Tamien Station

Tamien
The light rail platform at Tamien
Location	Lelong Street and Alma Avenue San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°18′46″N 121°53′05″W / 37.31270°N 121.884781°WCoordinates: 37°18′46″N 121°53′05″W / 37.31270°N 121.884781°W
Line(s)	Caltrain   Local service   Limited-stop service   Baby Bullet VTA Light Rail   Alum Rock–Santa Teresa
Platforms	1 island platform (Caltrain) 1 island platform (VTA)
Tracks	3 (Caltrain) 2 (VTA)
Connections	VTA Bus Routes 25, 82
Construction
Parking	275 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	970 per weekday[1]  20.2% (Caltrain)
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station San Jose Diridon toward San Francisco Local service Capitol (during peak hours) toward Gilroy Limited-stop service Baby Bullet Peak, Pattern B Terminus VTA Light Rail Virginia toward Alum Rock Alum Rock–Santa Teresa Curtner toward Santa Teresa
Location

Tamien Station is an intermodal passenger transportation station served by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system, two bus routes, and the Caltrain commuter rail line. The station has two distinct elevated rail platforms – one for Caltrain, the other for light rail. Each is a center platform with two trackways (one on each side). The two platforms are connected by a walkway at ground-level that is below the two platforms.

Currently, Caltrain does not serve this station during the middle of the day on weekdays. On weekends, a Caltrain shuttle bus instead of a train connects Tamien to the San Jose Diridon station.

The station is named after the Tamien (also spelled Tamyen) who were some of the Ohlone, a Native American people.

Location

Address: 1355 Lick Avenue , San Jose, California
Nearest cross-street: West Alma Avenue

Platforms and tracks

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 between Lick Avenue and State Route 87, just north of Alma Avenue.

VTA platform

Northbound	■ Alum Rock–Santa Teresa	toward Alum Rock (Virginia)
Southbound	■ Alum Rock–Santa Teresa	toward Santa Teresa (Curtner)

Caltrain platform

Mainline track	■ Coast Starlight	No stops
Northbound	■ Local service	toward San Francisco (San Jose Diridon)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward San Francisco (San Jose Diridon)
	■ Baby Bullet, Peak, Pattern B	toward San Francisco (San Jose Diridon)
Southbound	■ Local service	toward Gilroy (Capitol)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward Gilroy during peak hours (Capitol)
	■ Baby Bullet, Peak, Pattern B	toward Tamien (Last stop)

Station amenities

• Child Care center
• Payphone
• Park and Ride lot
• Elevator at both stations
• Wheelchair accessible
• Highway 87 Bicycle & Pedestrian Path access - adjacent to station - path runs from just north of Tamien Station to the SR 85/SR 87 interchange

Connecting transit

• VTA Bus Route 25 - Alum Rock Transit Center to De Anza College
• VTA Bus Route 82 - Westgate to Downtown San Jose

Sources

• Hylkema, Mark, Tamien Station Archeological Project, published by Bean, Lowell John, editor, The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1994. ISBN 0-87919-129-5 (pages 249-270).

References

1. Caltrain. "February 2014 Caltrain Annual Passenger Counts" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-11.

External links

• Media related to Tamien Station at Wikimedia Commons
• Station information (Caltrain)
• Station information (Transit Unlimited)