Great Mall/Main station
Great Mall station (formerly known as Great Mall/Main Transit Center) is a light rail station operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station is served by the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. It is an elevated station over the intersection of Great Mall Parkway and Main Street in Milpitas, California. A pedestrian bridge connects the station to the nearby Great Mall of the Bay Area, for which the station is named after.
Great Mall | |||||||||||
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Great Mall station platform in March 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Great Mall Parkway at Main Street Milpitas, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°24′51″N 121°54′06″W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | VTA Bus: 44, 66 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Parking | 93 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 24, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Great Mall/Main | ||||||||||
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The station was opened on June 24, 2004, as part of the second phase of VTA's Tasman East light rail extension.
This station formerly served as a major transfer point between VTA Light Rail and bus lines. The transit center was closed and the majority of the bus lines moved to the nearby Milpitas station which opened on December 28, 2019.