Race (VTA)

Race
VTA light rail station
File:RaceVTA030406.JPG Race Station platform
Location	580 Race Street San Jose, California
Coordinates
Owned by	VTA
Line(s)
Connections	Bus Route 65
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	2005
Services
Preceding station   VTA Light Rail   Following station San Jose Diridon toward Mountain View Mountain View–Winchester Fruitdale toward Winchester
Location

Race is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station consists of a single platform with a single trackway. Trains from both directions arrive on the same track. Race is served by the Mountain View–Winchester light rail line.

Location

Address: 580 Race Street, San Jose, CA 95126
Geographic coordinates: 37° 19' 2.6" North, 121° 54' 37.8" West
Nearest cross-streets: Parkmoor Avenue and Auzerais Avenue

Platforms and tracks

Union Pacific	■ Freight branch line	No passenger service
VTA	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Mountain View (San Jose Diridon)
	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Winchester (Fruitdale)

History

Race station was built as part of the Vasona Light Rail extension project. This project extended VTA light rail service from the intersection of Woz Way and West San Carlos Street in San Jose in a southwesterly direction to the Winchester station in western Campbell.

The official opening date for this station was October 1, 2005.

The construction of this station and the rest of the Vasona Light Rail extension was part of the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program. Santa Clara County voters approved the Measure B project in 1996 along with a one half percent sales tax increase. The Vasona Light Rail extension was funded mostly by the resulting sales tax revenues with additional money coming from federal and state funding, grants, VTA bond revenues, and municipal contributions.

Connecting transit

• VTA Bus Route 65 - Almaden LRT Station to San Jose State University

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons