Paseo de San Antonio station

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Paseo de San Antonio
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Paseo de San Antonio station platform
General information
LocationPaseo de San Antonio
San Jose, California
Coordinates 37°19′59″N121°53′15″W / 37.33316°N 121.887581°W / 37.33316; -121.887581
Owned by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Line(s)Guadalupe Phase 2
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg VTA Bus: 23, 66, 68, Rapid  523, Rapid  568 [1]
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 17, 1988 (1988-06-17) [2]
Rebuilt2006
Services
Preceding station BSicon LOGO SCvta.svg VTA light rail Following station
Santa Clara
toward Baypointe
Blue Line Convention Center
toward Santa Teresa
Santa Clara
toward Old Ironsides
Green Line Convention Center
toward Winchester
Location
Paseo de San Antonio station

Paseo de San Antonio station is an at-grade light rail station on the Blue Line and the Green Line of the VTA light rail system. The station platforms run along the Downtown San Jose transit mall, with the northbound platform located alongside 1st Street and the southbound platform located alongside 2nd Street. The two platforms are connected by a pedestrian plaza, the Paseo de San Antonio, after which the station is named.

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The station is located close to the campus of San Jose State University.

History

Paseo de San Antonio station was built as part of the second phase of what was then called the Guadalupe Line. The first phase opened on December 11, 1987, while the second phase opened about six months later on June 17, 1988, largely due to the complexity of building the transit mall in Downtown San Jose. [3] [4]

Paseo de San Antonio was renovated in 2006 to permit level boarding at all doors.

Service

Location

The station is located in Downtown San Jose, California on 1st and 2nd Streets just north of East San Carlos Street. The northbound platform is on 1st Street; the southbound platform is on 2nd Street.

Station layout

This station, like all three of the San Jose transit mall stations, operates over a pair of one-way couplet streets. The northbound platform is located alongside 1st Street and the southbound platform is located alongside 2nd Street. on each street, the left lane is a general-purpose lane, the right lane is a bus-only lane, and light rail trains operate on a wide sidewalk on the right side of the road. Buses and light rail trains share a large common platform between the bus lane and the light rail tracks. [5] In 2019, safety railings were installed to separate trains and pedestrians on the wide sidewalks. [6]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: [7] [8]

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References

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  3. ↑ Warner, David C. (April 1991). "San Jose: Guadalupe Corridor Line Completed". Passenger Train Journal . pp. 32–38. ISSN   0160-6913.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Bert (December 11, 1987). "All Aboard – It's Off and Rolling". San Jose Mercury News . et al. Sec A:1.
  5. ↑ Minister, R. David; Clarke, David J. (March 30, 1982). "Factors to Consider in Designing a Joint Bus-Light Rail Transit Mall" (PDF). Transportation Research Board. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
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