Alum Rock

Alum Rock may refer to:

Alum Rock Transit Center

Alum Rock Transit Center is a light rail and bus station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). This station is served by VTA's Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line.

The station was opened in 2004 as part of VTA's Capitol light rail extension.

Location

The Alum Rock light rail station is located in the median of North Capitol Avenue, just south of Alum Rock Avenue in San Jose, California. The bus station and park & ride lot is adjacent on the west side of Capitol Avenue. The station's address is 6 North Capitol Avenue.

Station layout

Station amenities

Transit lines

VTA Bus Routes 31 and 64 no longer serve this station due to bus service updates implemented on January 14, 2008.

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External links

Media related to Alum Rock Transit Center at Wikimedia Commons

Alum Rock (BART station)

Alum Rock BART station is a planned underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station in eastern San Jose, California. It will be the first station of the Phase II portion of the Silicon Valley BART extension. It will be located near Highway 101 and Santa Clara Street. The station will have direct service to Santa Clara, Richmond, and San Francisco/Daly City. It will be preceded by the Berryessa BART station.

History

Currently an extension is being built from Fremont to Warm Springs station in the Warms Springs District in Fremont, this will be followed by the Berryessa Extension into eastern San Jose. The Alum Rock station was originally going to be part of this extension however funding could not be secured. Therefore the San Jose extension was split into two phases. This station will be located between the Berryessa and Downtown San Jose Station. This station will connect with the VTA buses.

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Coordinates: 37°20′59″N 121°51′45″W / 37.34972°N 121.86253°W / 37.34972; -121.86253