List of Santa Clara VTA bus routes

The following is a list of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus routes. Route numbers are classified as follows:

• Lines 1-99 are standard bus and community bus routes, which feature many, closely spaced stops. These lines serve a smaller area, such as connecting transit centers to the surrounding community or Downtown San Jose to nearby neighborhoods.
• Lines 100-199 are express services and primarily operate during peak periods only. These lines operate express mainly on freeways and provide fewer stops than local services, mainly at train stations and major transfer points in Santa Clara County. These also charge higher fares than standard bus routes.
• Lines 200-299 are city light rail shuttles mainly operating along the system's light rail lines.
• Lines 300-399 are limited-stop routes that feature fewer stops than standard bus routes and mostly operate along expressways. These services operate mainly during peak periods only. Local fares apply to limited-stop lines.
• Lines 500-599 are bus rapid transit routes.
• Lines 800-899 are suburban light rail and commuter rail shuttles that operate mainly during peak periods. These lines operate mainly out of Great America ACE/Amtrak Station and Santa Teresa LRT and serve nearby high-tech businesses and industrial parks.
• Lines 900-999 are intercity routes operated in conjunction with other agencies.

Community Bus Service

Santa Clara VTA operates several community bus routes that primarily serve lower-density communities, in which regular bus services do not justify such operations, either due to area geography or low ridership when such lines were operated by standard-size buses. These lines use shuttle vehicles, similar to those used by DASH (see below).

Many of these services operate on weekdays except holidays unless noted otherwise. Six routes run daily, including holidays.

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
13	North-South	San Jose Ohlone-Chynoweth LRT	San Jose Almaden Expwy & Via Valiente	Weekdays	Winfield Boulevard, Coleman Road, Almaden Expressway	Also serves Almaden LRT station	Line 13
14	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Gilroy St. Louise Regional Hospital	Daily	Pacheco Pass Highway, Arroyo Circle	Also serves Gilroy Premium Outlets	Line 14
16	North-South	Morgan Hill Main St & Dewitt St Civic Center	Morgan Hill Burnett Ave Sobrato High School	Weekdays	Main Street, Cochrane Street, Monterey Boulevard	No midday service Also serves Main & Hale Transit Center for connections to Line 68, as well as Live Oak High School and Sobrato High School.	Line 16
17	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Gilroy Murray Ave & Tomkins Ct Santa Clara County Social Services	Weekdays	Murray Avenue		Line 17
18	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Gilroy Gavilan College	Daily	10th Street, Thomas Road, Santa Teresa Boulevard	Also serves Gilroy High School	Line 18
19	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Gilroy 1st St & Kern Ave	Daily	6th Street, Wren Avenue	Operates loops along Mantelli Drive and Santa Barbara Drive	Line 19
32	East-West	Mountain View San Antonio Transit Center	Santa Clara Transit Center	Weekdays	Middlefield Road, Evelyn Street, Monroe Street	Also serves Middlefield LRT and Sunnyvale Transit Center	Line 32
34	East-West	Mountain View San Antonio Transit Center	Mountain View Caltrain Station	Weekdays	Rengstorff Avenue, Shoreline Avenue	Also stops at Mountain View Senior Center (eastbound only) and Downtown Mountain View	Line 34
37	East-West	San Jose Capitol LRT	Saratoga West Valley College	Weekdays	Hillsdale Avenue, Camden Road, Burrows Street	On select weekday trips, buses operate between Winchester Transit Center and West Valley College only.	Line 37
39	North-South	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	San Jose The Villages	Daily	Quimby Road, Ruby Avenue, San Felipe Road	Also serves Evergreen Village Square	Line 39
42	North-South	San Jose Kaiser San Jose Main Campus Weekdays only	San Jose Evergreen Valley College Weekdays only	Weekdays and Saturdays	Monterey Highway, San Ignacio Avenue, Capitol Expressway, Yerba Buena Road	Also serves Blossom Hill Caltrain, San Jose V.A. Hospital, and Silver Creek High School Select stops along the line (in the industrial areas) are not served on Saturdays	Line 42
		San Jose Santa Teresa LRT Saturdays only	San Jose Monterey Hwy & Senter Ave Saturdays only
45	North-South	San Jose Alum Rock Transit Center	San Jose Penitencia Creek LRT	Weekdays	Alum Rock Avenue, Toyon Avenue		Line 45
48	North-South	Campbell Winchester Transit Center	Los Gatos Civic Center	Daily	Winchester Boulevard, Pollard Road	All SB trips ending at Los Gatos Civic Center continue as Line 49 to Winchester via Los Gatos Blvd and Camden Ave in south San Jose Also serves El Camino Hospital in Los Gatos	Line 48
49					Camden Road, Bascom Avenue, Los Gatos Boulevard	All SB trips ending at Los Gatos Civic Center continue as Line 48 to Winchester via Pollard Rd and Winchester Blvd. Also serves Good Samaritan Hospital for connections to Line 27	Line 49
65	North-South	San Jose 13th St & Hedding St	San Jose Kooser Rd & Meridian Ave Princeton Plaza	Weekdays	13th Street, 7th Street (SB), 6th Street (NB), Parkmoor Avenue (SB), Moorpark Avenue (NB), Leigh Avenue	Also serves San Jose State University, San Jose Diridon, San Jose City College, and several LRT stations	Line 65
88	North-South	Palo Alto V.A. Hospital	Palo Alto Middlefield Ave & Colorado Ave	Weekdays	Arastradero Avenue, Louis Road	Line operates with three variants: Line 88 operates along Charleston Avenue all-day Line 88L operates to Louis & Colorado via Meadow Drive on school days only Line 88M operates to Middlefield & Colorado via Waverley Street on school days only	Line 88

Regular Bus Service

Santa Clara VTA operates numerous bus lines that operate on most major thoroughfares throughout Santa Clara County. Several of these lines converge at key transfer points, including Downtown San Jose, several Caltrain stations between Palo Alto and Gilroy, and most light rail stations. Some lines also provide connecting services to other transit agencies, including AC Transit, Dumbarton Express, Monterey-Salinas Transit, and SamTrans.

