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Alum Rock–Santa Teresa (VTA)
The Blue Line is a light rail line in Santa Clara County, California, and part of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system. It serves 26 stations entirely in San Jose proper, traveling between Baypointe and Santa Teresa stations, stopping at San Jose International Airport (via a bus connection), Downtown San Jose, San Jose State University, and the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose along the way. The line connects to Caltrain at Tamien. The Blue Line is one of three lines in the VTA light rail system; the other two being the Green Line and the Orange Line. It runs for , making it the system's longest line. Route description From south to north, the Blue line starts at Santa Teresa station in South San Jose, then shortly enters the median of State Route 85 until the interchange with State Route 87, where it exits the median and makes a sharp turn to serve Ohlone/Chynoweth station. The route then travels along the median of State R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohlone/Chynoweth Station
Ohlone/Chynoweth station is a light rail station on the VTA light rail system. The station is served by the system's Blue Line (VTA), Blue Line. Until the end of 2019, it served as the terminus of the little-used, stub Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden (VTA), Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden line, popularly known as the ''Almaden Shuttle''. It was part of the original ''Guadalupe Line'', the first segment of light rail from Santa Teresa (VTA), Santa Teresa to Tasman (VTA), Tasman. The shuttle was replaced by the bus line. Location Ohlone/Chynoweth station is located near the intersection of California State Route 87, State Route 87 and California State Route 85, State Route 85 in southern San Jose, California. Nearby Gunderson High School is served by this station. Ohlone/Chynoweth is very close to the Westfield Oakridge shopping mall. References External links Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltrain
Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a commuter rail line in California, serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern terminus is in San Jose, California, San Jose at the Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as far as Gilroy, California, Gilroy. The northern terminus of the line is in San Francisco at San Francisco 4th and King Street station, 4th and King Street. Caltrain has express, limited, and local services. There are 28 regular stops, one limited-service weekday-only stop (College Park station (Caltrain), College Park), one weekend and holiday-only stop (Broadway station (Caltrain), Broadway), and one stop that is only served on American football, football game days (Stanford station, Stanford). While average weekday ridership in 2019 exceeded 63,000, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant: in June 2024, Caltrain had an average weekday ridership of 24,580 passengers. Caltrain is governed by the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Ironsides Station
Old Ironsides station is a light rail station in Santa Clara, California operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) as part of the VTA light rail system. Old Ironsides station is served by the Orange Line and is the northern terminal of the Green Line. Immediately west of the station site is a pocket track and double crossover, allowing Green Line trains to switch between tracks and enabling the storage of three, 3-car trains to mobilize trains quickly after the end of an event at Levi's Stadium Levi's Stadium is an American football stadium located in Santa Clara, California, United States, just west of the much larger city of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has served as the home venue for the National Football League (N .... Old Ironsides station is closed for up to 60 minutes after the events at the nearby Levi's Stadium to prevent crowds from overwhelming the station. VTA's Great America station (which is located closer to the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passenger Train Journal
''Passenger Train Journal'' ''(PTJ)'' is an American magazine about passenger rail transport and rail transit past and present, oriented for railfans and rail passenger advocates and published currently by White River Productions. Founded in 1968, it was published continuously until 1996, and monthly from 1979 onward, but then ceased publication. After a 10-year absence, the title was revived in 2006 by a different publishing company, as a quarterly magazine. ''PTJ'' deals exclusively with passenger rail, not freight. Although focused on North America, each issue includes at least a small amount of content on overseas—usually European—passenger rail. The magazine is headquartered in Bucklin, Missouri. History ''Passenger Train Journal'' was founded in 1968 by Kevin McKinney,McKinney, Kevin. "On the Point", p. 2. ''Passenger Train Journal'', issue 229 (4th Quarter, 2006). White River Productions. who established the PTJ Publishing Company for the purpose. The ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baypointe (VTA)
Baypointe station is an at-grade light rail station located in the center median of Tasman Drive at its intersection with Baypointe Parkway, after which the station is named, in San Jose, California. The station is owned by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and is served by the Blue Line and the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. Baypointe station is the current northern terminus for the Blue Line. Baypointe station is differentiated from other VTA light rail stations as it features three tracks and two island platforms. Blue Line trains stop and reverse direction on the center track, while Orange Line trains use the two outer tracks. Passengers can make a cross platform transfer with either line in any direction. History Baypointe was built as part of the Tasman West extension which included the Baypointe station along with 11 other stations and of trackway west of the Old Ironsides station (which was part of the original system opened in 1987). B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convention Center (VTA)
