Convention Center station (VTA)

Convention Center
Convention Center
	VTA light rail station
	Station and Civic Auditorium, September 22, 2012
Location	San Carlos Street and Market Street; San Jose, California
Coordinates	37.330012°N 121.890167°W
Owned by	VTA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	VTA Bus: 23, Express 168, Rapid 523
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	June 17, 1988[1]
Rebuilt	2006
Services
Location
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Convention Center is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station is located in San Jose, California in the median of West San Carlos Street between Market Street and Almaden Boulevard, directly in front of the San Jose Convention Center and the San Jose Civic auditorium. This station is served by the Blue and Green lines of the VTA Light Rail system.

Convention Center was renovated in 2006 to be made fully wheelchair accessible.

Station layout

Platform	Northbound	← Blue Line toward Baypointe (Paseo de San Antonio) ← Green Line toward Old Ironsides (Paseo de San Antonio)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ Blue Line toward Santa Teresa (Children's Discovery Museum) → → Green Line toward Winchester (San Fernando) →

San Jose McEnery Convention Center – across the street – 150 West San Carlos Street.
San Jose Civic auditorium – across the street – 135 West San Carlos Street.
Hilton San Jose Hotel – across the street – 300 Almaden Boulevard.
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts – 1 block away – 255 Almaden Boulevard.
The Tech Museum of Innovation (and IMAX theatre) – 3 blocks away – 201 South Market Street.[2]

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"VTA Facts: Light Rail System" (PDF). Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. November 30, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
"The Tech Museum of Innovation". Retrieved 2012-09-22.

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