Tamien Station

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Tamien Station is an intermodal passenger transportation station that serves the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail system, the Caltrain commuter rail line, two bus routes, and Amtrak. The station has two distinct elevated rail platforms - one for Caltrain, the other for light rail. Each is a center platform with two trackways (one on each side). The two platforms are connected by a walkway at ground-level that is below the two platforms.

The station is named after the Tamien (also spelled Tamyen) who were some of the Ohlone, Native American people.

1 Location
2 Station amenities
3 Adjacent stations
4 Nearby points of interest
5 Connecting Transit
6 External links
7 Sources

[edit] Location

Address: 1355 Lick Avenue, San Jose, California
Nearest cross-street: West Alma Avenue
The light rail platform is located in the center median of California State Route 87 just north of the Alma Avenue overpass. The Caltrain platform is located between Lick Avenue and State Route 87, just north of Alma Avenue.

[edit] Station amenities

Child Care centre
Payphone
Park and Ride lot
Wheelchair accessible

[edit] Adjacent stations

Previous station	VTA Light Rail	Next station
Virginia toward Alum Rock	Alum Rock - Santa Teresa	Curtner toward Santa Teresa
Previous station	Caltrain	Next station
San Jose Diridon	San Francisco - San Jose/Gilroy	Capitol

[edit] Nearby points of interest

Highway 87 Bicycle & Pedestrian Path access - adjacent to station - path runs from just north of Tamien Station to the SR 85/SR 87 interchange

[edit] Connecting Transit

VTA Bus Route 25 - Alum Rock Transit Center to De Anza College
VTA Bus Route 82 - Westgate to 21st & Mission

[edit] External links

Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 37.31270° -121.884781°
- Satellite image from WikiMapia, Google Maps or Windows Live Local
- Street map from MapQuest or Google Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA

[edit] Sources

Hylkema, Mark, Tamien Station Archeaological Project, published by Bean, Lowell John, editor, The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region. Menlo Park, CA: Ballena Press Publication, 1994. ISBN 0-87919-129-5 (pages 249-270).

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