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Mountain View–Winchester
Overview
Type	Light rail
System	Santa Clara VTA Light Rail
Locale	; Santa Clara County, California; Cities: Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Campbell;
Termini	; Mountain View Station; Winchester Station;
Stations	38; (plus 3 planned)
Operation
Opened	1987
Operator(s)	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Rolling stock	99 Kinki Sharyo light rail vehicles; (low floor)
Technical
Line length	22.3 mi (35.89 km)
Track gauge	; 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm); (standard gauge)
Electrification	; Overhead lines, 750 V DC;
Highest elevation	at grade, elevated, underground
Route map
	; Legend;
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	closed
	2015
	Mountain View
	Sunnyvale
	Sunnyvale
	Santa Clara
	; ; ;
	Santa Clara
	San Jose
	Alum Rock–Santa Teresa
	to Alum Rock;
	Alum Rock–Santa Teresa
	to Santa Teresa;
	; ; ;
	San Jose
	Campbell
	; ; ;
	Campbell
	Los Gatos
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Mountain View–Winchester is a light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The Mountain View–Winchester route is one of three existing VTA light rail routes. The other two light rail routes are the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line and Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden line. On system maps, the line is represented as the Green Line; however, unlike many other transit systems, VTA personnel do not refer to the line by its color, much less refer to it as Line 902 on official documents.

Route description

The Mountain View–Winchester line starts from the Downtown Mountain View station (Mountain View, California), travels toward the east, passing under U.S. Route 101 at Ellis Avenue, following Mathilda Avenue to Java Drive, crossing State Route 237 and turning east on Tasman Drive. At First Street, it turns south and shares tracks of the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line to downtown San Jose. After the Convention Center stop, it leaves the shared portion of the tracks and heads south west to the Winchester station in southern Campbell, with a stop at Caltrain and Amtrak's Diridon Station. The whole route takes approximately one hour and fifteen minutes.

Owl service

From February 2000 to April 14, 2003, VTA operated all night train service with light rail vehicles (commonly known as "owl service") on a 70-minute frequency between Mountain View and Baypointe. At the time, VTA light rail was the only light rail service in the United States to operate 24 hours a day. The owl service was curtailed in 2003 as a result of mounting deficits.

Construction history

The route that the Mountain View–Winchester line now runs on is constructed in three different expansion projects: the original Guadalupe line, the Tasman West extension, and the Vasona extension.

Guadalupe line

The trackway between Woz Way in Downtown San Jose and Old Ironsides station is part of the Guadalupe line, the first light rail line constructed in Santa Clara county. The Guadalupe line opened for revenue service on December 10, 1987 originally running from Old Ironsides station to Civic Center station in San Jose. Champion station was not part of the original line; it was added as intermediate stop as part of the Tasman West project.^[1]^[2]

Service on this line was gradually expanded south from Civic Center station as follows:

Service through the downtown mall and onward to the Convention Center station began on July 17, 1988.^[3]

Service between Convention Center and Tamien stations began on August 17, 1990.^[4]

Service between Tamien and Santa Teresa stations began on April 25, 1991.^[5]

Tasman West extension

The Tasman West extension project added to the line as follows:

Champion station added as an intermediate stop along the existing Guadalupe line trackway (Station opened March 24, 1997).^[6]

7.6 miles (12.2 km) of trackway and 12 new light rail stations added between the existing Old Ironsides station and the new Downtown Mountain View station. (Opened December 17, 1999.)

Baypointe station added just east of the intersection of 1st and Tasman. (Opened December 17, 1999.)

Baypointe station is no longer served by this line due to a line reconfiguration implemented in August 2005.

After the completion of Tasman West extension and before the completion of Tasman East/Capitol and Vasona extensions, VTA split the light rail system into two main lines: one line running between Baypointe and Downtown Mountain View, the other between Baypointe and Santa Teresa. Passengers transferred between the two lines at the new Baypointe station.^[7]Tasman is now the transfer station.

Tasman West extension was constructed with funds from 1996 Measure B sales tax measure.

