Berryessa/North San José station explained

Berryessa
Style:BART
Other Name:Berryessa Transit Center, Berryessa
Address:925 Berryessa Station Way[1]
Borough:San Jose, California
Owned:Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Line:BART S-Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: VTA Bus:,,,
Structure:Elevated
Parking:1,527 spaces
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Opened:December 28, 2019 (bus service)
June 13, 2020 (BART)
Other Services Header:Future service (2036)
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:17

Berryessa/North San José station[2] (also known as Berryessa station and Berryessa Transit Center[3]) is an intermodal transit center located in the Berryessa district of San Jose, California, United States. The station is served by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses. The transit center opened for bus service on December 28, 2019,[4] and subsequently for BART service on June 13, 2020.[5] The station is the southern terminus of the Orange and Green lines.

The station was built and is owned by VTA, while BART operates train service with funding from VTA.[6] The bus bays and parking garages are operated by VTA. It is the first BART station ever built in San Jose, and service will terminate here until the completion of the downtown San Jose subway (the last phase of the Silicon Valley BART extension).[7]

Station layout

Berryessa/North San José station has a NaNfeet elevated island platform, with a fare lobby under the center of the platform.[8] An adjacent seven-story garage and surface lot have a combined 1,527 parking spaces, while a bike station is located under the north end of the platform.[9] The site is adjacent to the San Jose Flea Market.[10]

The Berryessa Transit Center, a two-lane bus transfer facility, is located adjacent to the north end of the station. It is served by VTA Bus routes,,, and . Rapid 500 provides limited-stop connections to Downtown San Jose and also serves San Jose Diridon station.

The station features a 15NaN cast bronze sculpture by Larry Kirkland, titled LIFE!, outside the main BART entrance. The sculpture depicts a wheel made of various items from daily life being rolled by a human figurine.[11]

History

This station is the southern of the two stations built as part of an extension from Warm Springs/South Fremont. The extension, known as Phase I of the Silicon Valley BART extension, broke ground in 2012 with completion initially expected in 2016 but delayed several times.[12] VTA received a $900 million grant for federal funding for the $2.3-billion Silicon Valley Extension in 2012.[13] Additional funding was provided by Measure B, a half-cent sales tax passed by Santa Clara County voters in 2016;[14] the Road Repair and Accountability Act, passed by the California Legislature in 2017;[15] and $125 million from the Federal Transit Administration in 2019 under a fast-track funding program.[16]

In 2017, at the request of the San Jose City Council, the station was renamed from Berryessa to "Berryessa/North San José" to "alert riders – commuters and tourists alike – that they have arrived in the Capital of the Silicon Valley".[17] [18]

On June 11, 2020, a group of Silicon Valley politicians proposed to have the station officially renamed as the "Ron Gonzales Berryessa Station" after Ron Gonzales, former mayor of San Jose, who began advocating for a Silicon Valley BART extension in 1989 while serving as a Santa Clara County Supervisor. BART station naming guidelines would likely discourage such a renaming.[19]

An official ribbon cutting for the BART station was held on June 12, 2020.[20] Berryessa/North San José and Milpitas stations opened for revenue service on June 13, 2020.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: May 19, 2020 . BART service to Milpitas and Berryessa stations starts Saturday, June 13 . May 22, 2020 . Bay Area Rapid Transit.
  2. Web site: May 8, 2020 . BART unveils system map for future Milpitas and Berryessa service . May 31, 2020 . Bay Area Rapid Transit. Bart. Wright. BART System Map. Bay Area Rapid Transit. May 10, 2020. May 31, 2020.
  3. Web site: Berryessa Transit Center & Berryessa/North San José BART Station . April 14, 2012 . December 4, 2019 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
  4. Web site: Childress . Brandi . November 20, 2019 . Ready for Launch! VTA's All New Service December 28, 2019 . December 4, 2019 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
  5. Web site: BART opens Milpitas and Berryessa stations for passenger service bart.gov. June 19, 2020. www.bart.gov.
  6. Web site: Who owns the BART stations in Berryessa/North San José and Milpitas? Who operates the different services? . May 22, 2020 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
  7. Web site: 2017 . BART Silicon Valley extension: Berryessa station .
  8. Book: Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Draft EIS/EIR . 3.4–23 . March 2004 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . Google Books.
  9. News: BART stations in Milpitas and Berryessa won't open early after all . August 10, 2017 . Aliyah . Mohammed . Mercury News . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211204014254/https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/10/bart-stations-in-milpitas-and-berryessa-wont-open-early-after-all/ . Dec 4, 2021 .
  10. VTA and BART Celebrate Rapid Rail Service to Milpitas and San José . Brandi . Childress . June 12, 2020 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608011031/https://www.vta.org/blog/vta-and-bart-celebrate-rapid-rail-service-milpitas-and-san-jose . Jun 8, 2023 .
  11. Web site: Public Art at BART Silicon Valley Phase I Stations . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006081417/https://www.vta.org/public-art-bart-silicon-valley-phase-i-stations . Oct 6, 2022 .
  12. News: Richards . Gary . Next target: Extending BART under downtown San Jose . The Mercury News . March 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924151758/http://www.mercurynews.com/2012/03/12/next-target-extending-bart-under-downtown-san-jose/ . September 24, 2016 . Construction begins this spring, with 2016 completion date... Source: VTA.
  13. VTA and FTA Seal the Deal for BART Silicon Valley . March 12, 2012 . Silicon Valley Leadership Group . September 14, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200618115234/https://www.svlg.org/vta-and-fta-seal-the-deal-for-bart-silicon-valley/ . Jun 18, 2020 .
  14. Web site: January 23, 2019 . State Supreme Court OKs Santa Clara County transportation sales tax . Michael . Cabanatuan . May 25, 2020 . San Francisco Chronicle . en.
  15. Web site: November 1, 2017 . New gas tax to pay for road repair, BART projects . May 25, 2020 . San Francisco Chronicle . en.
  16. Web site: August 28, 2019 . BART San Jose Extension to Receive $125M in Fast-Track Funding . May 25, 2020 . NBC Bay Area . en.
  17. Web site: August 3, 2017 . VTA Board Action: VTA's BART Extension Station Names . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
  18. Web site: September 8, 2017 . Board of Directors Meeting, August 3, 2017, Minutes . . 7 . PDF.
  19. Web site: June 11, 2020 . Leaders push to name new BART station after ex-San Jose mayor . San Jose Spotlight.
  20. News: Meacham . Jody . June 12, 2020 . Subdued ceremonies mark BART's station openings in Santa Clara County . . June 12, 2020.
  21. Web site: June 12, 2020 . BART service to Milpitas and Berryessa stations starts Saturday . June 12, 2020 . KTVU Fox 2.

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