List of Santa Clara VTA Light Rail stations

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail is a light rail transit system that serves the Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California. The system has 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of tracks and is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), which oversees public transit services in the county.[1] The system serves over 32,000 passengers a day as of fiscal year 2007.[2][3]

The initial segment of the VTA light rail between the Civic Center and Old Ironsides stations began service on December 11, 1987.[3] In 1988 and 1990, the system was extended south of Civic Center to Downtown San Jose and Tamien station.[3] Another 9.7 miles (15.6 km) segment to Santa Teresa and Almaden stations was added to system in April 1991, completing the entire Guadelupé section.[3][4] In December 1999, the system underwent another extension with the completion of the Tasman West section and began services to Mountain View.[5][6] The system was extended to I-880/Milpitas in 2001 and to Hostetter station in 2004 as part of the Tasman East extension. In the same year, the Capitol extension to Alum Rock station was also finished.[7][8] The latest section, the Vasona extension, was completed in 2005, connecting Campbell to Downtown San Jose.[9]

The system currently has 62 stations, of which 38 stations are served by the Mountain View–Winchester line, 36 are served by the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line, and 3 are served by the Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden line. The majority of stations, 42, are located in San Jose. Six stations are in Sunnyvale and five are in Mountain View. Campbell, Milpitas and Santa Clara each have three stations.

Contents

Stations

* Transfer stations
Terminals
Station[a] Line(s)[b] City Year opened
Almaden San Jose 1991
Alum Rock San Jose 2004
Bascom San Jose 2005
Baypointe San Jose 1999
Bayshore/NASA Mountain View 1999
Berryessa San Jose 2004
Blossom Hill San Jose 1991
Bonaventura San Jose 1987
Borregas Sunnyvale 1999
Branham San Jose 1991
Capitol San Jose 1991
Champion San Jose 1997[10]
Children's Discovery Museum San Jose 1990
Cisco Way San Jose 2001
Civic Center San Jose 1987
Component San Jose 1987
Convention Center* San Jose 1988
Cottle San Jose 1991
Cropley San Jose 2004
Crossman Sunnyvale 1999
Curtner San Jose 1991
Downtown Campbell Campbell 2005
Downtown Mountain View Mountain View 1999
Evelyn Mountain View 1999
Fair Oaks Sunnyvale 1999
Fruitdale San Jose 2005
Gish San Jose 1987
Great America Santa Clara 1987
Great Mall/Main Milpitas 2004
Hamilton Campbell 2005
Hostetter San Jose 2004
I-880/Milpitas Milpitas 2001
Japantown/Ayer San Jose 1988
Karina San Jose 1987
Lick Mill San Jose 1987
Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale 1999
McKee San Jose 2004
Metro/Airport San Jose 1987
Middlefield Mountain View 1999
Moffett Park Sunnyvale 1999
Montague Milpitas 2004
Oakridge San Jose 1991
Ohlone/Chynoweth* San Jose 1991
Old Ironsides Santa Clara 1987
Orchard San Jose 1987
Paseo de San Antonio San Jose 1988
Penitencia Creek San Jose 2004
Race San Jose 2005
Reamwood Santa Clara 1999
River Oaks San Jose 1987
Saint James San Jose 1988
San Jose Diridon San Jose 2005
San Fernando San Jose 2005
Santa Clara San Jose 1988
Santa Teresa San Jose 1991
Snell San Jose 1991
Tamien San Jose 1990
Tasman* San Jose 1987
Vienna Sunnyvale 1999
Virginia San Jose 1990
Whisman Mountain View 1999
Winchester Campbell 2005

Notes

a All the station names are based on the official system map.[11]
b Where more than one line serves a station, lines are listed in the order of opening.

References

  1. ^ "About VTA". vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/inside/about/index.html. Retrieved November 13, 2008. 
  2. ^ "Light Rail System Statistics". vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/services/light_rail_stats.html. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b c d "Light Rail System" (PDF). vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/bus_lightrail_trolly_information/09_light_rail_system_110705.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  4. ^ Middleton, William D. (August, 1991). "San Jose goes all the way — has the entire 20-mile Guadalupe Corridor light rail line in service". Railway Age. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_/ai_11135698. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  5. ^ "Tasman West Light Rail Extension" (PDF). vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/capital_projects_completed/44_tasman_west_light_rail_extension_102604.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  6. ^ "Tasman Corridor West Light Rail Extension". Federal Highway Administration. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/cmaqpgs/amaq/03cmaq10.htm. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Tasman East Light Rail Project" (PDF). vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/capital_projects_completed/23_tasman_east_light_rail_project_110405.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  8. ^ "Capitol Light Rail Project" (PDF). vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/capital_projects_completed/24_capitol_light_rail_project_110405.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  9. ^ "Vasona Light Rail Project" (PDF). vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/capital_projects_completed/25_vasona_092905.pdf. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 
  10. ^ Barnacle, Betty (March 24, 1997). "Light Rail Opens New Stop; First Station on Tasman Line to Serve North S.J. High-Tech Firms". San Jose Mercury News. 
  11. ^ "Interactive Light Rail Map". vta.org. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. http://www.vta.org/schedules/lr_interactive_map/lrBusMap.html. Retrieved November 19, 2008.