 4 History 5 Nearby Points of Interest 6 Adjacent Stations 7 Connecting Transit 8 External links

[edit] Location

Address: 2051 Southwest Expressway, San Jose, CA 95126
Nearest cross-street: Bascom Avenue
Geographic coordinates: 37° 17' 58.7" North, 121° 55' 48.3" West

[edit] Station Amenities

• Fully wheelchair-accessible (level boarding platform)
• Park and Ride Lot
• Bicycle Lockers
• Payphone

[edit] Architecture / Public Art

"San Jose artist Diana Pumpelly Bates has created metal screens for the shelters that provide visual interest for passengers at the stations as well as for motorists and pedestrians passing by the stations. The patterns are a reminder of woven baskets created by the valley’s early inhabitants." [1]

[edit] History

Bascom station was built as part of the Vasona Light Rail extension project. This project extended VTA light rail service from the intersection of Woz Way and West San Carlos St in San Jose in a southwesterly direction to the Winchester station in western Campbell.

The official opening date for this station was October 1, 2005.

The construction of this station and the rest of the Vasona Light Rail extension was part of the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program. Santa Clara County voters approved the Measure B project in 1996 along with a one half percent sales tax increase. The Vasona Light Rail extension was funded mostly by the resulting sales tax revenues with additional money coming from federal and state funding, grants, VTA bond revenues, and municipal contributions. [2]

[edit] Nearby Points of Interest

• Los Gatos Creek Trail trailhead - 1 block away - Bascom Avenue, south of Southwest Expressway

[edit] Adjacent Stations

Preceding station		VTA Light Rail		Following station
Fruitdale toward Mountain View		Mountain View - Winchester		Hamilton toward Winchester

[edit] Connecting Transit

• VTA Bus Route 62 - Good Samaritan Hospital to Penitencia Creek Transit Center

[edit] External links

• Bascom (VTA) is at coordinates 37°17′59″N 121°55′48″W / 37.299701, -121.930033 (Bascom (VTA))Coordinates: 37°17′59″N 121°55′48″W / 37.299701, -121.930033 (Bascom (VTA))