Santa Clara – Great America Station
| Santa Clara – Great America Amtrak and ACE commuter rail station |
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 Station seen from Tasman Drive looking south |
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| Address | 5099 Stars & Stripes Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 |
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| Coordinates | 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°WCoordinates: 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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ACE
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| Connections | VTA Buses & Light Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 21, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Code | GAC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2012) | 121,246[1]  4.53% (Amtrak) |
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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 Commuter Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to California's Great America, hence the name. VTA's Lick Mill light rail stop is several blocks east of the station, on Tasman Drive; Great America is one stop west on the Mountain View – Winchester line. Amtrak service to Santa Clara began on May 21, 1993.[2]
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.[1]
Transit connections [edit]
The Great America station is served by VTA buses:
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach line 6 stops here between San Jose and Stockton.
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ^ National Association of Railroad Passengers (June 11, 1993). "Hotline #777". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
External links [edit]
Media related to Great America – Santa Clara Station at Wikimedia Commons- Amtrak – Stations – Great America-Santa Clara
- ACE Great America Station
- Santa Clara-Great American Station (USA RailGuide -- TrainWeb)
- Park & Ride Lots - Great America ACE Station VTA
- Santa Clara-Great America (GAC)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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