List of VTA light rail stations

VTA light rail

Company type	Public transit system
Industry	Public transportation
Founded	December 11, 1987 (1987-12-11)
Headquarters	Santa Clara County , United States
Area served	Santa Clara County, California
Owner	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
Website	www.vta.org

VTA light rail functions as a light rail transit network within Santa Clara County, California. This system is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), overseeing more than of track and accommodating upwards of 32,000 riders daily as recorded in fiscal year 2007.

The first portion, connecting Civic Center with Old Ironsides, commenced service on December 11, 1987. Subsequent expansions extended service southward to Downtown San Jose and Tamien in 1988 and 1990 respectively. The Guadalupe corridor was finalized in April 1991 with a extension reaching Santa Teresa and Almaden. The Tasman West segment to Mountain View began operations in December 1999. Additional growth included the Tasman East extension arriving at I-880/Milpitas in 2001 and later to Hostetter in 2004, along with the Capitol extension serving the Alum Rock. The most recent significant project was the Vasona extension, linking Campbell with Downtown San Jose, completed in 2005.

By December 2019, the light rail system consisted of 59 stations distributed as follows: 39 within San Jose, seven in Sunnyvale, four in Mountain View, and three each located in Campbell, Milpitas, and Santa Clara. In March 2015, the VTA temporarily closed Evelyn station to facilitate construction of a second track spanning between Mountain View and Whisman stations.

Stations

^	Stations designated for transfers
Template:Rint	Stations providing transfers to other rail networks
†	End-of-line stations
^†	Stations serving as both transfer points and line termini
†Template:Rint	Stations that are transfer points to other rail systems and line termini

StationTemplate:Ref label	Image	Line(s)Template:Ref label	Transfers	Location	Opened	Parking spaces
Alder		Template:Rint		Milpitas	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || Template:Nts
Alum Rock†		Template:Rint		San Jose	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || Template:Nts
Bascom		Template:Rint		San Jose	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || Template:Nts
Baypointe^†		Template:Rint Template:Rint		San Jose	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting ||
Bayshore/NASA		Template:Rint		Mountain View	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting ||

Station	Image	Line(s)	Transfers	Location	Opened	Parking spaces

[[File:Branham VTA 1499 08.JPG] [100px] The platform at Branham station]


San Jose, California San Jose


[[File:Capitol VTA 1036 03.JPG] [100px] A train at Capitol station]


San Jose, California San Jose


[[File:Champion VTA 2182 03.JPG] [100px] The platform at Champion station]


San Jose, California San Jose

[[File:Childrens Discovery Museum station (1), July 2018.JPG] [100px] The platform at Children's Discovery Museum station]


San Jose, California San Jose

[[File:Cisco Way VTA 2165 09.JPG] [100px] The platform at Cisco Way station]


San Jose, California San Jose

[[File:Civic Center VTA 1636 03.JPG] [100px] A train waits at Civic Center station]


San Jose, California San Jose

[[File:Component VTA 1681 05.JPG] [100px] The platform at Component station]


San Jose, California San Jose

Former stations

			San Jose
			San Jose
			San Jose
			Sunnyvale

StationTemplate:Ref label	Image	Location	Commenced Service	Discontinued Service
Almaden†		San Jose	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting
Evelyn		Mountain View	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting
Oakridge		San Jose	REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting || REDIRECT Template:Date table sorting

Notes

Station names correspond with the official transit system map.

For stations served by multiple lines, lines are ordered by their respective inauguration dates.

This particular station's platforms for northbound and southbound trains are located one block apart; the northbound platform is situated on 1st Street while the southbound platform is on 2nd Street.