Getting Around
ACE Commuter Service
http://www.acerail.com/
The Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) train now operates 4 morning and
evening trains, Monday - Friday except holidays. The ACE train begins in
the city of Stockton and ends in San Jose with stops in between. The
Santa Clara stop is just a few blocks from the Santa Clara Convention
Center and Great America theme park. For more information, call (800)
411-RAIL.
AMTRAK
http://www.amtrakcapitols.com/
Amtrak's station in Santa Clara is located just a few blocks away from
the Santa Clara Convention Center and Great America theme park, beneath
Tasman Avenue. The address is Stars & Stripes Drive at Tasman
Overpass. The Santa Clara stop is on the Capitol Corridor route with
service to/from Sacramento. There are seven trains daily. For more
information, call (877) 974-3322.
Monday - Friday train schedule to/from Santa Clara:
Trains arrive in Santa Clara from Sacramento and points in between four
times daily at 8:18 a.m., 9:08 a.m., 3:33 p.m., and 8:33 p.m.
Trains depart Santa Clara for Sacramento and points in between at 6:50
a.m.; 9:52 a.m.;12:52 p.m., and 5:52 p.m.
Weekend - Saturday - Sunday schedule to/from Santa Clara:
Trains arrive in Santa Clara from Sacramento and points in between at
10:33 a.m., 1:33 p.m., 3:33 p.m., 5:33 p.m., and 8:33 p.m.
Trains depart Santa Clara for Sacramento and points in between at 7:57
a.m., 9:57 a.m., 12:57 p.m., 2:57 p.m., and 5:57 p.m.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Caltrain
http://www.caltrain.org/
Caltrain is a commuter train along the peninsula from San Francisco to
San Jose. It has stops at every city along the way. Caltrain is
currently operating seven days a week. (800) 660-4287.
You can take Caltrain from San Francisco to Santa Clara. From San
Francisco, take Caltrain south to the Santa Clara station. The Santa
Clara station is located directly across from Santa Clara
University.
If you are going to the Santa Clara Convention Center or Great
America theme park, you will have to transfer at Caltrain's Mountain
View station. At Caltrain's Mountain View station, take the Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA) Light Rail to Santa Clara's Great America
station.
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
http://www.vta.org/
Bus service and light rail serving Santa Clara and the rest of
Silicon Valley. For information and fares, call (408) 321-2300.
Light rail is a medium-capacity electric powered transit system that
runs on a track in the middle of existing streets in the cities of Santa
Clara and San Jose. It stops in front of the Santa Clara Convention
Center and Great America theme park at the GREAT AMERICA STATION.
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) bus #59 stops directly in front of
the Santa Clara Convention Center and across from Great America theme
park.
Light rail service is available from Mineta San Jose International
Airport to the Santa Clara Convention Center. Take the Airport Flyer Bus
#10 (Free Shuttle) marked "Metro Station" to 1st & Metro stop. Board
Light Rail marked "Mt. View" North. It will turn left on Tasman Drive.
Get off at Great America. Walk to Convention Center.
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