Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

**Weekday Ridership** | 114,600

The **Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority** or **VTA** is a transit operator in the San Jose and Santa Clara County, California.

## History

Public transit bus service in the San Jose area was initially provided by San Jose City Lines, Peerless Stages, and Palo Alto Transit. In 1972, the Santa Clara County Transit District (SCCTD) was created after voter referendum, and bus service turned from these three companies to "County Transit."

VTA was originally named the **Santa Clara County Transit District (SCCTD).** Before the name change to VTA, the agency name became known as **Transportation Agency** or **TA** from late 1993 up to 1995. On January 1, 1995, SCCTD was merged with Congestion Management and remained SCCTD for about a year. At the same time (1995), the common use name changed to VTA. The official name change was delayed due to Sacramento politics.

## Facilities

### Office

* **Address:** 3331 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA, 95134-1906
* **Email:** customer.service@vta.org
* **Fax:** 408-321-7535
* **Phone:** 408-321-2300 or 1-800-894-9908

### Downtown Customer Service Center

* **Address:** 2 N. 1st St., San Jose, CA, 95113

### Divisions and Yards

* **North Division** - 1235 La Avenida St, Mountain View, CA 94043
* **Cerone Division** - Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134. Opened 1979. Originally called Zanker Division. Named after Ron Cerone, Former Peerless and later SCCTD Manager.
* **Guadalupe Light Rail Division** - 101 W Younger Ave, San Jose, CA 95110
* **Chaboya Division** - 2240 S. 7th St, San Jose, CA 95112

### Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) Shuttles

* **822 Gray Line** - South Sunnyvale
* **823 Green Line** - North Santa Clara
* **824 Orange Line** - Mountain View/Palo Alto
* **825 Purple Line** - West Milpitas
* **826 Red Line** - North Sunnyvale
* **827 Yellow Line** - South Santa Clara
* **828 Brown Line** - North San Jose
* **831 Violet Line** - East Milpitas

### Rapid

* **500** - Berryessa BART - San Jose Diridon via Downtown San Jose
* **522** - Palo Alto Transit Center - Eastridge
* **523** - San Jose State University - Lockheed Martin via De Anza College
* **568** - San Jose Diridon Station - Gilroy Transit Center (Weekdays Only)

### Local Bus Routes

* **20** - Milpitas BART - Sunnyvale Transit Center
* **21** - Stanford Shopping Center - Santa Clara Transit Center
* **22** - Palo Alto Transit Center - Eastridge
* **23** - De Anza College - Alum Rock Station via Stevens Creek
* **25** - De Anza College - Alum Rock Station via Valley Med
* **26** - West Valley College - Eastridge
* **27** - Winchester Station - Kaiser San Jose via Downtown Los Gatos
* **31** - Evergreen Valley College - Eastridge
* **37** - West Valley College - Capitol Station
* **39** - Eastridge - The Villages
* **40** - Foothill College - Mountain View Transit Center via North Bayshore
* **42** - Evergreen Valley College - Santa Teresa Station
* **44** - Milpitas BART - McCarthy Ranch via Tasman & Alder
* **47** - Milpitas BART - McCarthy Ranch via Park Victoria
* **51** - Moffett Field/Ames Center - West Valley College
* **52** - Foothill College - Mountain View Transit Center via El Monte
* **53** - Sunnyvale Transit Center - Santa Clara Transit Center
* **55** - Old Ironsides Station - De Anza College
* **56** - Lockheed Martin - Tamien Station
* **57** - Old Ironsides Station - West Valley College
* **59** - Saratoga & Stevens Creek - Baypointe Station via Alviso
* **60** - Milpitas BART - Winchester Station via SJC Airport
* **61** - Sierra & Piedmont - Good Samaritan Hospital
* **64A** - McKee & White - Ohlone-Chynoweth Station
* **64B** - McKee & White - Almaden Expressway & Camden
* **66** - North Milpitas - Kaiser San Jose
* **68** - San Jose Diridon Station - Gilroy Transit Center
* **70** - Milpitas BART or Berryessa BART - Capitol Light Rail Station via Jackson
* **71** - Milpitas BART - Eastridge via White Road
* **72** - Downtown San Jose - Senter & Monterey via McLaughlin
* **73** - Downtown San Jose - Senter & Monterey via Senter
* **77** - Mipitas BART - Eastridge via King
* **83** - Almaden & McKean - Ohlone/Chynoweth Station
* **84** - Gilroy Transit Center - Saint Louise Hospital via Gilroy Outlets
* **85** - Gilroy Transit Center - Saint Louise Hospital via West Gilroy
* **86** - Gavilan College - Gilroy Transit Center
* **87** - Morgan Hill Civic Center - Burnett & Monterey
* **89** - California Avenue Caltrain - Palo Alto VA Hospital

### Express

* **101** - Camden & Highway 85 to Palo Alto
* **102** - South San Jose to Palo Alto
* **103** - Eastridge Transit Center to Palo Alto
* **104** - Penitenicia Creek Transit Center to Palo Alto
* **121** - Gilroy Transit Center to Lockheed Martin Transit Center/Moffett Industrial Park
* **122** - South San Jose to Lockheed Martin Transit Center/Moffett Industrial Park
* **182** - Palo Alto to IBM/Bailey Ave.
* **185** - Gilroy/Morgan Hill - Mountain View

### School

* **246** - Milpitas HS - Yellowstone/Butano
* **247** - Milpitas HS - Park Victoria/Landess
* **256** - Willow Glen Ed Park - Cottle/Malone - 1st & Keyes
* **270** - Independence High School – Landess & Park Victoria
* **287** - Live Oak High School – Monterey & San Martin
* **288** - Veteran’s Hospital - Middlefield & Colorado
* **288L** - Veteran’s Hospital - Louis & Fielding
* **288M** - Veteran’s Hospital - Middlefield & Colorado

### Discontinued

See Discontinued Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Routes

## Light Rail

### Routes

Schedules/System map

* **Blue Line** - Baypointe - Santa Teresa
* **Green Line** - Old Ironsides - Winchester
* **Orange Line** - Mountain View - Alum Rock
* **920** - Historic Trolley

### Retired Roster

* All other units were partially assembled in Thunder Bay, with final assembly at the old San Jose Steel facility near the former Western Pacific Railroad yard.
* 804 Named "Challenge" after a naming contest (winning entry was "Challenger" but changed due to the recent Challenger disaster).
* Retired in 2003.
* 19 units (including 802 & 811) were sold to Sacramento RT in 2003. They were stored until 2015, when they were rehabbed by Siemens and put into service. They became their 300 series units.
* 29 units were sold to UTA as 1041-1069 in 2006.

## References

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4. ↑ https://caltransit.org/about/50-years/member-profiles/santa-clara-valley-transportation-authority/ CalTransit
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8. ↑ Santa Clara Awards New Flyer a Contract for 55 Diesel-Electric Hybrid Buses, *New Flyer Industries*. Dated and retrieved on May 23, 2017.
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