Bascom station

Bascom station is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station has a single center platform between two tracks. Bascom station is served by the Green Line of the VTA light rail system.

Bascom
Bascom station platform, 2006
General information
Location	2051 Southwest Expressway San Jose, California
Coordinates	37°17′59″N 121°55′48″W
Owned by	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	VTA Bus: 61[1]
Construction
Parking	102 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01)[2]
Services
Preceding station VTA light rail Following station Fruitdale toward Old Ironsides Green Line Hamilton toward Winchester
Location

Location

Bascom station is located along the Southwest Expressway near the intersection of Bascom Avenue, after which the station was named. The Los Gatos Creek Trail trailhead is located about a block away from the station.

History

Bascom 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 St in San Jose in a southwesterly direction to the Winchester station in western Campbell.^[3]

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.^[4]

Screens

Metal screens that adorn the shelter of the Bascom VTA light rail station.

San Jose artist Diana Pumpelly Bates has created metal screens for the shelters that provide visual interest for passengers at the stations as well as for motorists and pedestrians passing by the stations. The patterns are a reminder of woven baskets created by the valley's early inhabitants.^[5]