Tasman (VTA)

Tasman
VTA light rail station
File:Tasman station 2207 03.JPG Tasman Station platform
Location	1st Street and Tasman Drive San Jose, California
Coordinates
Owned by	VTA
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Bus Routes 58, 140, 330
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1987
Services
Preceding station   VTA Light Rail   Following station Baypointe toward Alum Rock Alum Rock–Santa Teresa River Oaks toward Santa Teresa Champion toward Mountain View Mountain View–Winchester River Oaks toward Winchester
Location

Tasman is a light rail station operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. It is located in San Jose, California at First Street and Tasman Drive. Tasman is served by both the Mountain View–Winchester and Alum Rock–Santa Teresa lines, and has served as the northern primary transfer point between the two lines since August 2005, when the line from Mountain View was reconfigured to serve downtown San Jose and no longer serve Baypointe station in preparation for the opening of the Vasona light rail extension project.

Station layout

Northbound	■ Alum Rock–Santa Teresa	toward Alum Rock (Baypointe)
	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Mountain View (Champion)
Southbound	■ Alum Rock–Santa Teresa	toward Santa Teresa (River Oaks)
	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Winchester (River Oaks)

History

Tasman was the northern terminus of VTA's initial Guadalupé line, which was opened in 1987 and linked it with Santa Teresa in South San Jose. The Tasman West extension was opened in December 1999 to connect Tasman with Mountain View, California's Great America, the Great America Altamont Commuter Express stop which connects with VTA's Lick Mill, and I-880/Milpitas.

Connecting transit

• VTA Bus Route 58
• VTA Express Bus Route 140
• VTA Limited Stop Bus Route 330
• VTA Purple ACE Shuttle
• VTA Brown ACE Shuttle

VTA Bus Route 33 no longer serves this station due to bus service updates implemented on January 14, 2008.

References

• VTA maps

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Transit Unlimited