Santa Clara station (VTA)

Santa Clara station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) located in the Historic District of Downtown San Jose, California on 1st and 2nd Streets just south of Santa Clara Street. The northbound platform is on 1st Street; the southbound platform is on 2nd Street. The platforms are connected via a pedestrian paseo called Fountain Alley. This station is served by the Blue and Green lines of the VTA Light Rail system.

This article is about the VTA light rail station on Santa Clara Street in San Jose. For the station in central Santa Clara, see Santa Clara Transit Center. For the station near California's Great America, see Santa Clara – Great America station. For other uses, see Santa Clara Station.
Santa Clara
Blue Line (VTA) Green Line (VTA)
Santa Clara station platform, March 2005
General information
LocationFountain Alley
San Jose, California
Coordinates37°20′09″N 121°53′24″W
Owned bySanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Line(s)Guadalupe Phase 2
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 17, 1988 (1988-06-17)[2]
RebuiltMay 2007
Services
Preceding station VTA Light Rail Following station
Saint James
toward Baypointe
 Blue Line Paseo de San Antonio
toward Santa Teresa
Saint James
toward Old Ironsides
 Green Line Paseo de San Antonio
toward Winchester
Location

Santa Clara station is a major transit transfer point in the VTA system. Downtown San José station, a proposed underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station, is planned to be co-located with the existing VTA station.

History

VTA closed the station for refurbishment from January to May 2007 to allow level boarding at all doors, thus making the station fully wheelchair accessible.

Santa Clara station is planned as a future transfer point between BART (in the second, unfunded phase of an extension from Fremont) and VTA light rail. The BART downtown San Jose subway station is proposed to be built under Santa Clara Street.

Service

Station layout
2nd Street Platform Side platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → Blue Line (VTA) Blue Line toward Santa Teresa (Paseo de San Antonio) →
→ Green Line (VTA) Green Line toward Winchester (Paseo de San Antonio) →
1st Street Platform Northbound ← Blue Line (VTA) Blue Line toward Baypointe (Saint James)
← Green Line (VTA) Green Line toward Old Ironsides (Saint James)
Side platform, doors will open on the left

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References
  1. "VTA Light Rail System". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. October 11, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. "VTA Facts: Light Rail System" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. November 30, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

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