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Santa Clara Caltrain Station

Santa Clara
Amtrak California, ACE, and Caltrain commuter rail station
USA-Santa Clara-Railroad Depot-2.jpg
Santa Clara Station, 2007
Location 1001 Railroad Avenue (Caltrain)
1005 Railroad Avenue (ACE)
Santa Clara, CA
Owned by Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s) Amtrak
Altamont Corridor Express
  ACE
Caltrain
  Local service
  Limited-stop service
Platforms 1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks 3
Connections VTA Bus, Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach
Construction
Parking Yes
Bicycle facilities Lockers available
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Open (Caltrain)
Station code SCC
Fare zone 4
History
Opened Late 1863
Traffic
Passengers (2013) 8,635 Increase 529% (Amtrak)
Passengers (2014) 909 per weekday Increase 10.6% (Caltrain)
Services
Preceding station   BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak California   Following station
Terminus
Capitol Corridor
toward Auburn
Altamont Corridor Express
Terminus
ACE
toward Stockton
Caltrain logo.svg Caltrain
Local service
toward Tamien
Gilroy during peak hours
(weekday limited service)
toward Tamien
Gilroy during peak hours
Limited-stop service
toward Tamien
Gilroy during peak hours
Limited-stop service
Bart-logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit
  Future service  
Terminus Warm Springs/South Fremont–​Daly City
toward Daly City
Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont
toward Richmond
Santa Clara Depot
Santa Clara Depot.jpg
Santa Clara station (California) is located in San Jose, California
Santa Clara station (California)
Santa Clara station (California) is located in California
Santa Clara station (California)
Santa Clara station (California) is located in the US
Santa Clara station (California)
Location Santa Clara, California
Coordinates 37°21′11″N 121°56′11″W / 37.35306°N 121.93639°W / 37.35306; -121.93639
Built 1863
NRHP reference # 85000359
Added to NRHP February 28, 1985

The Santa Clara Depot is one of two heavy railway stations in Santa Clara, California (the other being Great America Station further to the north). It is served by the Caltrain from San Francisco, and is served by the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) from although this service was previously suspended from 2005 until 2012 due to track construction in the area. This station is the planned terminal for the Silicon Valley BART extension into Santa Clara County and will be preceded by Diridon/Arena BART station with direct service to San Francisco/Daly City and Richmond.

The Santa Clara station has a side platform serving the southbound Caltrain track (Track 3) and an island platform for the northbound Caltrain track (Track 2) and the ACE/Amtrak track (Track 1). The island platform is connected to the side platform by a pedestrian tunnel that was completed in 2012. Additional tracks northeast of Track 1 are used by Union Pacific freight trains.

The platforms have been rebuilt to eliminate the hold out rule and permit ACE and Amtrak Capitol Corridor trains to stop at the station.

The Santa Clara Depot, built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in late 1863, was the oldest continuously operating railroad depot in the State of California until the ticket office was closed in May 1997.

The original 24'x50' (79x165 m) board and batten depot was one of the two "way stations" built between San Francisco and San Jose. Plans for a railroad linking San Francisco and San Jose began as early as 1851. Though the 1851 scheme ultimately failed, the incorporation of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in 1859 met with success. Most of the financing for the project came from county government in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, with the University of Santa Clara and local industry also playing a significant role in both acquisition and choice of placement of the depot in Santa Clara.


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