Santa Clara station is a

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station operated by

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, more commonly known simply as the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is a Special district (United States), special district responsible for public transit services, Congestion management agen ...

(VTA) located in the

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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 Fountain Alley is a Pedestrian zone, pedestrian paseo in Downtown San Jose between 1st Street and 2nd Street. History Fountain Alley's origins lie in the 19th century as a thin but prominent alley made up of mews and a horse trough, which gav ...

. This station is served by the

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and

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lines of the

VTA light rail The VTA light rail system serves San Jose, California, San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and has of network comprising three main lines on stan ...

system. Santa Clara station is a major transit transfer point in the VTA system.

Downtown San José station Downtown San José station 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 ...

, a proposed underground

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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

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. Santa Clara station is planned as a future transfer point between

BART Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations, 50 stations along six routes and of track, including eBART, a spur line running t ...

(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: *

References

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{{VTA Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations Railway stations in San Jose, California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987 1987 establishments in California