Alum Rock Transit Center

Alum Rock Transit Center (or simply Alum Rock Station) is an at-grade intermodal transit center located at the intersection of South Capitol Avenue and Nuestra Castillo Court in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California. The light rail station is located in the center median of South Capitol Avenue and is the current eastern terminus for the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. VTA buses serve the transit center both on South Capitol Avenue and in a nearby bus plaza located adjacent to the light rail station.

This article is about the VTA light rail and bus station. For the proposed BART subway station, see 28th Street/Little Portugal station.
Alum Rock
A VTA bus and two VTA trains at Alum Rock Transit Center, 2005
General information
Other namesAlum Rock Transit Center
LocationCapitol Avenue and Nuestra Castillo Court
San Jose, California
Coordinates37°21′30″N 121°49′56″W
Owned bySanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections VTA Bus: 23, 25, Rapid 522
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking110 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 24, 2004 (2004-06-24)
Services
Preceding station VTA light rail Following station
McKee
toward Mountain View
 Orange Line Terminus
Future service
Preceding station VTA light rail Following station
McKee
toward Mountain View
 Orange Line Story
toward Eastridge Transit Center
Location

The transit center is the transfer point between the Orange Line and VTA's Rapid 522 bus rapid transit route which offers service south to the Eastridge Transit Center or west to Downtown San Jose, San Jose Diridon station, and the Palo Alto Transit Center.


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