Included in this listing are VTA's limited-stop and bus rapid transit services, as those levy the same cash fares as regular local buses.

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
10 Airport Flyer	East-West	San Jose Metro/Airport LRT	Santa Clara Caltrain Station	Daily	Technology Drive, Airport Boulevard, Terminal Drive, Coleman Road	Operates as a free service, providing connections to San Jose International Airport from both the LRT and Caltrain.	Line 10
12	East-West	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	San Jose Civic Center LRT	Weekends and holidays	Tully Road, King Road	This route operates as a supplementary service to Lines 62 and 77 that provides service to the San Jose Flea Market. For weekday service, see lines 62 and 77.	Line 12
22	East-West	Palo Alto Caltrain Station	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Daily	El Camino Real, The Alameda, Santa Clara Street, King Road, Tully Road	Operates all times. Also part of the All-Nighter network. Many trips operate to and from El Camino Real & Showers in Mountain View. Also serves Santa Clara Caltrain, Downtown San Jose, and San Jose State University. For a Rapid version of this service, see Line 522 below.	Line 22
23	East-West	Cupertino De Anza College	San Jose Alum Rock Transit Center	Daily	Alum Rock Avenue, 2nd Street (WB), 1st Street (EB), San Carlos Avenue, Stevens Creek Boulevard	Also serves Valley Fair Shopping Center, Santana Row, and Downtown San Jose. For a limited-stop version of this line, see Line 323 below.	Line 23
25	East-West	Cupertino De Anza College Most trips	San Jose Alum Rock Transit Center	Daily	Story Road, Keyes Road, Fruitdale Avenue, Moorpark Avenue, Clove Drive, Williams Road, Bollinger Avenue, McLellan Road	Also serves Tamien Caltrain and LRT station and Valley Medical Center. Short-line trips operate between Alum Rock Transit Center and Clove & Thornton (at Valley Medical Center)	Line 25
		Santa Clara Clove Dr & Thornton Way Select trips
26	East-West	Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin Transit Center	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Daily	Fair Oaks Drive, Wolfe Avenue, Campbell Avenue, Curtner Avenue, Tully Road	Select peak-period trips operate between Lockheed Martin LRT and Wolfe & El Camino Real only (AM to Lockheed Martin, PM to El Camino) Also serves Fair Oaks LRT, Vallco Shopping Mall, Downtown Campbell, Pruneyard Shopping Center, and Curtner LRT	Line 26
27	East-West	Los Gatos Good Samaritan Hospital	San Jose Kaiser Hospital San Jose	Daily	Blossom Hill Road, Cottle Road	Also serves Princeton Plaza, Oakridge LRT, Oakridge Mall, Blossom Hill LRT, and Cottle LRT	Line 27
31	North-South	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	San Jose Evergreen Valley College	Daily	S King Road, Capitol Expressway, San Felipe Road	Also serves Silver Creek High School	Line 31
35	North-South	Palo Alto Stanford Shopping Center	Mountain View Caltrain Station	Daily	Middlefield Road, California Avenue	Also serves San Antonio Caltrain Station and Downtown Palo Alto	Line 35
40	East-West	Mountain View Shoreline Ave & La Avenida North Coach Terminal	Los Altos Hills Foothill College Weekdays and Saturdays	Daily	Rengstorff Avenue, San Antonio Road, El Monte Avenue	Daily service operates between Shoreline & La Avenida and San Antonio & Lyell in Los Altos. Sunday and holiday service does not operate to Foothill College and instead turns around at 1st & Lyell Streets before returning to Shoreline & La Avenida. Also serves San Antonio Shopping Center and Downtown Los Altos.	Line 40
			Los Altos San Antonio & Lyell Sundays and Holidays
46	North-South	Milpitas Escuela Road Milpitas High School	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	Weekdays and Saturdays	Montague Expressway, Yellowstone Avenue, Jacklin Road	Also serves Rancho Milpitas Middle School and Downtown Milpitas.	Line 46
47	North-South	Milpitas Ranch Drive McCarthy Ranch Marketplace	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	Daily	Calaveras Road, S Park Victoria Drive, Landess Avenue	Also serves Kaiser Hospital Milpitas, Downtown Milpitas, and Valley Health Center.	Line 47
51	North-South	Mountain View N Akron & McCord Moffett Field/NASA Ames Research Center	Cupertino De Anza College	Weekdays	Moffett Road, Castro Street, Miramonte Avenue, Grant Avenue, Stevens Creek Boulevard	Many trips operate via Truman & Bryant (AM and PM peak periods) in Mountain View to serve Alta Vista and Mountain View High Schools. Trips not operating to Truman & Bryant operate along Grant Avenue between Fremont and Bryant Streets. Also serves Downtown Mountain View. Short-line trips run between Moffett Field and Truman & Bryant only.	Line 51
52	North-South	Mountain View Caltrain Station	Los Altos Hills Foothill College	Weekdays	Castro Street, El Monte Avenue		Line 52
53	North-South	Sunnyvale Caltrain Station	Saratoga West Valley College	Weekdays	W Washington Drive, Mary Avenue, N Stelling Avenue, McLellan Avenue, Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga Avenue	Two AM peak period trips operate from Sunnyvale Caltrain to De Anza College only.	Line 53
54	North-South	Mountain View Lockheed Martin Transit Center	Cupertino De Anza College	Daily	Mathilda Avenue, Olive Avenue, Hollenbeck Avenue	Also serves Sunnyvale Caltrain and Sunnyvale Civic Center.	Line 54
55	North-South	Santa Clara Old Ironsides/Great America LRT	Cupertino De Anza College Most trips	Daily	Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, Remington Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, Maude Drive, Lawrence Expressway, Tasman Drive	Also serves Downtown Sunnyvale, Lakeview Park (Santa Clara), Reamwood LRT, and Great America. Select weekday peak period trips operate between Old Ironsides LRT and Fremont & Sunnyvale-Saratoga to serve Fremont High School in Cupertino (AM to Fremont High School, AM and PM to Old Ironsides LRT) via Fremont Street, Hollenbeck Avenue, and Remington Avenue. These trips do not continue on to De Anza College. Additional trips are provided only during Levi's Stadium events.	Line 55
