Downtown Mountain View station

Downtown Mountain View station is an intermodal transit station located in Mountain View, California. The station is served by the Caltrain commuter rail service, on which it is simply called Mountain View station. The light rail part of the facility, known as Downtown Mountain View station, is served by Santa Clara VTA Orange Line service. VTA local buses and local shuttles are served from the Mountain View Transit Center on the Evelyn Avenue side of the station.

Not to be confused with Mountain View station (New Jersey).
Downtown Mountain View
Caltrain Orange Line (VTA)
A northbound Caltrain local train arriving at the station in 2022
General information
Location600 West Evelyn Avenue
Mountain View, California
Coordinates37.394394°N 122.075872°W / 37.394394; -122.075872
Line(s)Peninsula Subdivision[1]
Platforms2 side platforms (Caltrain)
1 island platform (VTA Light Rail)
Tracks2 (Caltrain)
2 (VTA Light Rail)
Connections
  • Bus transport VTA Bus: 21, 40, 51, 52
  • Bus transport Mountain View Shuttle: Grey Route, Red Route
  • Bus transport MVgo Shuttle: East Bayshore, West Bayshore
  • Bus transport Caltrain Shuttle: Duane Avenue
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking338 spaces[2]
Bicycle facilities23 racks, lockers[2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone3 (Caltrain)
History
Opened1888 (1888) (Caltrain)
December 20, 1999 (1999-12-20) (VTA Light Rail)[3]
Rebuilt1987, 2000 (Caltrain)
Passengers
20184,810 per weekday[4] Increase 0.8%
Services
Preceding station Caltrain Following station
San Antonio
toward San Francisco
 Local (L1) Sunnyvale
toward San Jose Diridon or Tamien
Weekend Local (L2)
Limited (L3) Sunnyvale
toward San Jose Diridon, Tamien or Gilroy
Palo Alto
toward San Francisco
 Limited (L4)
Limited (L5) Sunnyvale
toward San Jose Diridon or Tamien
Baby Bullet (B7) San Jose Diridon
Terminus
Preceding station VTA Light Rail Following station
Terminus Orange Line Whisman
toward Alum Rock
Location

Downtown Mountain View is the western terminus of the Orange Line route. The station has one island platform serving the two light rail tracks and two side platforms serving the two Caltrain tracks; however the northbound Caltrain platform is technically also an island since it sits between their Main Track #1 and one of the VTA tracks (but it functions as a side platform, since the two systems' tracks are separated by a fence).

The station is sited along Evelyn Avenue at its northeastern corner with Castro Street, and is bordered on the north-northeast by the Central Expressway (Santa Clara County Route G6) which parallels both rail lines, as well as Evelyn, in this area. Centennial Plaza, at the corner of Evelyn & Castro, contains a replica depot building that was constructed in 2000 to pay homage to the demolished 1888-built Southern Pacific Railroad station and now houses a wine bar/shop.[5][6] Headed away from Castro to the southeast along Evelyn is first Dentennial Plaza, then the Transit Center (bus) facility, followed by the public pay-parking lot for the entire intermodal facility (managed by Caltrain, with the main entrance at Evelyn Avenue & View Street). The Caltrain platforms can be accessed from Castro (via a walkway on north side of the replica depot), Centennial Plaza, the Transit Center, and the parking facility. The VTA's light rail platform is accessed from Castro Street, at the southeast corner of the Central Expressway.

Two pieces of public art were added during the construction of the light rail line.[7]

References
  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 13.
  2. "Mountain View Station". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  3. "VTA Facts: Light Rail System" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. November 30, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. "2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018.
  5. Sheck, Justin (April 20, 2001). "Old Southern Pacific station house to be installed at transit plaza". Mountain View Voice. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  6. "City of Mountain View - City Centennial". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  7. "The Tasman West Light Rail Project: Art and Aesthetics Program" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. October 26, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2008.

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