Hostetter Station, 2012 | |||||||||||
Location | Capitol Avenue and Hostetter Road San Jose, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°23′43″N121°52′12″W / 37.395349°N 121.870072°W Coordinates: 37°23′43″N121°52′12″W / 37.395349°N 121.870072°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | VTA | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 100 spaces [1] | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers [1] | ||||||||||
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Opened | June 24, 2004 [2] | ||||||||||
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Hostetter is a light rail station in San Jose, California, United States. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and is served by the Orange Line.
The station, built as part of the Tasman East/Capitol extension from I-880/Milpitas station (now Alder station) to Alum Rock Transit Center, was originally intended as the terminus of phase two of the Tasman East project. However, phase two of the Tasman East extension and the Capitol extension were eventually opened on the same date on June 24, 2004. [3]
Hostetter station is located in the median of North Capitol Avenue, just south of Hostetter Road in San Jose, California.
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Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
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