Santa Clara – Great America station

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Santa Clara – Great America
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Santa Clara – Great America station in 2012
Location5099 Stars & Stripes Drive
Santa Clara, California
Coordinates37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W / 37.406645; -121.96688Coordinates: 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W / 37.406645; -121.96688
Line(s)UP Coast Subdivision[1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsVTA Altamont Corridor Express shuttles[2]
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeGAC
History
OpenedMay 21, 1993
Passengers
2018176,925[3][4] Increase 5.64% (Amtrak)
Rank23rd in California[3]
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak Following station
Fremont
toward Auburn
 Capitol Corridor Santa Clara
toward San Jose
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station
Fremont
toward Stockton
 San Jose – Stockton Santa Clara
toward San Jose
Location

Santa Clara – Great America (called Great America by ACE) is a train station in Santa Clara, California. It hosts Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. Amtrak service to Santa Clara began on May 21, 1993.[5]

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Great America was the 25th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of about 332 passengers daily.[6]

Transit connections[]

VTA provides connecting shuttles to employers in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, and North San Jose.[7][8] The station is not directly accessible to the VTA Light Rail, but the Lick Mill station is located 1,000 feet (300 m) to the east and Great America station is located at the California's Great America theme park, 2,000 feet (610 m) to the west.

References[]

  1. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 5.
  2. ^ "ACE Shuttles" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. July 2, 2018. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. June 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. November 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
  5. ^ National Association of Railroad Passengers (June 11, 1993). "Hotline #777". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  6. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ^ "VTA - Routes by type".
  8. ^ "Great America - ACE".

External links[]

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