Alder (formerly known as I-880/Milpitas) is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). This station is served by the Orange Line of the

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system. The station was opened on May 17, 2001, as part of VTA's Tasman East light rail extension. The station has a 275 space park and ride lot situated diagonally opposite from the platform. The entrance to the parking lot has a large public art installation, a clocktower called "Gateway to the City of Milpitas."

History

Alder originally served as the eastern terminus of the first phase of the Tasman East light rail extension on May 17, 2001, and so was originally served by trains operating directly from Mountain View. When the station first opened, it served the southern terminus of

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's 217 bus, the only such service that runs into

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. Since then, the second phase of the Tasman East extension altered the station's service patterns, and the 217 bus now terminates at the

Milpitas Transit Center Milpitas (Spanish for "little milpas") is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in Silicon Valley. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas, granted to Californio ranchero José Marí ...

. Since 2017, VTA's plans for new routes in support of the Silicon Valley BART extension included renaming this station "Alder" after its cross-street Alder Drive. The name change was made on December 28, 2019.

Service

Location

Alder station is located in the median of Tasman Drive just west of Alder Drive near Interstate 880 in Milpitas, California.

Station layout

References

External links

Alder station
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