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 Santa Clara station platform, March 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Fountain Alley San Jose, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°20′09″N121°53′24″W / 37.3358°N 121.89°W /37.3358; -121.89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Guadalupe Phase 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Clara station is alight rail station operated bySanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) located in theHistoric District ofDowntown 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 calledFountain Alley. This station is served by theBlue andGreen lines of theVTA light rail system.
Santa Clara station is a major transit transfer point in the VTA system.Downtown San José station, a proposed undergroundBay Area Rapid Transit station, is planned to be co-located with the existing VTA station.
VTA closed the station for refurbishment from January to May 2007 to allow level boarding at all doors, thus making the station fullywheelchair accessible.
Santa Clara station is planned as a future transfer point betweenBART (in the second, unfunded phase of an extension from Fremont) and VTA light rail. TheBART downtown San Jose subway station is proposed to be built under Santa Clara Street.
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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