			Cupertino Fremont Dr & Sunnyvale-Saratoga Rd Weekday peak periods only
57	North-South	Santa Clara Old Ironsides/Great America LRT	Saratoga West Valley College	Daily	Great America Parkway, Bowers Avenue, Kiely Avenue, Saratoga Avenue, Quito Road	Also serves Mission College. Operates in tandem with Line 58 between Bowers & Scott and West Valley College via Bowers Avenue on weekdays. Additional trips are provided only during Levi's Stadium events.	Line 57
58	North-South	Alviso Liberty St & Taylor St	Saratoga West Valley College	Weekdays	1st Street, Zanker Road, Scott Boulevard, Bowers Avenue, Kiely Avenue, Saratoga Avenue	No midday service Operates in tandem with Line 57 between Bowers & Scott and West Valley College via Bowers Avenue.	Line 58
60	North-South	Santa Clara Old Ironsides/Great America LRT Most trips	Campbell Winchester Transit Center	Daily	Great America Parkway, Mission College Boulevard, Bellomy Street (NB), Market Street (SB), Winchester Boulevard	Also serves Great America, Mission College, Santa Clara Caltrain, Downtown Santa Clara, and Valley Fair Shopping Center. Select weekday peak period trips operate between Winchester Transit Center and Santa Clara Caltrain only. Additional trips are provided only during Levi's Stadium events.	Line 60
		Santa Clara Caltrain Station Weekday peak periods only
61	North-South	San Jose Sierra Rd & Piedmont Rd	Los Gatos Good Samaritan Hospital	Daily	Mabury Road, Taylor Road, Hedding Street, Bascom Avenue	Also serves Penitencia Creek LRT, Civic Center LRT, San Jose City College, Valley Medical Center, and Pruneyard Shopping Center Operates in tandem with Line 62 along Bascom Avenue	Line 61
62					Berryessa Avenue, Hedding Street, Bascom Avenue, Union Avenue	Also serves Berryessa LRT, San Jose Flea Market, Civic Center LRT, San Jose City College, Valley Medical Center, and Pruneyard Shopping Center Operates in tandem with Line 61 along Bascom Avenue	Line 62
63	North-South	San Jose 7th St & Santa Clara St San Jose State University	San Jose Almaden Expwy & Camden Avenue	Daily	E San Fernando Street, Race Street, Meridian Avenue, Camden Avenue	Also serves Downtown San Jose, San Fernando LRT, San Jose Diridon Transit Center, and Princeton Plaza	Line 63
64	North-South	San Jose McKee Rd & N White Rd	San Jose Almaden LRT Most trips	Daily	McKee Road, 6th Street (NB), 7th Street (SB), E San Fernando Street, S Montgomery Street, Almaden Expressway	Also serves McKee LRT, San Jose State University, Downtown San Jose, and Diridon Transit Center. Select weekday trips operate between McKee & White and Diridon Transit Center only.	Line 64
			San Jose Diridon Transit Center Select trips
66	North-South	Milpitas N Milpitas Blvd & Dixon Rd	San Jose Kaiser Hospital San Jose	Daily	Jacklin Road, Main Street, Oakland Road, Hedding Street, 1st Street (NB), 2nd Street (SB), Monterey Highway, Snell Avenue	Also serves Downtown Milpitas, Great Mall/Main Transit Center, several LRT stations in Downtown San Jose, Capitol Caltrain, and Snell LRT.	Line 66
68	North-South	San Jose Diridon Transit Center	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Daily	Santa Clara Street, 1st Street (NB), 2nd Street (SB), Cottle Road, Santa Teresa Boulevard, Monterey Highway	Select SB AM trips begin from 2nd & Santa Clara Streets (at Santa Clara LRT station) Also serves San Martin Caltrain, Morgan Hill Caltrain, Downtown Morgan Hill, Santa Teresa LRT station, Cottle LRT station, Capitol Caltrain, and Downtown San Jose. For an Express version of this service, see Line 168 below.	Line 68
70	North-South	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	San Jose Capitol LRT	Daily	Morrill Avenue, Flickinger Avenue, Jackson Avenue, Adrian Way, Capitol Expressway, Senter Road	First NB AM trip begins from Senter Road & Capitol Expressway daily. Also serves Hostetter LRT, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, Overfelt High School, and Eastridge Transit Center	Line 70
71	North-South	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Daily	Piedmont Road, N White Road, Quimby Road		Line 71
72	North-South	San Jose 2nd St & Bassett St	San Jose Monterey Hwy & Senter Rd	Daily	E San Fernando Street, 11th Street (NB), 10th Street (SB), E San Carlos Street, 24th Street, McLaughlin Avenue, Senter Road	Also serves Downtown San Jose and San Jose State University Route 73 only: Many trips also operate in a one-way loop to and from Monterey & Senter via Capitol Expressway, Snell Avenue, and E Skyway Drive to serve Snell & Baroni Ave.	Line 72
73					E San Fernando Street, 11th Street (NB), 10th Street (SB), Keyes Road, Senter Road		Line 73
77	North-South	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Daily	McCandless Drive, Lundy Avenue, King Road, Rigoletto Drive, Quimby Road		Line 77
81	East-West	Cupertino Vallco Shopping Center	San Jose Santa Clara St & 7th St Weekdays	Weekdays and Saturdays	Tantau Avenue, Benton Street, Park Avenue, W San Carlos Street, San Fernando Street	All trips operate between Vallco Shopping Center and Franklin Square (at Benton & Monroe). Beyond Franklin Square: Weekdays: line continues to and from Downtown San Jose and San Jose State University. Saturdays: line continues along Benton Street to and from Santa Clara Transit Center.	Line 81
			Santa Clara Caltrain Station Saturdays only
82	North-South	San Jose 2nd St & Bassett St	San Jose Westgate Shopping Center	Daily	1st Street (NB), 2nd Street (SB), Alma Road, Pine Road, Hamilton Avenue	Also serves Downtown San Jose, Tamien Caltrain & LRT stations, and Hamilton LRT. Select school day-only trips serve Willow Glen Educational Park near Tamien Caltrain.	Line 82
89	North-South	Palo Alto California Avenue Caltrain Station	Palo Alto V.A. Hospital	Weekdays	Hanover Drive, Hillview Avenue, Arastradero Avenue	Operates during peak periods only (AM to V.A. Hospital, PM to Caltrain)	Line 89

