Santa Clara–Great America station
Santa Clara–Great America | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amtrak and ACE commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Station seen from Tasman Drive looking south | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 5099 Stars & Stripes Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Lua error: expandTemplate: template "Altamont Commuter Express color" does not exist. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | VTA Buses & Light Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | GAC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 21, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. 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]
Platforms and tracks
| Main track | ■ ACE | toward Stockton (Fremont) |
| ■ ACE | toward San Jose (Santa Clara) | |
| ■ Capitol Corridor | toward Auburn (Fremont) | |
| ■ Capitol Corridor | toward San Jose (Santa Clara) | |
| ■ Coast Starlight | No stops |
Transit connections
The Great America station is served by VTA buses:
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach line 6 stops here between San Jose and Stockton.
References
- ^ a b "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2012, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - ^ National Association of Railroad Passengers (June 11, 1993). "Hotline #777". Retrieved 2012-07-31.
External links
Media related to Great America – Santa Clara Station at Wikimedia Commons- Great America-Santa Clara – Amtrak
- Great America-Santa Clara – Station history at Great American Stations (Amtrak)
- 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)
