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50-541: The station is an intermodal transportation center , with Caltrain and Altamont Corridor Express train service and bus service operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station is served by VTA Bus routes 21 , 22 , 53 , 59 , 60 to San José International Airport , and Rapid  522 . The station has a side platform serving the southbound Caltrain track (Track 3) and an island platform for

100-576: A gas tax increase to ACE forward expansion. By 2019, the plan had come to be called the Altamont Corridor Vision , with an expected price of $ 9.7 billion, allowing ACE to run up to six weekday round trips in 2023 with the goal of ten weekday round trips once additional track infrastructure is completed. ACE and the Tri-Valley–San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority sought funding to construct

150-655: A 20-year transportation plan for the northern section of the San Joaquin Valley. In November 1990, San Joaquin County voters passed Measure K, a half-cent sales tax to fund a variety of transportation improvements. The highest-priority project was the establishment of passenger rail service to San Jose. In 1995, San Joaquin County and seven cities along the route formed the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) to oversee

200-470: A fourth round trip, which operated midday using one of the existing trainsets. On November 7, 2006, San Joaquin County voters approved a 20-year extension of Measure K. Suffering from reducing funding due to the Great Recession , ACE cut the lightly used midday trip on November 2, 2009. On May 14, 2012, ACE restored service to Santa Clara station. On October 1, 2012, a fourth rush-hour round trip

250-498: A major transport hub, often multimodal (bus and rail), may be referred to as a transport centre or, in American English , as a transit center . Sections of city streets that are devoted to functioning as transit hubs are referred to as transit malls . In cities with a central station , that station often also functions as a transport hub in addition to being a railway station. Journey planning involving transport hubs

300-403: A nonprofit group founded the same year, they began renovation work in 1986 on the depot, by then badly in need of repair. A group of volunteers spent over 25,000 hours hauling away debris, replacing support timbers, siding , exterior decking and interior flooring, scraping peeling paint, painting and many other repairs. With the major renovation complete since 1992, this 156-year-old building hosts

350-530: A railroad library and museum with 2 large model railroad layouts and many other artifacts while still serving its original function as a passenger depot. Santa Clara was added as a station for the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) on March 5, 2001. ACE service to the station was discontinued on July 29, 2005, to allow for platform construction. ACE service to Santa Clara resumed on May 14, 2012; Amtrak Capitol Corridor trains began stopping at

400-434: A shared tunnel under Altamont pass in order to speed service and increase reliability. However, during the development of ACE forward , significant financial and logistical challenges to expanding service on the existing route between Stockton and San Jose were identified, and further work on the project was halted in favor of a new Valley Rail project, focusing initially on the eastern expansion to serve commuters living in

450-413: A third inbound train to alleviate the crowding on the two earlier trains. Even with the added capacity, by early 2001 ACE was regularly carrying more than 700 daily standees. ACE purchased additional equipment, allowing the "turn-back train" to operate to Lathrop/Manteca station, nearly the full length of the route, beginning on March 5, 2001; trains also began stopping at Santa Clara station . Although

500-553: A total seated capacity of 1,120 passengers in each direction daily. In September 1999, less than a year after opening, the service reached 1,000 daily riders per direction, near full capacity. With that success, the agency wanted to add additional runs. To enable more trains on the line, ACE funded $ 3 million in track improvements, but the limited amount of equipment allowed ACE to add only a morning " short turn " run between San Jose and Pleasanton. This "turn-back train" started service on February 21, 2000, and gave Pleasanton and Fremont

550-624: Is a commuter rail service in California , connecting Stockton and San Jose during peak hours only. ACE is named for the Altamont Pass , through which it runs. Service is managed by the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission , and operations are contracted to Herzog Transit Services. The 86-mile (138 km) route includes ten stops, with travel time about 2 hours and 12 minutes end-to-end. In 2023,

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600-480: Is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes . Public transport hubs include railway stations , rapid transit stations , bus stops , tram stops , airports , and ferry slips . Freight hubs include classification yards , airports, seaports , and truck terminals, or combinations of these. For private transport by car, the parking lot functions as an unimodal hub. Historically, an interchange service in

650-483: Is more complicated than direct trips, as journeys will typically require a transfer at the hub. Modern electronic journey planners for public transport have a digital representation of both the stops and transport hubs in a network, to allow them to calculate journeys that include transfers at hubs. Airports have a twofold hub function. First, they concentrate passenger traffic into one place for onward transportation. This makes it important for airports to be connected to

