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Baypointe station

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The center platform was reactivated in 2010 for a VTA experiment in offering express light rail service on the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa line. These trains operated nonstop from Ohlone-Chynoweth to San Jose Convention Center. The three northbound morning and southbound afternoon trains used Baypointe as
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On December 28, 2019, the VTA system received a major reconfiguration in preparation for the opening of the Silicon Valley BART extension. The Orange Line was established as an east-west line between Mountain View and Alum Rock, using Baypointe as a through station on the outer tracks. At the same
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station (later renamed Alder station), the center track of Baypointe station served as the northern terminus for the "Baypointe–Santa Teresa" line and became a through station for the "Mountain View–I-880/Milpitas" line. In June 2004, when the Tasman East/Capitol extension opened, the line from
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When the Tasman West extension opened in December 1999, Baypointe station was the terminal and transfer station for what was then the "Baypointe–Mountain View" and the "Baypointe–Santa Teresa" lines. In May 2001, when the Tasman East light rail project (segment 1) extended the system to
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Baypointe station is differentiated from other VTA light rail stations as it features three tracks and two island platforms. Blue Line trains stop and reverse direction on the center track, while Orange Line trains use the two outer tracks. Passengers can make a
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that allows trains to park and reverse direction off the mainline. There is an additional 1,000 feet (300 m) of pocket track east of the station allowing trains to be stored in the median of Tasman Drive.
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Baypointe was built as part of the Tasman West extension which included the Baypointe station along with 11 other stations and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) of trackway west of the
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In August 2005, VTA reconfigured its light rail lines upon completion of the Vasona light rail extension (now part of today's Green Line). As part of this reconfiguration,
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Baypointe was designed to be a terminal/transfer station and consequently has a unique design with three tracks and two island platforms. The center track is a
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station located in the center median of Tasman Drive at its intersection with Baypointe Parkway, after which the station is named, in
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Mountain View was changed to terminate on the center track of Baypointe station and the line from Santa Teresa continued eastward to
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Baypointe station is located in the median of Tasman Drive just west of Baypointe Parkway in northern
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time, the Blue Line was truncated and used the center platform of Baypointe as its terminus. A timed
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lines. The center platform of Baypointe station would not see regular use for about five years.
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their terminal. The service proved unpopular and was discontinued in October 2018.
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system. Baypointe station is the current northern terminus for the Blue Line.
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Entrance to Baypointe station at Tasman Drive and Baypointe Parkway
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station (which was part of the original system opened in 1987).
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail stations
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Three VTA Light Rail trains stopped at Baypointe station, 2022
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is offered between Orange and Blue Line trains at Baypointe.
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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus stations
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Railway stations in the United States opened in 1999
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Index

Baypointe
Blue Line (VTA)
Orange Line (VTA)

San Jose, California
37°24′38″N 121°56′31″W / 37.410664°N 121.941912°W / 37.410664; -121.941912
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
island platforms
VTA Bus
59
ACE Shuttle
Brown
Purple

VTA light rail
Tasman
Santa Teresa
Blue Line
Champion
Mountain View
Orange Line
Cisco Way
Alum Rock
light rail
San Jose, California
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Blue Line
Orange Line
VTA light rail
cross platform transfer

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