San Fernando (VTA)

light rail line.

Location

Address: 441 West San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA 95110
Nearest cross-streets: Delmas Avenue and Gifford Avenue
Geographic coordinates: 37° 19' 49.3" North, 121° 53' 54.2" West

tation Amenities

*Fully wheelchair-accessible (level boarding)
*Pay Phones

Architecture / Public Art

The San Fernando Station features three public art sculptures. They are entitled "King of the Urban Jungle," "Simba x 2," and "Lying Beast." All three statues are arranged together on a small cicular piece of lawn on the south edge of the station.

"Artist Iiona Malka Rich created this sculpture of three, multicolored striped lions with illuminating eyes (using fiber optics) from a bronze-like material. One has eight legs with two heads, and the other two lions have six legs each. The theme for this art feature is “Life is a Circus” which is inscribed around the base of the artwork. In addition, lion footprints are “stamped” on the ground through the plaza to replicate the natural movement of these unique animals." [cite web
url = http://www.vta.org/projects/vasona/library/stations/sanfernando.html
year = 2005
title = Vasona - San Fernando Station
publisher = Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
accessdate = 2006-04-10]

History

San Fernando Station was build 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.

The official opening date for this station was to be October 1, 2005, however revenue service was started earlier than planned on July 29, 2005 to accommodate attendees of the inaugural San Jose Grand Prix race.

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. [cite web
url = http://www.vta.org/news/releases/2006/02_feb/nr02-22_2006.html
year = 2006
title = VTA to Temporarily Close Two Downtown Light Rail Stations
publisher = Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
accessdate = 2006-04-10]

Nearby Points of Interest

*HP Pavilion at San Jose - 1 block away - 525 W San Carlos St
*Guadalupe River Park and Gardens trailhead - 1 block away - San Fernando St under State Route 87
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*Greyhound bus terminal - 4 blocks away - 70 S Almaden Ave:"(note: S Almaden Avenue is 1 block east of S Almaden Boulevard)"

Adjacent stations

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Connecting Transit

* [http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_63.html VTA Bus Route 63] - Almaden Valley to San Jose State University
* [http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_65.html VTA Bus Route 65] - Almaden LRT Station to San Jose State University
* [http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_804.html Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)]

References