Santa Teresa station

Santa Teresa
VTA light rail station
Santa Teresa Station, September 22, 2012
General information
Location	Santa Teresa Boulevard at San Ignacio Avenue San Jose, California
Coordinates	37.236265°N 121.789316°W / 37.236265; -121.789316
Owned by	VTA
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus Routes 42, 68, 102, 122, 182, 304
Construction
Parking	1155 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1987
Rebuilt	2008
Services
Preceding station   SCVTA   Following station Template:SCVTA stations toward Template:SCVTA stations Template:SCVTA lines Terminus

Santa Teresa is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). This station is the southern terminus of VTA's Alum Rock-Santa Teresa line. It was built in the late 1980s as part of the original Guadalupé Line, the first segment of light rail that stretched to Tasman in northern San Jose.

As with all other stations on the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line south of the Convention Center station, the Santa Teresa station only provided level boarding at the first door of the lead car via a wooden ramp. VTA planned to close this station from September to November 2008 to allow level boarding at all doors. However, the station remained open during construction through a temporary platform.

Location

Santa Teresa station is located just south of State Route 85, near Santa Teresa Boulevard in the Santa Teresa neighborhood in southern San Jose, California. It is a major local transit center, and as such is the terminus of several bus routes. It is served by a shuttle to IBM's campus in South San Jose.

Station layout

Platform	Eastbound	←   Blue Line toward Alum Rock (Cottle)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Eastbound	←   Blue Line toward Alum Rock (Cottle)

Station amenities

• Bicycle parking
• Payphone
• Park and Ride Lot
• Wheelchair accessible

Connecting transit

• VTA Bus Route 68
• VTA Express Bus Route 102
• VTA Express Bus Route 122
• VTA Limited-Stop Bus Route 304
• The station is also served by a shuttle to the IBM campus.

VTA Bus Route 72 no longer serves this station as of January 14, 2008, due to updates in VTA bus service. VTA Bus Route 67 and Limited-Stop Bus Route 305, which also served this station, were discontinued completely as a result of these updates.

External links

• Media related to Santa Teresa (VTA) at Wikimedia Commons
• Santa Teresa park & ride lot info at VTA