Downtown San José station explained
| Downtown San José |
| Style: | BART |
| Symbol: | yes |
| Symbol Location: | BART |
| Address: | Santa Clara Street
San Jose, California |
| Coordinates: | 37.3364°N -121.89°W |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
| Platform: | 2 split platforms |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Opening: | (estimated) |
| Structure: | Split platform |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Owned: | VTA (operated by Bay Area Rapid Transit) |
Downtown San José station[1] [2] is a proposed underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station underneath Santa Clara Street in Downtown San Jose, planned as part of Silicon Valley BART extension Phase II. The station would be co-located with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority's existing Santa Clara light rail station, and be located between the proposed 28th Street/Little Portugal station and a transfer station at San Jose Diridon Station. The station eventually connects to the proposed Santa Clara BART station.[3] Revenue service, which will be served by the Orange and Green Lines, is envisioned to start in 2036.[4] [5]
History
The original plan for the Silicon Valley BART extension included the Downtown San José station, but full funding could not be secured[6] and the San Jose extension was split into two phases. Phase I, completed on June 13, 2020, was the extension to Berryessa/North San José station.[7] The proposed Downtown San José station is part of a later, unfunded phase II of the Silicon Valley BART extension[8] and would be located between the proposed 28th Street/Little Portugal and Diridon BART stations. Construction is planned to begin in 2024, and revenue service to start in 2036.
Notes and References
- Web site: Downtown San José Station. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase ll Extension Project. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. April 22, 2019. May 11, 2019.
- Web site: BART unveils system map for future Milpitas and Berryessa service. Bay Area Rapid Transit. May 8, 2020. May 31, 2020. Bart. Wright. BART System Map. Bay Area Rapid Transit. May 10, 2020. May 31, 2020.
- http://www.vta.org/bart/documents/other/bart_fact.pdf BART Silicon Valley Fact Sheet
- News: BART delays loom for downtown San Jose: BART timetable for downtown San Jose service now seen as 2030 . San Jose Mercury News . September 24, 2019 . At one point, political and business leaders had anticipated BART service beginning in 2026 in downtown San Jose, but the new estimates from VTA point to a service launch more in the 2029 or 2030 time frame… . October 10, 2019.
- News: Handa . Robert . New Design on BART Extension to San Jose Pushes Back Completion Date to 2030 . September 30, 2019 . NBC Bay Area . September 25, 2019.
- Web site: Board Memorandum, Meeting of Jan. 8, 2009, item 20 . VTA . May 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314060621/http://www.vta.org/bart/documents/other/1_8_agenda_item_20.pdf . March 14, 2012 . mdy-all.
- Web site: VTA – BART Silicon Valley . VTA . May 28, 2011.
- News: South Bay BART initiatives move forward . ABC KGO-TV San Francisco . May 8, 2009 . September 17, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629041321/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources%2Ftraffic&id=6802932 . June 29, 2011 . live.
