Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail
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A Santa Teresa-bound VTA train waiting at Penitencia Creek Station
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Santa Clara County, California Cities: Campbell, Milpitas, Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale |
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| Transit type | Light rail | ||
| Number of lines | 3 (plus 1 peak hour express line) |
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| Number of stations | 62 (plus 4 planned) |
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| Daily ridership | 33,400 average weekday riders (Q4 2015) |
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| Annual ridership | 11.03 million (2015) | ||
| Website | Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority |
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| Began operation | December 11, 1987 | ||
| Operator(s) | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | ||
| Reporting marks | SCCT | ||
| Number of vehicles | 99 Kinki Sharyo light rail vehicles (low floor) |
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| Train length | 90–180 feet (27.43–54.86 m) (1-2 LRVs) |
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| System length | 42.2 mi (67.9 km) | ||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | Overhead lines, 750 V DC | ||
| Top speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) | ||
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VTA Light Rail (reporting mark SCCT) is a light rail system serving San Jose, California and its suburbs in Silicon Valley. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, and consists of 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of network comprising two main lines and a spur line on standard gauge tracks. Originally opened in 1987, the light rail system has gradually expanded since then, and currently has 62 light rail stations in operation on the three lines. VTA operates a fleet of 99 Kinki Sharyo Low Floor Light Rail Vehicles (LFLRV) to service its passengers. The system's average weekday daily ridership as of Q4 2015 is 33,400 passengers; the greatest daily average recorded over a month was 37,536 in June 2008.
VTA operates 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of light rail route on 3 lines. There are 4 major corridors of light rail which the lines run on. The first and most important is the Guadalupe Corridor in South San Jose along CA-87 north to Tasman Station, which runs through Downtown San Jose and the business areas of central and North San Jose. It is serviced by two lines, making frequency along this corridor around 7.5 minutes. Other corridors include the Tasman East/Capitol Corridor in East San Jose, the Mountain View/Tasman West corridor in Northwest Silicon Valley, and the Winchester corridor, which services communities in Campbell and West San Jose. Frequency along these corridors are around 15–30 minutes.
All the lines and the corridors they run through are designed to move commuters from the suburban areas of Santa Clara Valley into the major business areas in Downtown, the Santa Clara County Civic Center, and the high-tech and office areas of northern Silicon Valley. Light Rail also serves to connect commuters/travelers to the San Jose International Airport, Diridon Station and the transit systems it serves: (Caltrain, ACE, the Coast Starlight, the Capitol Corridor); and moves LRT riders to and from Silicon Valley, the Greater Bay Area, and beyond. Eventually BART and California High Speed Rail will connect with light rail and the other rail systems served by Diridon Station.
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