Alum Rock Transit Center

This article is about the VTA light rail and bus station. For the proposed BART subway station, see 28th Street/Little Portugal station.

Alum Rock Transit Center (or simply Alum Rock station) is an at-grade intermodal transit center located at the intersection of South Capitol Avenue and Nuestra Castillo Court in the Alum Rock district of San Jose, California. The light rail station is located in the center median of South Capitol Avenue and is the current eastern terminus for the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system. VTA buses serve the transit center both on South Capitol Avenue and in a nearby bus plaza located adjacent to the light rail station.

Alum Rock
A VTA bus and two trains at Alum Rock, 2005
General information
Other names	Alum Rock Transit Center Alum Rock station[1]
Location	Capitol Avenue and Nuestra Castillo Court San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°21′30″N 121°49′56″W
Owned by	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	VTA Bus: 23, 25, Rapid 522[2]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	110 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[1]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 24, 2004 (2004-06-24)[3]
Services
Preceding station VTA light rail Following station McKee toward Mountain View Orange Line Terminus
Future service Preceding station VTA light rail Following station McKee toward Mountain View Orange Line Story toward Eastridge Transit Center
Location

The transit center is the transfer point between the Orange Line and VTA's Rapid 522 bus rapid transit route which offers service south to the Eastridge Transit Center or west to Downtown San Jose, San Jose Diridon station, and the Palo Alto Transit Center.

See also

• Alum Rock, California