Rapid Bus Service

Currently, the VTA operates one line that is a precursor to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service, the Rapid 522. This service operates along one of Santa Clara County's major commercial corridors, El Camino Real, between Palo Alto and East San Jose. It stops at 30 intersections and transit centers that provide timed and extensive connections to other bus and light rail services, a far fewer number of stops than line 22 that operates on the same corridor.

On January 6, 2014, VTA expanded the Rapid 522 hours on weekdays and Saturdays to end at approximately 10:30 pm while introducing a new Sunday schedule operating between 9 am and 6 pm.^[1]

This service operates daily; for service outside of operating hours, use Line 22. On line maps, it is colored dark blue with red border.

Similar to the BRT systems for which it is a precursor, Rapid Line 522 utilizes queue-jump lanes, traffic signal priority, and enhanced bus stop designs that provide riders with quicker service to and from major attractions in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and San Jose.

VTA started construction in March 2014 on the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Bus Rapid Transit Project , which will upgrade the section of the Rapid 522 between Eastridge Transit Center and the SAP Center at San Jose to BRT service. The new BRT service will feature special hybrid vehicles with Wi-Fi on board, enhanced stations, dedicated lanes on Alum Rock, transit signal priority, electronic real-time information message signs, off-board payment and all-door boarding to speed up stops, and service every 10 minutes at peak times.

In the future, VTA has plans to upgrade the rest of the Rapid 522 route to BRT service with the El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Project and create a second BRT line, the 523, to serve another major commercial corridor, San Carlos Street and Stevens Creek Boulevard between Eastridge Transit Center in east San Jose and De Anza College in Cupertino. It will mirror the current local Line 23 and limited-stop Line 323.

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Streets traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
522	East-West	Palo Alto Caltrain Station	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Daily	El Camino Real, The Alameda, Santa Clara Street, Alum Rock Avenue, Capitol Avenue, Capitol Expressway	For service to other stops not served by this line, as well as for stops along King Road and Tully Road, see local Line 22 above. Also serves Alum Rock Transit Center, Capitol Expwy & Story Rd, and Capitol Expwy & Ocala Ave, in addition to other attractions served by Line 22.	Line 522

Limited-Stop Service

These services basically operate weekdays only (except holidays), mostly during peak periods. Compared to express bus services, these lines operate via expressways - most notably Lawrence Expressway and San Tomas Expressway - that provide semi-express service to industrial parks in Sunnyvale and Milpitas, and thus local fares apply to these lines. South of the industrial parks, buses operate in a skip-stop pattern, stopping at major intersections that provide connections to other bus and light rail services. On line maps, these are colored green.

On October 1, 2012, VTA introduced limited-stop Line 323 along the Stevens Creek Boulevard corridor between Downtown San Jose and De Anza College to relieve overcrowding on many Line 23 trips.^[2] VTA expanded Line 323 with a new Saturday schedule on July 7, 2014.^[3]

