SAN JOSE

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LIGHT RAIL ROUTES

Operator: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)

900	Almaden Shuttle	Ohlone – Almaden
901	Alum Rock – Santa Teresa	Alum Rock – Milpitas – Tasman – Convention Center – Tamien – Ohlone – Santa Teresa
902	Mountain View – Winchester	Mountain View – Lick Mill Station – Tasman – Convention Center – Diridon Station – Winchester

Note: The route numbers are almost never used in practice: the routes are almost always referred to by their names.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Light rail lines: 68 km.



HISTORY

• Streetcars: 1890 - 1938
• Light rail: 10 Dec. 1987 - today.

GAUGE

• Light rail: 1435 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Gillham, J.C. & Ballinger, M.V. "Light Rail years ahead", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, May 1988 (51:605), p.166-177.
• Wolinsky, J. "San Jose report", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Mar. 1987 (50:591), p.84-86.

WIKIS

• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority [En]
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail [En]

WEB SITES

• More photos of San Jose, California (with photos of streetcars) [En]
• Making transit work in San Jose (In: The Transport Politic (by Yonah Freemark ) [En]
• San Jose: Light Rail transit overview [En]
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) [En]

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