Oakridge station
Appearance
VTA light rail station | |||||||||||
Oakridge station platform, 2012 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Winfield Boulevard and Blossom River Way San Jose, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°15′13″N 121°52′01″W / 37.253543°N 121.866896°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | VTA | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | April 25, 1991[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | December 27, 2019 | ||||||||||
Former services | |||||||||||
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Oakridge is a disused light rail station on the VTA light rail system. This station was formerly served by VTA's Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden line, popularly known as the Almaden Shuttle. The station had one platform, and was only accessed by the street. There was no parking available at the station.
Location
[edit]Oakridge station is located across Winfield Boulevard from Westfield Oakridge Mall in southern San Jose, California.
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Car_832_arriving_at_Oakridge_station%2C_SB_on_Almaden_Shuttle_%281993%29.jpg/220px-Car_832_arriving_at_Oakridge_station%2C_SB_on_Almaden_Shuttle_%281993%29.jpg)
This station is on the former right-of-way of the Southern Pacific Railroad's "Lick Branch," where there was also a track for loading building materials into freight cars. The rail line was abandoned in 1981. The station was closed on December 27, 2019, when the light rail was replaced by a bus service.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]Media related to Oakridge (VTA) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Former 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 1991
- Railway stations closed in 2019
- 1991 establishments in California
- Railway stations in the United States closed in the 2010s
- Tram stubs
- Santa Clara County, California railway station stubs
- San Jose, California building and structure stubs