- Tamien Station
Tamien Station is an
intermodal passenger transportation station served by theSanta Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)light rail system, two bus routes, and theCaltrain commuter rail line. The station has two distinct elevated rail platforms – one for Caltrain, the other for light rail. Each is a center platform with two trackways (one on each side). The two platforms are connected by a walkway at ground-level that is below the two platforms.The station is named after the Tamien (also spelled Tamyen) who were some of the
Ohlone , a Native American people.Location
Address: 1355 Lick Avenue [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?q1=1355+Lick+Avenue%2C+San+Jose%2C+California&ds=n&name=&desc=&lat=37.311553&lon=-121.882274&mlt=37.311553&mln=-121.882274&zoomin=yes&BFKey=&mag=2] ,
San Jose, California
Nearest cross-street: West Alma Avenue
The light rail platform is located in the center median of the State Route 87 freeway just north of the Alma Avenue overpass. The Caltrain platform is located between Lick Avenue and State Route 87, just north of Alma Avenue.tation amenities
*Child Care center
*Payphone
*Park and Ride lot
*Wheelchair accessible
*Highway 87 Bicycle & Pedestrian Path access - adjacent to station - path runs from just north of Tamien Station to the SR 85/SR 87 interchangeConnecting Transit
* [http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_25.html VTA Bus Route 25] - Alum Rock Transit Center to
De Anza College
* [http://www.vta.org/schedules/SC_82.html VTA Bus Route 82] - Westgate to Downtown San Joseources
*Hylkema, Mark, "Tamien Station Archeological Project", published by Bean, Lowell John, editor, "The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region". Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1994. ISBN 0-87919-129-5 (pages 249-270).
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