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Streets traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
304	North-South	San Jose Santa Teresa LRT	Sunnyvale Caltrain Station	Weekdays	Snell Avenue, Skyway Drive, Monterey Highway, 1st Avenue (NB), 2nd Avenue (SB), Central Expressway, Scott Boulevard, Arques Avenue, Fair Oaks Drive, Evelyn Road	Operates during peak periods only (AM to Sunnyvale, PM to Santa Teresa) Limited stops provided south of Downtown San Jose.	Line 304
321	East-West	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center	Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin Transit Center	Weekdays	Great Mall Parkway, Montague Expressway, Mission College Boulevard, Great America Parkway, Lawrence Expressway	Operates during peak periods only (AM to Sunnyvale, PM to Great Mall) Limited stops provided east of Montague Expwy & De La Cruz Avenue.	Line 321
323	East-West	Cupertino De Anza College	San Jose 2nd St & Bassett St	Daily	2nd Street (WB), 1st Street (EB), San Carlos Avenue, Stevens Creek Boulevard	Compliments local Line 23 service, this service serves at a combined 28 eastbound and westbound stops that will provide timed connections to other VTA bus and light rail services, as well as quicker access to attractions served by Line 23.	Line 323
328	North-South	San Jose Almaden Expwy & Camden Avenue	Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin Transit Center	Weekdays	Redmond Avenue, Camden Avenue, San Tomas Expressway, Hamilton Avenue, Lawrence Expressway	Operates during peak periods only (AM to Sunnyvale, PM to east San Jose) Limited stops provided south of Lawrence Expwy & El Camino Real.	Line 328
330	North-South	San Jose Almaden Expwy & Camden Avenue	Milpitas I-880/Milpitas LRT	Weekdays	Redmond Avenue, Camden Avenue, San Tomas Expressway, Tasman Road	Operates during peak periods only (AM to Milpitas, PM to east San Jose) Limited stops provided south of San Tomas Expwy & Cabrillo Ave. Also serves multiple LRT stations along Tasman Road between Old Ironsides/Great America and I-880/Milpitas.	Line 330

Express Bus Service

These services mainly operate during weekday peak periods only, operating in the following pattern:

• AM commute: towards industrial parks, Downtown San Jose, or Fremont BART
• PM commute: from industrial parks, Downtown San Jose, or Fremont BART

Most of these trips operate NB or WB in the morning and SB or EB in the afternoon and evening. Exceptions to this pattern are:

• Line 180, which operates both NB and SB trips all-day weekdays
• Line 181, which operates both NB and SB trips daily (including holidays)
• Line 182, which operates as a counter-commute (SB in the morning, NB in the afternoon)

VTA's Express Bus fares are higher than standard bus fares as these trips operate along many of Santa Clara County's freeways, including:

• Highway 85
• Highway 237
• I-280
• I-680
• I-880
• US-101

A few lines operate similar trips, with fewer stops than their stopping regular bus and light rail counterparts:

• Line 168 is the express version of Line 68
• Line 181 is the express version of the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa light rail line between Downtown San Jose and Great Mall/Main in Milpitas.

On line maps, these are colored red. Line numbers marked with an asterisk (*) denote that the buses used on these lines are the VTA's newest suburban-style Gillig low-floor buses that have WiFi capability on board.

Serving Stanford Industrial Park

All trips serving Stanford Industrial Park in Palo Alto operate along Deer Creek Road, Arastradero Avenue, Hillview Drive, Hanover Drive, and Page Mill Road to and from their terminals at either:

• Lines 101, 102, and 103: Page Mill Road & Hansen Way
• Line 104: Deer Creek Road at VMware

Line Number	Direction	Origin/Destination	Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
101	North-South	San Jose Hwy 85 at Camden Ave Park-and-Ride	Weekdays	Winchester Boulevard, Hamilton Avenue, Stevens Creek Boulevard, I-280	Also serves Winchester Transit Center, Westgate Shopping Center, and Vallco Shopping Center	Line 101
102*	North-South	San Jose Santa Teresa LRT	Weekdays	Santa Teresa Boulevard, Snell Road, Highway 85, I-280	Also serves Snell LRT and Ohlone/Chynoweth LRT stations, as well as select stops along Santa Teresa Boulevard.	Line 102
103*	East-West	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Weekdays	To Stanford: Capitol Expressway, I-680, Southwest Expressway, Fruitdale Avenue, Meridian Avenue, I-280 To Eastridge: I-280, Parkmoor Avenue, Race Street, Fruitdale Avenue, Southwest Expressway, I-680, Capitol Expressway	Also serves Capitol Expwy & Story Rd and Fruitdale Ave & Southwest Expwy stops.	Line 103
104	East-West	San Jose Penitencia Creek LRT	Weekdays	Morrill Avenue, Main Street, Calaveras Street, Highway 237, US-101, Charleston Road, Alma Street	Also serves Great Mall/Main Transit Center, Downtown Milpitas, select stops in south Palo Alto, and Palo Alto V.A. Hospital.	Line 104

Serving Moffett Industrial Park

All trips operating to Moffett Industrial Park serve Crossman LRT station, Borregas LRT station, and Lockheed Martin Transit Center. In addition, Line 120 continues further north from Lockheed Martin to serve high-tech industrial parks along Shoreline Boulevard and Charleston Road to end at San Antonio Road & Casey Avenue in Mountain View.

Line Number	Direction	Origin/Destination	Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
120*	North-South	Fremont BART Station	Weekdays	Walnut Street, Stevenson Boulevard, Mission Boulevard, I-880, Highway 237	See note above for Line 120 information beyond Lockheed Martin.	Line 120
121	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Weekdays	Monterey Highway, Butterfield Road, US-101, Great America Parkway, Lawrence Expressway	Also serves San Martin Caltrain, Morgan Hill Caltrain, Old Ironsides LRT station, and Reamwood LRT station.	Line 121
122*	North-South	San Jose Santa Teresa LRT	Weekdays	Santa Teresa Boulevard, Snell Road, Capitol Expressway, US-101	Also serves Snell LRT station and select stops along Santa Teresa Boulevard, Snell Road, and Capitol Expressway.	Line 122

Serving Fremont BART

Aside from Line 120, several other lines operate to and from Fremont BART station, providing connections to other communities around the Bay Area, particularly to East Bay destinations.

