Downtown Mountain View Station

Downtown Mountain View
Centennial Plaza at the Downtown Mountain View Station. The station building can be seen on the left.
Location	600 West Evelyn Avenue near Castro Street Mountain View, California
Coordinates
Line(s)	CaltrainVTA Light Rail
Platforms	2 side platforms (Caltrain) 1 island platform (VTA)
Tracks	2 (Caltrain) 2 (VTA)
Construction
Parking	338 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Lockers available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	Fare Zone 3 (Caltrain)
History
Opened	1987 (Caltrain) December 17, 1999 (VTA Light Rail)
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	4,274 per weekday (Caltrain)  10.3%
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station San Antonio toward San Francisco Local service Sunnyvale toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours San Antonio toward San Francisco Limited-stop service Sunnyvale toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Menlo Park toward San Francisco Limited-stop service Santa Clara toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours California Avenue toward San Francisco Limited-stop service Sunnyvale toward Tamien Gilroy during peak hours Palo Alto toward San Francisco Baby Bullet Pattern A San Jose Diridon Terminus Baby Bullet Reverse Peak, Pattern B VTA Light Rail Terminus Mountain View–Winchester Whisman toward Winchester
Location

Downtown Mountain View Station is an intermodal passenger transportation station that serves the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail system, Caltrain commuter rail line, and numerous bus and shuttle routes. Downtown Mountain View is the northern terminus of the Mountain View-Winchester light rail line. The station house was rebuilt, in the early 2000s, using the style of a station house type (SP#18) built by the Southern Pacific in 1888.

Platforms and tracks

VTA Southbound	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Winchester (Whisman)
VTA Southbound	■ Mountain View–Winchester	toward Winchester (Whisman)
Caltrain Northbound	■ Local service	toward San Francisco (San Antonio)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward San Francisco (San Antonio, Menlo Park, or California Avenue)
	■ Baby Bullet, Pattern A	toward San Francisco (Palo Alto)
	■ Baby Bullet, Reverse Peak. Pattern B	toward San Francisco (Palo Alto)
Caltrain Southbound	■ Local service	toward Gilroy (Sunnyvale)
	■ Limited-stop service	toward Tamien, Gilroy during peak hours (Sunnyvale or Santa Clara)
	■ Baby Bullet, Pattern A	toward San Jose Diridon (Terminus)
	■ Baby Bullet, Reverse Peak, Pattern B	toward San Jose Diridon (Terminus)

Connecting bus service

• VTA Bus Route 34
• VTA Bus Route 35
• VTA Bus Route 51
• VTA Bus Route 52
• Mountain View Community Shuttle

Photo gallery

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  "Mountain View. To San Francisco: 39 8/10 miles. Elevation 76 feet."

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  Station from Centennial Plaza.

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  Plaza seating area. VTA Light Rail train in background.

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Caltrain Mountain View station page
• The Tasman West Light Rail Project: Art and Aesthetics Program at VTA
• Park & Ride Lots - Downtown Mountain View Caltrain Station at VTA