Project Overview

The Silicon Valley Project is a 16-mile extension of the BART system that would begin at the planned BART Warm Springs Station in the City of Fremont in Alameda County and proceed through the cities of Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara in Santa Clara County.  The project will complete the regional rail transportation network and connect three major Bay Area cities: San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland.  

• 16-mile extension of BART system
• 6 stations
• 5 miles of subway through downtown San Jose
• New maintenance facility in Santa Clara/San Jose
• Over 90,000 daily riders
• BART trains arrive every 6 minutes
• Fully grade separated (tracks separated from roads)
• Intermodal connections to VTA light rail & buses, Caltrain, ACE, Capitol Corridor, future Automated People Mover and High Speed Rail
• Serves San Jose State University, HP Pavilion, Santa Clara University, Mineta SJ International Airport and other major employment, education and shopping centers throughout the county