Baypointe station

Baypointe
VTA light rail station
Baypointe Station platform, 2012
Location	Tasman Drive and Baypointe Parkway San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°24′38���N 121°56′31″W / 37.410664°N 121.941912°W / 37.410664; -121.941912Coordinates: 37°24′38″N 121°56′31″W / 37.410664°N 121.941912°W / 37.410664; -121.941912
Owned by	VTA
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	VTA Bus: 59 ACE Shuttle: Brown, Purple
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	December 20, 1999[1]
Services
Preceding station VTA Light Rail Following station Champion toward Mountain View Orange Line Cisco Way toward Alum Rock Terminus Blue Line Tasman toward Santa Teresa
Location

Baypointe is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in San Jose, California. This station is served by VTA's Orange Line and is the northern terminus for the Blue Line.

Baypointe station is differentiated from other VTA light rail stations as it features three tracks and two island platforms. Blue Line trains stop and reverse direction on the center track, while Orange Line trains use the two outer tracks. Passengers can make a cross platform transfer with either line in any direction.

Location[]

Baypointe station is located in the median of Tasman Drive just west of Baypointe Parkway in northern San Jose, California. The address is 97 East Tasman Drive.

History[]

Baypointe was built as part of the Tasman West extension, though it is actually just east of the original Tasman station. This extension included the Baypointe station along with 11 other stations and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) of trackway west of the Old Ironsides station (which was part of the original system opened in 1987).^[2]

When this extension opened in December 1999, Baypointe station was the transfer station between what was then the "Baypointe–Mountain View" and the "Baypointe–Santa Teresa" lines. In May 2001, when the Tasman East light rail project (segment 1) extended the system to I-880/Milpitas station, Baypointe served as the northern terminus for the "Baypointe–Santa Teresa" line and became a through station for the "Mountain View–I880/Milpitas" line. In June 2004, when the Tasman East/Capitol extension opened, the line from Mountain view was changed to terminate at Baypointe and the line from Santa Teresa continued eastward to Alum Rock station.

In August 2005, VTA reconfigured its light rail lines upon completion of the Vasona light rail extension. As part of this reconfiguration, the transfer station between the newly formed Alum Rock–Santa Teresa and Mountain View–Winchester was located at Tasman station instead of Baypointe station. Baypointe is now a through station for Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line.

In 2010, VTA started express light rail service on the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa line. These trains operate nonstop from Ohlone-Chynoweth to San Jose Convention Center. The three northbound morning and southbound afternoon trains use Baypointe as their terminal. Late evening service which terminates at Tasman station on the schedule also operate to Baypointe in order for the trains to reverse back to the yard.^[3]

Station layout[]

Westbound	← Orange Line toward Mountain View (Champion)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound	← Blue Line toward Santa Teresa (Tasman)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Eastbound	→ Orange Line toward Alum Rock (Cisco Way) →

Station amenities[]

• Payphone
• Fully Wheelchair accessible (level boarding)

Connecting transit[]

• VTA Bus: 59
• ACE Shuttle: Brown, Purple

References[]

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