Line Number	Direction	Origin/Destination	Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
140	North-South	Santa Clara Mission College Blvd & Montague Expwy	Weekdays	Walnut Street, Stevenson Boulevard, Mission Boulevard, I-880, Tasman Road, Old Ironsides Road	Operates AM commute towards Mission College and PM commute towards BART Also serves the following: Mission College (stop at Mission College Blvd. & Great America Parkway) Santa Clara – Great America Amtrak/ACE Several LRT stops along Tasman Road between I-880/Milpitas and Old Ironsides/Great America.	Line 140
180	North-South	Milpitas Great Mall/Main Transit Center San Jose Aborn & White Roads (select trips only)	Weekdays	Walnut Avenue, Stevenson Boulevard, Mission Boulevard, I-680, Montague Expressway continues to San Jose - Capitol Avenue, I-680, Capitol Expressway.	Operates when Line 181 bypasses Great Mall/Main Transit Center; after 10pm, use Line 181. Select trips operate to/from Aborn and White Roads (AM trips operate NB; PM trips operate SB).	Line 180
181	North-South	San Jose Diridon Transit Center	Daily	Walnut Avenue, Stevenson Boulevard, I-880, 1st Street (NB), 2nd Street (SB), W San Fernando Street	Operates via Great Mall/Main Transit Center after 10pm weekdays and all-day weekends and holidays. Select Sunday/holiday trips operate between Fremont BART Station and Great Mall/Main Transit Center only. Late-night SB trips (after 11pm) end at 2nd Street & Santa Clara Street in Downtown San Jose. Also serves multiple LRT stations along 1st Street in Downtown San Jose, and at Great Mall/Main Transit Center.	Line 181

Serving Downtown San Jose

Aside from Line 181, Line 168 also serves Downtown San Jose, operating to and from San Jose Diridon Transit Center.

Line Number	Direction	Origin/Destination	Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
168	North-South	Gilroy Caltrain Station	Weekdays	Monterey Highway, Butterfield Road, US-101, Highway 87, E San Carlos Street, 1st Street (NB), 2nd Street (SB), Santa Clara Street	Operates AM peak towards San Jose Diridon and PM peak towards Gilroy. Also serves San Martin and Morgan Hill Caltrain stations, as well as several LRT stations in Downtown San Jose. For service between Morgan Hill Caltrain and Downtown San Jose, including Downtown Morgan Hill, Santa Teresa LRT, and Capitol Caltrain, as well as for midday, weekend, and holiday services, see Line 68 above.	Line 168

Reverse Commute

Line 182, as noted above, operates counter-commute trips between Palo Alto and South San Jose, with one trip each from Palo Alto in the morning and from South San Jose in the afternoon.

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
182*	North-South	Palo Alto Page Mill Rd & El Camino Real	San Jose IBM Facility at Bailey Rd	Weekdays	California Avenue (AM only), Hanover Drive (AM only), Page Mill Road, I-280, Vallco Parkway, Stevens Creek Boulevard, Highway 87, Highway 85, Cottle Road, Santa Teresa Boulevard, San Ignacio Road	Also serves Vallco Shopping Center, Stevens Creek & Stern stop, Cottle LRT station, Santa Teresa LRT station, and the industrial areas along Via Del Oro, San Ignacio Road, and Bernal Road.	Line 182

Levi's Stadium Service

VTA offers pre-game and post-game express bus routes to supplement existing bus and light rail routes that already serves California's Great America theme park, which is located in the same lot as Levi's Stadium. These routes operate only when a major sporting event such as the San Francisco 49ers' games and major soccer and college football matches occur. Express routes fare apply to the following routes serving Levi's Stadium - for local routes that serve Levi's Stadium, see routes 55, 57, and 60 above.

Line Number	Direction	Origin/Destination	Days of Operation	Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
251	North-South	Fremont BART Station	Event Days Only	Walnut Avenue, Stevenson Boulevard, I-880, CA-237, Great America Parkway	Operates similar to stops along Express line 181 between Fremont BART and I-880 in Fremont; stops south of Stevenson and Farwell/Omar are not included.	Levi's Stadium Bus Service Schedules
252	North-South	Cupertino Vallco Shopping Center	Event Days Only	Vallco Parkway, Wolfe Road, Homestead Road, Lawrence Expressway	Also serves Vallco Shopping Center.
253	North-South	Gilroy Gilroy Transit Center	Event Days Only	Monterey Road, East Dunne Avenue, Cocarane Road, US-101, Great America Parkway	The route operates similar to stops along Express line 121 between Gilroy Transit Center and US-101 in Morgan Hill. Unlike Express line 121, this route only serves three Caltrain stations - Gilroy, San Martin and Morgan Hill; express stops that are not located at Caltrain stations are not included in the route.
254	North-South	San Jose Eastridge Transit Center	Event Days Only	Capitol Expressway, I-680, US-101, Great America Parkway	Also serves Eastridge Mall.
255	North-South	San Jose Almaden and Camden	Event Days Only	Via Vallente, Almaden Expressway, Redmond Avenue, Coleman Road, Camden Avenue, San Tomas Expressway, Montague Expressway, Mission College Blvd, Great America Parkway	The route operates similar to most stops along Limited Stop line 330, however, this route does not run on any freeways.
256	North-South	San Jose Ohlone-Chynoweth Light Rail Station	Event Days Only	CA-87, US-101, Great America Parkway	The route operates similar to stops along the Santa Teresa-Alum Rock light rail corridor along route CA-87 between Ohlone-Chynoweth station and I-280 junction.