Vasona extension

Mountain View–Winchester contains the entire Vasona extension from San Fernando station to the southern line terminal, Winchester station. Vasona extension opened for revenue service on October 1, 2005. It was originally scheduled to open two months earlier on August 1 but delayed due to a dispute between Federal Railroad Administration and VTA. At issue was whether a waiver was needed from FRA, since the Union Pacific branchline that parallels most of Vasona extension is still actively used on a tri-weekly basis to serve a cement plant in the Cupertino Foothills and a lumber yard in Campbell. A waiver was finally obtained on the condition that all light rail vehicles sound their horns at crossings until "Quiet Zone" improvements are implemented (freight trains are still required to sound their horns). Vasona extension was also constructed with funds from 1996 Measure B sales tax measure.

Light Rail Efficiency Project

In 2014, a new storage track and crossover was constructed between Old Ironsides and Reamwood as part of improvements to support events at Levi's Stadium and the future Silicon Valley BART extension.^[8]

To provide better headways and service reliability, a second track was constructed between Whisman and Downtown Mountain View. Work began in summer 2014 and was completed in late 2015. Evelyn Station was permanently closed in mid-March 2015 as part of track construction.^[9]

Possible future expansion

A Vasona extension Phase 2 was designed but not constructed because a funding source can not be identified. Phase 2 would extend the light rail line westwards to Vasona Junction in eastern Los Gatos. It is expected that Mountain View–Winchester would extend to terminate at Vasona Junction if Phase 2 is built.

2018 Reconfiguration

Upon the opening of the Silicon Valley BART extension to Berryessa / North San Jose, Line 902 will be split into the Green Line (Old Ironsides -Winchester) and the Orange Line (Mountain View - Alum Rock).

Station stops

Transfer to Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line anywhere between Tasman and Convention Center

Station	Other lines	Transfer to
Downtown Mountain View		Caltrain: Mountain View VTA: 34, 35, 51, 52 Mountain View Community Shuttle
Evelyn (closed)
Whisman
Middlefield		VTA: 32
Bayshore/NASA
Moffett Park
Lockheed Martin		VTA: 26, 54, 120, 121, 122, 321, 328
Borregas		VTA: 26, 120, 121, 122, 321, 328
Crossman		VTA: 120, 121, 122, 321, 328
Fair Oaks
Vienna
Reamwood		VTA: 55, 321
Old Ironsides		VTA: 55, 57, 60, 121, 140, 330
Great America		VTA: 140, 330
Lick Mill		Altamont Corridor Express: Great America Amtrak: Santa Clara – Great America VTA: 140, 330
Champion		VTA: 140, 330
Tasman		VTA: Alum Rock - Santa Teresa LRT
River Oaks		VTA: 58
Orchard		VTA: 58, 321
Bonaventura
Component
Karina
Metro/Airport		VTA: 10 (Airport Flyer)
Gish
Civic Center		VTA: 12, 61, 62, 66, 181
Japantown/Ayer		VTA: 66, 181
Saint James		VTA: 65, 66, 72, 73, 82, 181, 304
Santa Clara		Highway 17 Express Monterey-Salinas Transit: 55, 79 VTA: DASH, 11, 22, 23, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 81, 82, 168, 181, 304, 522
Paseo de San Antonio		VTA: DASH, 23, 66, 68, 82, 168, 304
Convention Center		VTA: Alum Rock - Santa Teresa LRT, DASH, 23, 168
San Fernando		VTA: DASH, 22, 63, 64, 65, 68, 168, 181, 522
San Jose Diridon		Altamont Corridor Express: San Jose Amtrak: San Jose Caltrain: San Jose Diridon Highway 17 Express Monterey-Salinas Transit: 55, 79 VTA: DASH, 22, 63, 64, 65, 68, 168, 181, 522
Race		VTA: 65, 103, 182
Fruitdale		VTA: 25, 63, 103, 182
Bascom		VTA: 61, 62
Hamilton		VTA: 26, 61, 62, 82
Downtown Campbell		VTA: 26
Winchester		VTA: 37, 48, 49, 60, 101

Station facilities

Many stations along this line have park-and-ride lots (labeled as ), as well as bike stations (labeled as ), including:

Downtown Mountain View

Whisman

Bayshore/NASA

Moffett Park

Lockheed Martin

Lick Mill (at Great America Station: )

River Oaks — also the stop for VTA headquarters

San Fernando

San Jose Diridon

Bascom

Winchester

Supplementary service

During peak periods and late nights, many trains operate as short turn trips, meaning they operate portions of the route. Late night supplementary services are also provided northbound from Baypointe to Downtown Mountain View.

