Santa Clara station (VTA) explained

Santa Clara
Style:SCVTA
Symbol Location:santaclara
Symbol:Blue
Symbol2:Green
Address:Fountain Alley
Borough:San Jose, California
Coordinates:37.3358°N -121.89°W
Owned:Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Line:Guadalupe Phase 2
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[1]
Rebuilt:May 2007
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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 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:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VTA Facts: Light Rail System . November 30, 2006 . . PDF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090320011638/http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/bus_lightrail_trolly_information/09_light_rail_system_110705.pdf . March 20, 2009 . January 10, 2020.