Evelyn station

Location
	Evelyn Location in San Jose Evelyn Location in California Evelyn Location in United States

Evelyn
Evelyn
VTA light rail station
	Entrance to station seen from the park and ride lot across East Evelyn Avenue, September 16, 2012
General information
Location	Evelyn Avenue at Pioneer Way; Mountain View, California
Coordinates	37°23′27″N 122°03′59″W / 37.390889°N 122.066389°W
Owned by	VTA
Platforms	1 side platform
Construction
Parking	196 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 17, 1999
Closed	March 16, 2015
Location
Location
	Evelyn Location in San Jose Evelyn Location in California Evelyn Location in United States

Evelyn was a station of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) as part of its VTA Light Rail system, located in Mountain View, California. It closed on March 16, 2015, and was demolished to make room for a second track.

The station was built as part of the Tasman West extension project and opened December 17, 1999. It was last served by the Mountain View–Winchester line. Currently, Orange Line trains pass through the station site without stopping.

After the station closed in 2015, the park and ride lot across the street from the station remained available to transit passengers but was lightly used. In May 2019, the lot was leased to the City of Mountain View who plans to use the lot as a safe place for homeless people living in vehicles to park. The long term plan is to use the two-acre parking lot parcel to build 180 affordable apartments.

Location

The station platform was on the then-single-track section east of the Downtown Mountain View light rail station. It was accessed via a pedestrian tunnel under the Caltrain tracks from Evelyn Avenue at the intersection with Pioneer Way.

Closure

Santa Clara VTA decided in August 2014 to close and remove Evelyn station early in 2015. As part of the Light Rail Efficiency Project, a second track was added between Mountain View Station and Whisman Station, and leaving Evelyn in place would have required narrowing Central Expressway and Evelyn Avenue to accommodate the track.^[1] According to VTA, the station was the second least-utilized station in the VTA light rail system.

After the station closed in 2015, the park and ride lot across the street from the station remained available to transit passengers but was lightly used.^[2]^[3] In May 2019, the lot was leased to the City of Mountain View who plans to use the lot as a safe place for people living in vehicles to park. The long term plan is to use the two-acre parking lot parcel to build 180 affordable apartments.^[4]^[3]