Downtown San José station

Downtown San José station^[1][2] 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 Clara Valley Transportation Authority's existing Santa Clara light rail station, and be located between the proposed 28th Street/Little Portugal station and a transfer station at San Jose Diridon Station. The station eventually connects to the proposed Santa Clara BART station.^[3] Revenue service, which will be served by the Orange and Green Lines, is envisioned to start in 2036.^[4][5]

Downtown San José
General information
Location	Santa Clara Street San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°20′11″N 121°53′24″W / 37.33635°N 121.89002°W / 37.33635; -121.89002
Owned by	VTA (operated by Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Platforms	2 split platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	at Santa Clara Light Rail Station
Construction
Structure type	Split platform
Accessible	Yes
History
Opening	2036; 12 years' time (2036) (estimated)
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Future service 28th Street/​Little Portugal toward Richmond Orange Line Silicon Valley extension Diridon toward Santa Clara 28th Street/​Little Portugal toward Daly City Green Line Silicon Valley extension
Route map
Location

History

The original plan for the Silicon Valley BART extension included the Downtown San José station, but full funding could not be secured^[6] and the San Jose extension was split into two phases. Phase I, completed on June 13, 2020, was the extension to Berryessa/North San José station.^[7] The proposed Downtown San José station is part of a later, unfunded phase II of the Silicon Valley BART extension^[8] and would be located between the proposed 28th Street/Little Portugal and Diridon BART stations. Construction is planned to begin in 2024, and revenue service to start in 2036.^[4][5]

References

1. "Downtown San José Station" (PDF). VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase ll Extension Project. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. April 22, 2019. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
2. "BART unveils system map for future Milpitas and Berryessa service". Bay Area Rapid Transit. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020. Wright, Bart (May 10, 2020). BART System Map (Map). Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
3. BART Silicon Valley Fact Sheet July 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. VTA, 2011.
4. "BART delays loom for downtown San Jose: BART timetable for downtown San Jose service now seen as 2030". San Jose Mercury News. September 24, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019. At one point, political and business leaders had anticipated BART service beginning in 2026 in downtown San Jose, but the new estimates from VTA point to a service launch more in the 2029 or 2030 time frame…
5. Handa, Robert (September 25, 2019). "New Design on BART Extension to San Jose Pushes Back Completion Date to 2030". NBC Bay Area. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
6. (PDF). VTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
7. "VTA – BART Silicon Valley". VTA. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
8. ABC KGO-TV San Francisco (May 8, 2009). . Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2010.