Santa Clara station (VTA)

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 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.

Santa Clara
Santa Clara station platform, March 2005
General information
Location	Fountain Alley San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°20′09″N 121°53′24″W
Owned by	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Guadalupe Phase 2
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	VTA Bus: 22, 23, 64A, 64B, 66, 68, 72, 73, Rapid 500, Rapid 522, Rapid 523, Rapid 568 Monterey–Salinas Transit: 55 Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District: Highway 17 Express
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17)
Rebuilt	May 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 Saint James toward Civic Center Holly Trolley Christmastime only Paseo de San Antonio toward Convention Center
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.

Notable places nearby

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

• Fountain Alley

External links

Media related to Santa Clara (VTA) at Wikimedia Commons