References

^ Robinson, Bert (December 11, 1987). "All Aboard - It's Off and Rolling". San Jose Mercury News. et al. Sec A:1..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

^ Grant, Joanne (November 6, 1987). "Mishap Won't Delay Light Rail". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:3.

^ Sweeney, Frank (July 13, 1988). "Downtown S.J. Trollys Start Friday". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

^ "Light Rail to Willow Glen Opening Friday". San Jose Mercury News. August 16, 1990. Sec B:3.

^ Guido, Michelle (April 25, 1991). "The Trolly Finally Makes its Way South in Debut Today". San Jose Mercury News. Sec A:1.

^ Barnacle, Betty (March 24, 1997). "Light Rail Opens New Stop; First Station on Tasman Line to Serve North S.J. High-Tech Firms". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

^ Diaz, Sam (December 18, 1999). "Ready for a Rail Good Time: Major Link for Transit Takes its First Step". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

^ "Light Rail Efficiency". Light Rail Efficiency. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

^ "Mountain View Double Track". Mountain View Double Track. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

External links

Route map:

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[1] Robinson, Bert (December 11, 1987). "All Aboard - It's Off and Rolling". San Jose Mercury News. et al. Sec A:1..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

[2] Grant, Joanne (November 6, 1987). "Mishap Won't Delay Light Rail". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:3.

[3] Sweeney, Frank (July 13, 1988). "Downtown S.J. Trollys Start Friday". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

[4] "Light Rail to Willow Glen Opening Friday". San Jose Mercury News. August 16, 1990. Sec B:3.

[5] Guido, Michelle (April 25, 1991). "The Trolly Finally Makes its Way South in Debut Today". San Jose Mercury News. Sec A:1.

[6] Barnacle, Betty (March 24, 1997). "Light Rail Opens New Stop; First Station on Tasman Line to Serve North S.J. High-Tech Firms". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

[7] Diaz, Sam (December 18, 1999). "Ready for a Rail Good Time: Major Link for Transit Takes its First Step". San Jose Mercury News. Sec B:1.

[8] "Light Rail Efficiency". Light Rail Efficiency. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

[9] "Mountain View Double Track". Mountain View Double Track. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

v t e Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Management	Santa Clara County
VTA Light Rail	Alum Rock–Santa Teresa Mountain View–Winchester Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden
Rail Stations	Almaden Alum Rock Bascom Baypointe Bayshore/NASA Berryessa Blossom Hill Bonaventura Borregas Branham Capitol Champion Children's Discovery Museum Cisco Way Civic Center Component Convention Center Cottle Cropley Crossman Curtner Downtown Campbell Downtown Mountain View Fair Oaks Fruitdale Gish Great America Great Mall/Main Hamilton Hostetter I-880/Milpitas Japantown/Ayer Karina Lick Mill Lockheed Martin McKee Metro/Airport Middlefield Moffett Park Montague Oakridge Ohlone/Chynoweth Old Ironsides Orchard Paseo de San Antonio Penitencia Creek Race Reamwood River Oaks Saint James San Jose Diridon San Fernando Santa Clara Santa Teresa Snell Tamien Tasman Vienna Virginia Whisman Winchester
VTA Bus	List of Santa Clara VTA bus routes
Connecting Services	AC Transit Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak Amtrak Thruway Bus Services Amtrak California Capitol Corridor BART Caltrain Dumbarton Express Highway 17 Express Monterey-Salinas Transit SamTrans Santa Cruz Metro
Other	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board Clipper Silicon Valley BART extension
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