Hamilton (VTA)

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Hamilton station - looking northeast along the station's elevated platform.

Hamilton is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Hamilton is served by the Mountain View-Winchester light rail line. The station has a single track used by trains travelling in both directions. The platform of the station is elevated from street level.

1 Location
2 Station Amenities
3 Architecture / Public Art
4 History
5 Adjacent Stations
6 Connecting Transit
7 External links

[edit] Location

Address: 850 East Hamilton Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008
Nearest cross-streets: State Route 17 and Creekside Way
Geographic coordinates: 37° 17' 37.9" North, 121° 56' 11.2" West

[edit] Station Amenities

Fully wheelchair-accessible (level boarding platform)
Elevator
Pay Phone

[edit] Architecture / Public Art

Hamilton station as seen from street level.

Hamilton station has a dramatic glass elevator enclosure and distinctive pedestrian bridge that provides access to the platform and improves the station's aesthetics.

There is no public art currently on display at this station.

[edit] History

Hamilton station was built as part of the Vasona Light Rail extension project. This project extended VTA light rail service from the intersection of Woz Way and West San Carlos St in San Jose in a southwesterly direction to the Winchester station in western Campbell.

The official opening date for this station was October 1, 2005.

The construction of this station and the rest of the Vasona Light Rail extension was part of the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program. Santa Clara County voters approved the Measure B project in 1996 along with a one half percent sales tax increase. The Vasona Light Rail extension was funded mostly by the resulting sales tax revenues with additional money coming from federal and state funding, grants, VTA bond revenues, and municipal contributions. [1]