1 island platform (Caltrain) 1 island platform (VTA)
Tracks
3 (Caltrain) 2 (VTA)
Connections
VTA Bus: 25, 56, School256[2]
Construction
Parking
275 spaces[3]
Bicycle facilities
18 racks, 10 lockers, BayWheels bike share station
Accessible
Yes
Other information
Fare zone
4 (Caltrain)
History
Opened
August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (VTA)[4] July 1, 1992 (Caltrain)[5]
Passengers
2018
1,286 per weekday[6] 3% (Caltrain)
Services
Preceding station
Caltrain
Following station
San Jose Diridon
toward San Francisco
Local (L1)
Terminus
Weekend Local (L2)
Limited (L3)
Capitol
(select peak-hour trains only)
toward Gilroy
Limited (L4)
Limited (L5)
Terminus
Preceding station
VTA light rail
Following station
Virginia
toward Baypointe
Blue Line
Curtner
toward Santa Teresa
Future services
Preceding station
Amtrak
Following station
San Jose Diridon
toward Auburn
Capitol Corridor
Morgan Hill
toward Salinas
Location
Tamien station is an intermodal passenger transportation station in the Tamien neighborhood of central San Jose, California, served by the VTA light rail and the Caltrain commuter rail line, along with bus connections. The station has two elevated island platforms, one for each service. The two platforms are connected by a walkway at ground-level that is below the two platforms. 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.
The station is served by the Blue Line of the VTA light rail system and is connected to the Highway 87 Bikeway.[7]
The station is named after the Tamien (also spelled Tamyen) who are some of the Ohlone, a Native American people.[8]
^SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 14.
^"VTA Light Rail System". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. October 11, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
^"Tamien station". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
^"Current Light Rail System Data" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
^Duncan, Mark (October 4, 2005). "The San Francisco Peninsula Railroad Passenger Service: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2018.
^"2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Caltrain. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
^"Trail Systems | City of San Jose". www.sanjoseca.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
^Hylkema, Mark (1994). "Tamien Station Archeological Project". In Bean, Lowell John (ed.). The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region. Ballena Press Publication. pp. 249–270. ISBN 0879191295.
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Global Information
VTA Bus: 25, 56, School 256[2]
3% (Caltrain)
