Fruitdale (VTA)

Fruitdale
Santa Clara VTA
VTA light rail station

Fruitdale Station, 2006
Location 1490 Fruitdale Street
San Jose, California
Coordinates 37°18′37″N 121°55′06″W / 37.310313°N 121.918252°W / 37.310313; -121.918252Coordinates: 37°18′37″N 121°55′06″W / 37.310313°N 121.918252°W / 37.310313; -121.918252
Owned by VTA
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus Route 25, 103
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 2005
Services
Preceding station   VTA Light Rail   Following station
Mountain View–Winchester
toward Winchester
Location

Fruitdale is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station has a center platform situated between two trackways. Fruitdale is served by the Mountain View–Winchester light rail line.

Location

Address: 1490 Fruitdale Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
Nearest cross-streets: Southwest Expressway & Fruitdale Avenue
Geographic coordinates: 37° 18' 37.1" North, 121° 55' 5.7" West

Platforms and tracks

Union Pacific  Freight branch line No passenger service
VTA Northbound  Mountain View–Winchester toward Mountain View (Race)
VTA Southbound  Mountain View–Winchester toward Winchester (Bascom)

Architecture/public art

Metal screens that adorn the shelter at the Fruitdale VTA light rail station

"San Jose artist Diana Pumpelly Bates has created metal screens for the shelters that provide visual interest for passengers at the stations as well as for motorists and pedestrians passing by the stations. The designs reflect the rising and setting sun."[1]

History

Fruitdale station was built as part of the Vasona Light Rail extension project. This project extended VTA light rail service from the intersection of Woz Way and West San Carlos St in San Jose in a southwesterly direction to the Winchester station in western Campbell.[2]

The official opening date for this station was October 1, 2005.

The construction of this station and the rest of the Vasona Light Rail extension was part of the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program. Santa Clara County voters approved the Measure B project in 1996 along with a one half percent sales tax increase. The Vasona Light Rail extension was funded mostly by the resulting sales tax revenues with additional money coming from federal and state funding, grants, VTA bond revenues, and municipal contributions.[3]

Nearby points of interest

Connecting transit

References

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