Santa Clara station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) located in the

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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

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. This station is served by the

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lines of the

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

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, 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 (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.

Service

Station layout

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: *

References

External links

{{Santa Clara 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