Santa Clara–Great America station (called Great America station by ACE) is a train station in Santa Clara, California. It hosts Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. Of the 75 California stations served by Amtrak, Great America was the 20th-busiest in FY2019, boarding or detraining an average of about 533 passengers daily.[5]
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 Santa Clara – Great America station in 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5099 Stars & Stripes Drive Santa Clara, California United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | City of Santa Clara and Union Pacific Railroad[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | UP Coast Subdivision[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |    (at Lick Mill station) VTA Bus: Altamont Corridor Express shuttles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 189 spaces[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 12 lockers[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | Amtrak: GAC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 21, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2023 | 65,006[5] (Amtrak) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great America was proposed as a station for the new Capitols service in 1990.[6] The Capitols began operation in 1991; Santa Clara–Great America station opened as an infill station on May 21, 1993.[7]
Transit connections
editSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) provides connecting shuttles to employers in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and North San Jose.[8]
The station does not offer direct access to the VTA light rail, but the system's Lick Mill station is located 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the east and Great America station is (located at the California's Great America theme park) is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the west.
References
edit- ^ "Santa Clara, CA – Great America (GAC) – Great American Stations". Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 5.
- ^ "Great America Station". www.vta.org. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "BikeLink Locations". BikeLink. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ Evangelista, Benny (September 24, 1990). "Commute train service back on track". Oakland Tribune. pp. A-6, A-8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ National Association of Railroad Passengers (June 11, 1993). "Hotline #777". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "ACE Shuttles" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. July 2, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
External links
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