Convention Center station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line and the Green Line of the VTA light rail system. The station platform is located in the median of West San Carlos Street, between Almaden Boulevard and Market Street. The station is located across from the San Jose Convention Center, after which the station is named. Convention Center was renovated in 2006 to be made fully wheelchair accessible. Notable places nearby The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: *Opera San José at the California Theatre – 2 blocks away – 345 1st Street *San Jose Convention Center – across the street – 150 West San Carlos Street * San Jose Civic (auditorium) – across the street – 135 West San Carlos Street * San Jose Center for the Performing Arts – 1 block away – 255 Almaden Boulevard *The Tech Interactive The Tech Interactive (formerly The Tech Museum of Innovation, commonly known as The Tech) is a science and technol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Discovery Museum Station
Children's Discovery Museum station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line of the VTA light rail system. The station platform runs along Woz Way (named after Apple founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak) and serves the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, after which the station is named. Just south of this station, the Blue Line enters the median of California State Route 87. History The station opened on August 17, 1990, as part of Phase 3 of the light rail system's original Guadalupe Line. It was originally named Technology Center station, after the Technology Center of Silicon Valley, a temporary museum that had just been renamed to The Garage. After the museum became The Tech Museum of Innovation and moved to a new building on the Plaza de César Chávez, the San Jose City Council proposed to rename it to "Children's Discovery Museum/Guadalupe River Park & Garden station" and "Discovery Meadows station" before arriving at a name that the VTA would approve, Childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 280 (California)
Interstate 280 (I-280) is a major north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It runs from I-680 and US Route 101 (US 101) in San Jose to King and 5th streets in San Francisco, running just to the west of the larger cities of San Francisco Peninsula for most of its route. From I-880 in San Jose to State Route 1 (SR 1) in Daly City, I-280 was built and dedicated as the Junipero Serra Freeway, after the Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco. One of the dedication signs (in Daly City) still indicates that the ''Junipero Serra Freeway'' is known as the "World's Most Beautiful Freeway" due to its scenic route through the San Francisco Peninsula. From SR 1 to the James Lick Freeway (US 101) in San Francisco it is officially called the John F. Foran Freeway (after a former member of the California State Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Route 87
State Route 87 (SR 87), known as the Guadalupe Freeway or referred to by the locals as Highway 87, is a north–south state highway in San Jose, California, United States. Before being upgraded to a freeway, it was Guadalupe Parkway (and some signs still refer to it that way). For most of its length, especially in Downtown San Jose, the highway follows the course of the Guadalupe River. Its southern terminus is at SR 85, and its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 101 (US 101) just north of San Jose International Airport. Unusually, it crosses over Interstate 880 (I-880) without an interchange. Route description The route is almost entirely within the city of San Jose, California. A very small portion between the Curtner Avenue exit and the Capitol Expressway Auto Mall exit is in unincorporated Santa Clara County. SR 87 initially had 2 lanes in each direction for its entire length. Carpool lanes were added north of Taylor Street in 2005 and the remainder of the fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Route 85
State Route 85 (SR 85) is a state highway which connects the cities of southern San Jose and Mountain View in the U.S. State of California. The highway intersects with major highways such as I-280, SR 17, and SR 87. The route serves as a bypass of U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in the Santa Clara Valley area, running through the foothill cities of Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, roughly paralleling the Santa Cruz Mountains up to its interchange with I-280. The highway is officially known as the West Valley Freeway along its entire length. A significant portion of the route is also signed as the Norman Y. Mineta Highway, after former San Jose Mayor, U.S. Congressman, Secretary of Commerce, and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta. Its northernmost segment between I-280 and US 101, paralleling the Stevens Creek, also is known as the Stevens Creek Freeway. SR 85 was built in two phases: the first, comprising the northern half, runs 5.7 miles from Stevens Creek Boulevard ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South San Jose
South San Jose is the southern :Neighborhoods in San Jose, California, region of San Jose, California, San Jose, California. The name "South Side" refers to an area bounded roughly by Hillsdale Avenue and Capitol Expressway to the North, Camden Avenue to the West, U.S. Route 101 in California, Highway 101 and Hellyer Avenue on the east, the border with the city of Morgan Hill, California, Morgan Hill towards the south, and Los Gatos, California, Los Gatos, to the west. The area is expansive with a mix of businesses, green space, and parks. Two business districts, urban villages, and a highly educated workforce make the region of South San Jose attractive to workers and companies. Neighborhoods Neighborhoods in South San Jose include: *Almaden Valley, San Jose, California, Almaden Valley **Calero, San Jose, Calero **New Almaden *Blossom Valley, San Jose, California, Blossom Valley *Edenvale, San Jose, California, Edenvale *Santa Teresa, San Jose, California, Santa Teresa *Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
