Downtown San José station 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.
Revenue service, which will be served by the Orange and Green Lines, is envisioned to start in 2036.
History
The original plan for the Silicon Valley BART extension included the Downtown San José station, but full funding could not be secured
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 .
The proposed Downtown San José station is part of a later, unfunded phase II of the Silicon Valley BART extension 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.
References
^ "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 .^ "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 . Retrieved May 31, 2020 . ^ BART Silicon Valley Fact Sheet Archived July 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . VTA, 2011.^ "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… ^ 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 . ^ "Board Memorandum, Meeting of Jan. 8, 2009, item 20" (PDF) . VTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011 .^ "VTA – BART Silicon Valley" . VTA. Retrieved May 28, 2011 .^ ABC KGO-TV San Francisco (May 8, 2009). "South Bay BART initiatives move forward" . Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved September 17, 2010 .
