Convention Center station (VTA)
Appearance
Convention Center station with the Civic Auditorium in the background in September 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | San Carlos Street and Market Street San Jose, California | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°19′48″N 121°53′25″W / 37.330012°N 121.890167°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Guadalupe Phase 2 | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 17, 1988[2] | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2006 | |||||||||||||||
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Convention Center station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line and the Green Line of the VTA light rail system. The station platform is located in the median of West San Carlos Street, between Almaden Boulevard and Market Street. The station is located across from the San Jose Convention Center, after which the station is named.
Convention Center was renovated in 2006 to be made fully wheelchair accessible.
Notable places nearby
[edit]The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:[3][4]
- Opera San José at the California Theatre – 2 blocks away – 345 1st Street
- San Jose Convention Center – across the street – 150 West San Carlos Street
- San Jose Civic (auditorium) – across the street – 135 West San Carlos Street
- San Jose Center for the Performing Arts – 1 block away – 255 Almaden Boulevard
- The Tech Interactive – 3 blocks away – 201 South Market Street
References
[edit]- ^ "VTA Light Rail System". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. October 11, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ "VTA Facts: Light Rail System" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. November 30, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
- ^ "Downtown San José". San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau. October 27, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ "Downtown San Jose" (PDF) (Map). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. February 14, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
External links
[edit] Media related to Convention Center (VTA) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations
- Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus stations
- Railway stations in San Jose, California
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1987
- 1987 establishments in California
- Tram stubs
- Santa Clara County, California railway station stubs
- San Jose, California building and structure stubs