Shuttles

The VTA, in conjunction with many private entities and high-tech companies, as well as in coordination with Altamont Commuter Express, operates free shuttles to and from various light rail stations and Great America Station to serve businesses in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Milpitas, Santa Clara, and San Jose. Passengers can ride these shuttles for free as funding for these services are provided by grants from high-tech companies and business associations based in Santa Clara County, as well as from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. These mainly operate weekdays only (except holidays).

Light Rail Shuttles

These shuttles mainly operate to and from light rail stations around San Jose.

Line Number	Direction	Terminals		Streets Traveled	Notes	Schedule Information
201 DASH	East-West	San Jose Diridon Transit Center	San Jose 4th St & San Fernando St	San Fernando Street, Fourth Street, San Carlos Street, Almaden Road	Operates as a one-way loop to and from San Fernando & Almaden via Fourth St and San Carlos St, serving Downtown San Jose, San Jose City Hall, San Jose State University, and San Jose Convention Center. Also serves multiple LRT stations and connects to several local, rapid, and regional bus lines at Diridon Transit Center (also Caltrain) and Downtown. Operates weekdays from 6:30am to 7:30pm	Downtown Area Shuttle

Altamont Commuter Express Shuttles

All shuttles listed below originate from Great America Station and are operated in coordination with ACE train arrival times in the morning peak and departure times in the afternoon peak.

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Line Color	Direction	Origin/Destination	Companies served	Notes	Schedule Information
Gray Line South Sunnyvale	North-South	Sunnyvale Kifer Rd & Uranium Dr	Nortel Brocade Yahoo! EMC Corporation Applied Materials Fujitsu AMD Trimble Maxim Texas Industries (Silicon Valley) Qualcomm	Known internally as Line 822. First PM peak trip bypasses Evelyn & Wolfe stop.	Gray Line
Green Line North Santa Clara	East-West	Santa Clara America Center Drive	America Center Oracle Marvell Abbott FileMaker Coherent	Known internally as Line 823.	Green Line
Orange Line Mountain View/Palo Alto	East-West	Palo Alto E Meadow Dr & Meadow Cir	Microsoft Google Intuit Space Systems/Loral	Known internally as Line 824. Operates via Highway 237, US-101, Shoreline Boulevard, and Charleston Avenue.	Orange Line
Purple Line West Milpitas	East-West	Milpitas McCarthy Ranch Shopping Center	Cisco Avaya	Known internally as Line 825. Operates via Tasman Drive, Alder Drive, McCarthy Drive, and Ranch Drive.	Purple Line
Red Line North Sunnyvale	East-West	Sunnyvale Lockheed Martin Transit Center	Harmonic Aruba Networks NetApp Juniper Networks Yahoo! Lockheed Martin	Known internally as Line 826. A portion of this line operates through restricted areas inside Moffett Airfield between Mathilda Ave & Java Dr and Lockheed Martin Transit Center. A Commuter Badge requested in advance is required to access Moffett Airfield and Lockheed Martin.	Red Line
Yellow Line South Santa Clara	North-South	Santa Clara Scott Avenue at Intel	Nortel Brocade AMD Yahoo! Data Domain Intel General Dynamics Synaptics NEC Nvidia	Known internally as Line 827. Operates in a one-way loop to and from Scott Ave & San Tomas Expwy via Walsh Ave, Kifer Rd, and Great America Pkwy.	Yellow Line
Brown Line North San Jose/Light Rail	North-South	San Jose N First St & Montague Expwy	Cisco KLA Tencor Altera Cadence Santa Clara VTA Headquarters	Known internally as Line 828. Operates in a one-way loop to and from N First St & River Oaks Pkwy via Seely Ave and Montague Expwy Also serves multiple LRT stations along Tasman Dr and N First St	Brown Line
Violet Line West Milpitas	North-South	Milpitas Lundy Ave & Commerce Dr	Cisco KLA Tencor Sandisk Avaya Optoma LSI Linear Tech Propel Software Abbott Olympus Oncore Manufacturing DeVry University	Known internally as Line 831. Operates to multiple small- and medium-scale technology companies in Milpitas	Violet Line

Regional Services

The VTA collaborates with other regional agencies that operate into and out of Santa Clara County with inter-agency transfers and commuter benefits. However, these lines do not use VTA's own buses nor levy VTA's bus fares; instead, these are operated by a consortium of operators, in which the agency is a participant, and the consortium sets the fares for such services.