700-535: The San Jose Mercury reported the facility nearing completion. Following construction of the railroad, farming and fruit-related industries developed in the Santa Clara area, with the depot serving as a focal point for shipping. Rail service provided the direct link to San Francisco and, in the later 1870s, to Southern California . Typical of these efforts were those of James A. Dawson , who pioneered

750-577: The California High-Speed Rail project, ACE has developed plans to upgrade and expand service. Beginning around 2008, initial plans called for the Altamont Corridor Rail Project to produce a high speed rail "Super ACE" capable of halving the travel time between the endpoints. As the high-speed rail project was scaled back and rerouted to Pacheco Pass several years later, these plans were replaced with

800-530: The Central Valley . ACE was awarded $ 500.5 million in April 2018 for expanded service to Ceres and Sacramento to provide more rail service and connections within the Central Valley . Service is expected to begin from Ceres by 2023 with interim bus bridge service to Merced until that segment of Union Pacific right-of-way is upgraded. Four trains will depart Ceres in the mornings, and one train may make

850-510: The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct . The line passes through a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) long tunnel which cuts off one of the canyon's horseshoes. This tunnel was modified from its original configuration to accommodate intermodal double-stack freight trains. However, this left the track in poor condition, reducing speeds from 45 mph (72 km/h) to 25 mph (40 km/h) in the summer and as low as 10 mph (16 km/h) during

900-812: The Tri-Valley , and the San Joaquin Valley – were poorly connected by public transit, as Interstate 580 and Interstate 680 became more congested. Commuting from the San Joaquin Valley or the Tri-Valley to Silicon Valley required using a car or limited bus service. In 1989, the San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stockton Chamber of Commerce, and the Building Industry Association of the Delta started work on

950-747: The hub and spoke system for aviation in 1955 from its hub in Atlanta, Georgia , United States , in an effort to compete with Eastern Air Lines . FedEx adopted the hub and spoke model for overnight package delivery during the 1970s. When the United States airline industry was deregulated in 1978, Delta's hub and spoke paradigm was adopted by several airlines. Many airlines around the world operate hub-and-spoke systems facilitating passenger connections between their respective flights. Intermodal passenger transport hubs in public transport include bus stations, railway stations and metro stations , while

1000-520: The 85-mile (137 km) one-way trip in 2 hours 12 minutes, an average speed of 39 miles per hour (63 km/h). Special trains serve events at Levi's Stadium . ACE did not operate on weekends or major holidays until September 7, 2019, when two Saturday round trips were added. From San Jose to just north of Santa Clara, ACE uses the Caltrain main line (Peninsula Subdivision), shared with Caltrain and Amtrak service. From Santa Clara to Stockton –

1050-616: The State of California until the ticket office was closed in May 1997. The original 24-by-50-foot (7.3 m × 15.2 m) board and batten depot was one of the two "way stations" built between San Francisco and San Jose . Plans for a railroad linking San Francisco and San Jose began as early as 1851. Though the 1851 scheme ultimately failed, the incorporation of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in 1859 met with success. Most of

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1100-411: The airline does not fly directly between. Airlines have extended the hub-and-spoke model in various ways. One method is to create additional hubs on a regional basis, and to create major routes between the hubs. This reduces the need to travel long distances between nodes that are close together. Another method is to use focus cities to implement point-to-point service for high traffic routes, bypassing

1150-489: The airport traffic that it would receive would not be enough to justify maintaining a separate station. It was also considered as the terminal for a people mover to the airport; however, San Jose Diridon was later chosen as the terminal. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Park Service . Transport hub A transport hub

1200-672: The area's fruit-canning industry in 1871. By the turn of the century, the Pratt-Low Preserving Company, the largest fruit packing plant in central California, was located just south of the depot. The California Department of Transportation acquired the depot from Southern Pacific in 1980. It was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In cooperation with the South Bay Historical Railroad Society ,

1250-484: The complete run to San Jose with others transferring passengers at North Lathrop. The Union Pacific right of way between Ceres and Lathrop will be double tracked to facilitate passenger service. As of 2019 platforms are being extended to accommodate longer trains. Valley Rail also includes a project segment to route ACE and Amtrak San Joaquins along the little-used Sacramento Subdivision between Stockton and Sacramento. Six new stations would be constructed along

1300-608: The creation of the service. In May 1997, the Altamont Commuter Express Joint Powers Authority (ACE JPA) was formed by the SJRRC, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and Alameda Congestion Management Agency (ACMA). That agreement formalized financial support, administrative processes, and governance for the rail service. The operation is funded by a variety of state and federal sources, largely sales tax revenue collected by

