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 The light rail platform at Tamien in May 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 1355 Lick Avenue San Jose, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°18′46″N 121°53′05″W / 37.31270°N 121.884781°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | PCJPB Peninsula Subdivision (Caltrain)[1] Guadalupe Phase 3 (VTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform (Caltrain) 1 island platform (VTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (Caltrain) 2 (VTA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  VTA Bus: 25, 56, School 256[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 275 spaces[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 18 racks, 10 lockers, BayWheels bike share station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 (Caltrain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | August 17, 1990 (VTA)[4] July 1, 1992 (Caltrain)[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018 | 1,286 per weekday[6]  3% (Caltrain) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamien station is an intermodal passenger transportation station in the Tamien neighborhood of central San Jose, California, served by the VTA light rail and the Caltrain commuter rail line, along with bus connections. The station has two elevated island platforms, one for each service. The two platforms are connected by a walkway at ground-level that is below the two platforms. The light rail platform is located in the center median of the State Route 87 freeway just north of the Alma Avenue overpass. The Caltrain platform is located just to the east, between Lick Avenue and State Route 87 and just north of Alma Avenue.
The station is served by the Blue Line of the VTA light rail system and is connected to the Highway 87 Bikeway.[7]
The station is named after the Tamien (also spelled Tamyen) who are some of the Ohlone, a Native American people.[8]
- ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 14.
- ^ "VTA Light Rail System". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. October 11, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ "Tamien station". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ "Current Light Rail System Data" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
- ^ Duncan, Mark (October 4, 2005). "The San Francisco Peninsula Railroad Passenger Service: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ "Trail Systems | City of San Jose". www.sanjoseca.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ Hylkema, Mark (1994). "Tamien Station Archeological Project". In Bean, Lowell John (ed.). The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region. Ballena Press Publication. pp. 249–270. ISBN 0879191295.