Line Name	Direction	Terminals		Days of Operation	Communities Served	Notes	Schedule Information
		Santa Clara County Terminal	Regional Terminal
Highway 17 Express	North-South	San Jose San Jose State University Weekdays	Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Metro Center Daily	Daily	San Jose, Scotts Valley, Soquel, Santa Cruz	Known internally as Line 970. Route operated in a joint effort between the VTA, Caltrans, Amtrak, Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, and Santa Cruz Metro, with Santa Cruz Metro operating the buses. Select weekday peak period trips operate between Soquel Park-and-Ride and San Jose, operating via Cavallero Transit Center and bypass Santa Cruz. Most weekday and select weekend and holiday trips to and from Santa Cruz operate via Scotts Valley Road to serve Cavallero Transit Center; other trips, especially during peak periods, mid-afternoons, and evenings, operate express between San Jose and Santa Cruz. Several trips provide timed connections to and from Caltrain and Amtrak trains at San Jose Diridon Station. Weekday service to San Jose State University ends at San Fernando & 5th Street. Service from San Jose State University begins at San Fernando & 7th Street. Weekday services also serve Downtown San Jose and a handful of LRT stations.	Highway 17 Express
		San Jose Diridon Transit Center Weekends and Holidays	Soquel Paul Sweet Drive Park-and-Ride Weekday peak periods only
Dumbarton Express Line DB	East-West	Palo Alto Stanford University Oval	Union City BART Station	Weekdays	Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Newark, Union City	Known internally as Line 971. Route operated in a joint effort between the VTA, AC Transit, BART, SamTrans, and Union City Transit. The service is administered by AC Transit; however, this service is contracted out to MV Transportation, and the agency also operates the buses used on this line. Also serves Palo Alto Caltrain Station, Menlo Park V.A. Hospital, and Ardenwood Park-and-Ride in Newark via Palm Avenue, Lytton Avenue, Middlefield Road, Willow Road, Dumbarton Bridge, and Decoto Road.	Line DB
Monterey-Salinas Transit Line 55	North-South	San Jose Diridon Transit Center	Monterey Transit Plaza Tyler St & Pearl St	Daily	Monterey, Sand City, Prunedale, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Jose	Known internally as Line 972. Route operated by Monterey-Salinas Transit. MST honors through-tickets on this line for passengers connecting to and from Amtrak services in San Jose. Also serves Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey), Sand City Station, Prunedale Park-and-Ride, Gilroy Caltrain, Morgan Hill Caltrain, San Jose State University, and Downtown San Jose via Highway 1, Highway 156, and US-101.	MST Line 55
Dumbarton Express Line DB1	East-West	Palo Alto Deer Creek Road Stanford Research Park	Union City BART Station	Weekdays	Palo Alto, Newark, Union City	Known internally as Line 974. Route operated in a joint effort between the VTA, AC Transit, BART, SamTrans, and Union City Transit. This service is administered by AC Transit; however, this service is contracted out to MV Transportation, and the agency also operates the buses used on this line. Also serves Palo Alto V.A. Hospital and Ardenwood Park-and-Ride in Newark via Oregon Expressway, Page Mill Road, Deer Creek Road, Hillview Avenue, Miranda Avenue, and Hanover Street.	Line DB1

References

Public transit in the San Francisco Bay Area Rail ACE (Stockton-San Jose) AirTrain (SFO) BART California Zephyr (Chicago-Emeryville) Caltrain (San Francisco-Gilroy) Capitol Corridor (Auburn-San Jose) Coast Starlight (Seattle-Los Angeles) Muni Metro Market Street Subway & cable cars (San Francisco) San Joaquins (Oakland/Sacramento-Bakersfield) SMART (Cloverdale-Larkspur) VTA light rail (Silicon Valley) Ferry Angel Island – Tiburon Ferry Blue & Gold Fleet Golden Gate Ferry San Francisco Bay Ferry Red & White Fleet Major bus AC Transit (western Alameda and Contra Costa counties) County Connection (central Contra Costa County) FAST (Central Solano County) Golden Gate Transit (Marin and Sonoma counties, San Francisco) Muni (San Francisco) SamTrans (San Mateo County, San Francisco) Santa Rosa CityBus SolTrans (southern Solano County) Sonoma County Transit Tri Delta Transit (eastern Contra Costa County) VINE Transit (Napa County) VTA (Santa Clara County) WHEELS (southeastern Alameda County) Minor bus AirBART (Oakland Airport) Alliance (San Mateo County) Bayhill Shuttle (San Bruno) Bear Transit (UC Berkeley) Dumbarton Express (Union City-Palo Alto) Emery Go-Round (Emeryville) Estuary Crossing Shuttle Healdsburg Transit Stanford Marguerite Shuttle Marin Transit Petaluma Transit PresidiGo Shuttle Rio Vista Delta Breeze San Leandro LINKS SFSU Shuttle Union City Transit Vacaville City Coach WestCAT (western Contra Costa County) Regional bus Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach (statewide) California Shuttle Bus (San Francisco-Los Angeles) Greyhound (national) Highway 17 Express (San Jose-Santa Cruz) Lake Transit (Lake County-Napa Valley) Mendocino Transit (Mendocino County-Santa Rosa) MAX (Modesto-Dublin/Pleasanton BART) San Benito Transit (San Jose-Hollister) San Joaquin RTD (San Joaquin County-Santa Clara/Alameda counties) Yolobus (Yolo County-Vacaville) Entities All Nighter Clipper Marin Commute Club MTC Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board Solano Express Spare the Air Major stations 4th & King 12th St. 19th St./Uptown Balboa Park Bay Fair Downtown Berkeley Civic Center Coliseum/Oakland Airport Concord Daly City Diridon Station Dublin/Pleasanton El Cerrito del Norte Embarcadero Emeryville Ferry Building Fremont Fremont-Centerville Gilroy Great America Hayward Hercules Hillsdale Jack London Square Larkspur Landing MacArthur Martinez Millbrae Montgomery Mountain View Palo Alto Pittsburg/Bay Point Powell Richmond Richmond Parkway San Rafael Santa Clara Santa Rosa SFO SF State Tamien Tasman Transbay Terminal Union City Vallejo Station Walnut Creek West Portal Historical services Berkeley Branch Railroad East Bay Electric Lines E&SR (Richmond) Key System NCRy (Sunol) NPC (West Marin) Ocean Shore Railroad (western San Mateo County) Real McCoy (Rio Vista) Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company Richmond-San Francisco Ferry San Francisco and Alameda Railroad SF&NP (Sonoma County) San Francisco and Oakland Railroad

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