1350-423: The east side of the tracks, was moved to its present location in 1877 and attached to the existing 32-by-50-foot (9.8 m × 15.2 m) freight house constructed several years earlier. Because of the large volume of agricultural freight shipped from the depot, the freight house was increased in size at that time to its present dimensions of 32 by 160 feet (9.8 m × 48.8 m). On November 1, 1877,

1400-489: The existing corridor to allow as many as 10 daily round trips, extension to Merced and electrification of the line from Stockton to San Jose. Also under studied were possible connections with BART at Union City or the Tri-Valley via traditional ACE rail, diesel multiple units , or bus bridges. This connection is planned to be facilitated by the Tri-Valley–San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority. The California state senate allocated $ 400 million in revenue from

1450-586: The financing for the project came from county government in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, with the University of Santa Clara and local industry also playing a significant role in both stock acquisition and choice of placement of the depot in Santa Clara. The first passenger service to San Francisco started in January 1864. The Southern Pacific Railroad acquired the San Francisco & San Jose Railroad in 1868. The depot, originally on

1500-489: The former Union Pacific rail yard. A new island platform will be constructed with a pedestrian underpass. An 800-space parking facility is included in the plans, and VTA is expected to develop transit oriented spaces adjacent the station. The station was considered for California High-Speed Rail , but was rejected on the grounds that it was too close to the nearby, and much larger, Diridon Station in San Jose , and that

1550-456: The hub entirely. There are usually three kinds of freight hubs: sea-road, sea-rail, and road-rail, though they can also be sea-road-rail. With the growth of containerization , intermodal freight transport has become more efficient, often making multiple legs cheaper than through services—increasing the use of hubs. Altamont Corridor Express The Altamont Corridor Express (also known as ACE , formerly Altamont Commuter Express )

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1600-553: The line had a ridership of 576,300, or about 3,100 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. ACE uses Bombardier BiLevel Coaches , MPI F40PH-3C locomotives, and Siemens Charger locomotives. Service began on October 19, 1998, with two weekday round trips. A third round trip was added in May 2001, followed by a fourth round trip in October 2012. Saturday service commenced in September 2019. As of 2018 , average weekday ridership

1650-461: The line with a layover facility at Natomas. Trains would run the length of the line from Natomas to San Jose or Ceres with a midday short turn to Stockton. A Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released in 2020, with services expected to begin no later than 2023. The North Elk Grove station was eliminated from planning in September 2020. The project received funding via California's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program in 2023, by which time

1700-401: The locomotive(s) leading westbound and the cab car leading eastbound. ACE has ordered 17 additional Bombardier BiLevel cars (5 cab cars and 12 coaches). Deliveries were expected to begin sometime in 2021. The entire fleet of Bombardier bilevel coach cars and MPI F40PH-3C locomotives will be rebuilt, overhauled, and repainted to have a matching paint. They will then continue to operate along with

1750-756: The majority of the route – ACE runs on Union Pacific Railroad freight lines. From Santa Clara to Newark, ACE uses the Coast Subdivision , then the Niles Subdivision to Niles . From Niles to Lathrop, the line uses the Oakland Subdivision . From Lathrop to Stockton, the line uses the Fresno Subdivision . The route runs through Niles Canyon , parallel to the Niles Canyon Railway , Highway 84 , and

1800-636: The more modest ACE forward program. The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission issued a notice of intent to proceed with an Environmental Impact Statement in June 2013; this was released in 2017 and prioritized goals as either long term or short term. Short term goals included track improvements, a possible reroute through downtown Tracy including new stations, a West Tracy station, and a new extension to Modesto in addition to additional daily round trips. Long term goals included upgrades to

1850-691: The new San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority. The SJJPA has nominal control over the SJRRC, but delegates all responsibility over ACE to the SJRRC. On March 7, 2016, an ACE train was derailed by a mudslide in Niles Canyon near Sunol . The front car plunged into the rain-swollen Alameda Creek . Fourteen passengers were injured, but there were no fatalities. ACE received Road Repair and Accountability Act funds in order to initiate Saturday service in January 2018, with two Saturday round trips added in September 2019. In association with

1900-530: The northbound Caltrain track (Track 2) and the ACE/Amtrak track (Track 1). The island platform is connected to the side platform by a pedestrian tunnel that was completed in 2012. Additional tracks northeast of Track 1 are used by Union Pacific freight trains. The Santa Clara depot, built by the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad in late 1863, was the oldest continuously operating railroad depot in

1950-778: The other commuter rail services on the West Coast, ACE does not have ticket machines at stations. Passengers are encouraged to use the railroad's mobile ticketing app, but paper tickets can be purchased from agents at all stations except Vasco Road and the Santa Clara Transit Center. Also, unlike many other transit services in the Bay Area, ACE does not accept the Clipper Card . ACE operates push-pull trains with one to two diesel locomotives and four to eight bilevel coach cars. Trains typically operate with

