Convention Center station (VTA)

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Convention Center

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 / 37.330012; -121.890167

Owned by

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

Line(s)

Guadalupe Phase 2

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

VTA Bus: 23, Rapid 523

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

June 17, 1988 (1988-06-17)

Rebuilt

2006

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Paseo de San Antoniotoward Baypointe	Blue Line	Children's Discovery Museumtoward Santa Teresa
Paseo de San Antoniotoward Old Ironsides	Green Line	San Fernandotoward Winchester
Paseo de San Antoniotoward Civic Center	Holly TrolleyChristmastime only	Terminus

Former services

Preceding station	VTA light rail			Following station
Paseo de San Antoniotoward Baypointe		Blue Line Commuter Express2010-2018		Ohlone/Chynowethtoward Santa Teresa
Paseo de San Antoniotoward Civic Center		Holly Trolleypre-2018Christmastime only		San Fernandotoward San Jose Diridon

Location

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

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

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

"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

Media related to Convention Center (VTA) at Wikimedia Commons

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

VTA light rail

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Former	Purple Line

Rail stations

Alder Alum Rock Bascom Baypointe Bayshore/NASA Berryessa Blossom Hill Bonaventura Borregas Branham Capitol Champion Children's Discovery Museum Cisco Way Civic Center Component Convention Center Cottle Cropley Crossman Curtner Downtown Campbell Fair Oaks Fruitdale Gish Great America Great Mall Hamilton Hostetter Japantown/Ayer Karina Lick Mill Lockheed Martin McKee Metro/Airport Middlefield Milpitas Moffett Park Mountain View Ohlone/Chynoweth Old Ironsides Orchard Paseo de San Antonio Penitencia Creek Race Reamwood River Oaks Saint James San Jose Diridon San Fernando Santa Clara Santa Teresa Snell Tamien Tasman Vienna Virginia Whisman Winchester
Planned	Eastridge Transit Center Story
Former	Almaden Evelyn Oakridge

VTA bus

Other

Category

Active and planned passenger rail stations in the San Francisco Bay Area

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ACE	Fremont Livermore Pleasanton Vasco Road
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Amtrak

Under construction: Oakley (2024)

Proposed: Hercules

BART

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BART	Colma Daly City Millbrae San Bruno San Francisco International Airport South San Francisco
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Passenger rail stations in Santa Clara County

ACE & Amtrak	Great America San Jose Diridon Santa Clara
BART	Berryessa/North San José Milpitas Planned 28th Street/Little Portugal Diridon Downtown San José Santa Clara
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VTA	Alder Alum Rock Bascom Baypointe Bayshore/NASA Berryessa Blossom Hill Bonaventura Borregas Branham Capitol Champion Children's Discovery Museum Cisco Way Civic Center Component Convention Center Cottle Cropley Crossman Curtner Downtown Campbell Downtown Mountain View Fair Oaks Fruitdale Gish Great America Great Mall/Main Hamilton Hostetter Japantown/Ayer Karina Lick Mill Lockheed Martin McKee Metro/Airport Middlefield Milpitas Moffett Park Ohlone/Chynoweth Old Ironsides Orchard Paseo de San Antonio Penitencia Creek Race Reamwood River Oaks Saint James Diridon San Fernando Santa Clara Santa Teresa Snell Tamien Tasman Vienna Virginia Whisman Winchester Planned Eastridge Transit Center Story

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BART

Caltrain

Proposed: Oakdale; Salesforce

Muni

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Surface	4th and Brannan 20th Street 23rd Street 2nd & King 4th & King Arleta Balboa Park Brannan Carroll Evans Folsom Gilman/Paul Hudson/Innes Kirkwood/La Salle Le Conte Marin Street Mariposa Mission Rock Oakdale/Palou Revere/Shafter San Francisco State University Stonestown Sunnydale UCSF/Chase Center Williams
Short platform	46th Avenue & Wawona Broad & Plymouth Carl & Cole Church & 18th Street Church & 24th Street Church & 29th Street Duboce & Church Duboce & Noe Irving & 2nd Avenue Judah & 9th Avenue Judah & 19th Avenue Judah & 28th Avenue Judah & La Playa Judah & Sunset Junipero Serra & Ocean Ocean & Jules Ocean & Lee Ocean & Phelan Randolph & Arch San Jose & Randall St. Francis Circle Taraval & 22nd Avenue Taraval & Sunset
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Amtrak	Fairfield–Vacaville Suisun–Fairfield

Passenger rail stations in Sonoma County

SMART

Planned: Cloverdale; Healdsburg; Petaluma North; Windsor (2025)

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