Santa Clara–Great America station

Railway station in Santa Clara, California
37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W / 37.406645; -121.96688Owned byCity of Santa Clara and Union Pacific Railroad[1]Line(s)UP Coast Subdivision[2]Platforms1 side platformTracks1ConnectionsSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority Green Line (VTA) Orange Line (VTA) (at Lick Mill station)
Bus transport VTA Bus: Altamont Corridor Express shuttlesConstructionParking189 spaces[3]Bicycle facilities12 lockers[4]AccessibleYesOther informationStation codeAmtrak: GACHistoryOpenedMay 21, 1993PassengersFY 202239,593[5] (Amtrak) Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Fremont
toward Auburn
Capitol Corridor Santa Clara
toward San Jose
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station
Fremont
toward Stockton
San Jose – Stockton Santa Clara
toward San Jose
LocationMap

Santa Clara–Great America station (called Great America station by ACE) is a train station in Santa Clara, California. It hosts Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. Of the 75 California stations served by Amtrak, Great America was the 20th-busiest in FY2019, boarding or detraining an average of about 533 passengers daily.[5]

Great America was proposed as a station for the new Capitols service in 1990.[6] The Capitols began operation in 1991; Santa Clara–Great America station opened as an infill station on May 21, 1993.[7]

Transit connections

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) provides connecting shuttles to employers in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and North San Jose.[8]

The station does not offer direct access to the VTA light rail, but the system's Lick Mill station is located 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the east and Great America station is (located at the California's Great America theme park) is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the west.

References

  1. ^ "Santa Clara, CA – Great America (GAC) – Great American Stations". Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 5.
  3. ^ "Great America Station". www.vta.org. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "BikeLink Locations". BikeLink. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2022: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2023. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  6. ^ Evangelista, Benny (September 24, 1990). "Commute train service back on track". Oakland Tribune. pp. A-6, A-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ National Association of Railroad Passengers (June 11, 1993). "Hotline #777". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  8. ^ "ACE Shuttles" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. July 2, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

External links

Media related to Santa Clara – Great America station at Wikimedia Commons

  • Great America – ACE
  • Santa Clara, CA–Great America – Amtrak
  • Santa Clara, CA–Great America – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
  • Santa Clara-Great America – USA RailGuide (TrainWeb)
  • Great America Station – VTA
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