2000-441: The project was expected to open in phases beginning in 2025. Later that year, the estimated commencement of service to Ceres and Natomas were again pushed back to 2026, with service to Merced and infill stations opening by 2030. As of July 2019 , ACE operated four round trips per weekday in the peak rush hour directions – westbound (to San Jose) in the morning and eastbound (to Stockton) in the evening. Trains were scheduled to make

2050-766: The rainy season. The San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission plans to rehabilitate the tunnel. East of Pleasanton and Livermore, the line runs through the Altamont Pass on the original Feather River Route . After crossing the California Aqueduct and the Delta-Mendota Canal into the Central Valley , skirting the southern edge of Tracy . It then turns north between Lathrop and Manteca and runs to Robert J. Cabral Station in Stockton. ACE fares are distance-based and available in one-way, round trip, 10 trip, 20 trip, and monthly passes. Unlike many of

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2100-570: The responsibility of the county in which the station is located. ACE pays the Union Pacific Railroad about $ 1.5 million per year to use their tracks. ACE trains also use about 4 miles (6.4 km) of Caltrain track in San Jose. Service began on October 19, 1998, with two daily round trips running to San Jose in the morning and Stockton in the evening. The original service used two trainsets, each with four bilevel coach cars, for

2150-869: The scheduled passenger air transport industry involved a "through plane" flight operated by two or more airlines where a single aircraft was used with the individual airlines operating it with their own flight crews on their respective portions of a direct, no-change-of-plane multi-stop flight. In the U.S., a number of air carriers including Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Braniff International Airways , Continental Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Eastern Airlines , Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) , Hughes Airwest , National Airlines (1934-1980) , Pan Am , Trans World Airlines ( TWA ), United Airlines and Western Airlines previously operated such cooperative "through plane" interchange flights on both domestic and/or international services with these schedules appearing in their respective system timetables. Delta Air Lines pioneered

2200-563: The station on May 21. As of 2024, Amtrak plans to modify the platform for accessibility by FY 2025. Santa Clara is planned to be the terminal station for the second phase of the Silicon Valley BART extension . Santa Clara was chosen as the terminal because of the access to the San Jose International Airport as well as the proposed BART maintenance facility located in the vicinity of the station at

2250-410: The surrounding transport infrastructure, including roads, bus services, and railway and rapid transit systems. Secondly some airports function as intra-modular hubs for the airlines, or airline hubs . This is a common strategy among network airlines who fly only from limited number of airports and usually will make their customers change planes at one of their hubs if they want to get between two cities

2300-491: The third train added 560 seats in each direction, it brought an immediate increase of 380 daily riders. ACE then planned to add a fourth round trip later in the year, with fifth and sixth round trips by 2006. However, by late 2001, the deepening dot-com recession was severely hurting ridership, and expansion plans were put on hold. On June 30, 2003, the ACE JPA was dissolved in favor of a Cooperative Services Agreement between

2350-519: The three JPA signatories, while farebox revenues account for about one-third of costs. Cost sharing for capital projects, excluding stations, during the initial 36 months of service was determined by the JPA on a case-by-case basis and approved by each of the member agencies. The initial purchase of rolling stock, construction of stations, and other start-up costs, amounting to some $ 48 million, were covered primarily by Measure K funds. Station improvements are

2400-536: The three member agencies. On January 6, 2003, ACE introduced the Stockton Solution Shuttle, allowing Stockton passengers to use the ACE trip which terminated at Lathrop/Manteca. The trip was extended to Stockton on August 1, 2005. At that time, service to Santa Clara was suspended to allow for the construction of a second platform and pedestrian tunnel at the station. On August 28, 2006, ACE added

2450-574: Was 5,900. The tracks are owned by Union Pacific Railroad , previously built along the Western Pacific Railroad main line. Under the ACE forward program, a number of improvements to the service are being considered. These include a rerouted line through Tracy, an extension to Modesto and Merced , and connections to BART at Union City and Tri-Valley. By the 1980s, three rapidly growing areas in California – Silicon Valley ,

2500-482: Was added, running approximately one hour after existing trips. In December 2012, the service was rebranded from Altamont Commuter Express to Altamont Corridor Express to reflect plans for a broader scope of service. In March 2014, ACE opened a $ 65 million, 121,000-square-foot (11,200 m ) maintenance facility in Stockton. On July 1, 2015, management and governance of the San Joaquin passed from Caltrans to

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