July Service Changes

On Monday, July 8, 2013, VTA will implement the following bus and light rail service changes.  

LIGHT RAIL CHANGES

Line 900 - Almaden to Ohlone/Chynoweth
Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 901 - Santa Teresa to Alum Rock
The weekend 5:24 a.m. southbound trip departing Baypointe will be changed to start at Civic Center. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 902 - Mountain View to Winchester
The weekday 5:51 a.m. southbound trip departing Mountain View will be changed to start at Old Ironsides. The weekday 9:13 a.m. northbound trip will be extended from Civic Center to Mountain View. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. In conjunction with these light rail changes, minor weekday changes will also be made on Bus Line 200.

BUS CHANGES

Line 12- San Jose Civic Center to Eastridge Transit Center via San Jose Flea Market
Minor schedule changes will be made on both Saturday and Sunday.

Line 13- Almaden & McKean to Ohlone/Chynoweth LRT Station
The weekday 7:02 p.m. southbound trip will be discontinued.  Other minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 14- Gilroy Transit Center to St. Louise Hospital
Weekday service will operate every 45 minutes during peak hours and service will end at 6:00 p.m. On Saturdays, the 8:20 a.m. and 6:16 p.m. northbound and the 8:39 a.m. and 6:36 p.m. southbound trips will be discontinued. Minor weekend schedule changes will also be made.

Line 16 - Morgan Hill Civic Center to Burnett Ave
Minor weekday morning schedule changes will be made.

Line 17- Gilroy Transit Center to Monterey and Las Animas
Service will operate every 45 minutes during peak hours. 

Line 18- Gilroy Transit Center to Gavilan College
Weekday service will operate every 45 minutes during the afternoon peak hours. The Saturday 9:34 a.m. northbound and 9:25 a.m. southbound trips will be discontinued.   Minor weekend schedule changes will also be made.

Line 19- Gilroy Transit Center to Wren and Mantelli
Weekday service will start at 5:15 a.m. and run every 45 minutes during peak hours. The Saturday 7:57 a.m. southbound trip will be moved 30 minutes later. The Saturday 6:02 p.m. southbound trip will end at Wren & 1st.   Minor weekend schedule changes will also be made.

Line 22- Palo Alto Transit Center to Eastridge Transit Center via El Camino
The weekday 6:43 a.m. and 7:01 a.m. eastbound trips will start at El Camino & Showers. The weekday 4:59 a.m. and 5:11 a.m. westbound trips will be combined into one trip leaving Eastridge at 5:04 a.m. The 5:24 a.m. westbound trip will be moved a few minutes earlier.  Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 23- DeAnza College to Alum Rock Transit Center via Stevens Creek Boulevard
On weekends, the 6:41 a.m. eastbound trip will be extended to start at Stevens Creek & Kiely. On Saturdays, an extra eastbound trip will be added to improve frequency between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.; and an extra westbound trip will also be added between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 26- Sunnyvale/Lockheed Martin Transit Center-Eastridge Transit Center
Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 32- San Antonio Shopping Center to Santa Clara Transit Center
The routing will be changed to operate on Monroe to Homestead through downtown Santa Clara instead of on El Camino (see map). Midday service will be improved to operate every 45 minutes. Major weekday and Saturday schedule changes will be made.

Line 34- San Antonio Shopping Center-Downtown Mountain View
Minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 37- West Valley College to Capitol Light Rail Station
Minor weekday schedule changes will be made.  Saturday service will be discontinued due to low ridership.

Line 40- Foothill College to La Avenida & Shoreline
The weekday 6:21 a.m. northbound trip will be discontinued.  In conjunction with the start of the EcoPass program at Foothill College, more extra service buses will be added on school days. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 42- Santa Teresa LRT Station to Monterey & Senter
The weekday service on Line 42 will be extended from Monterey Hwy. and Senter Rd. to Evergreen Valley College via Seven Trees Blvd, Capitol Expwy, Silver Creek Rd, and Yerba Buena Rd. Weekday service will also be extended from the Santa Teresa Light Rail Station to Kaiser San Jose. Line 42 will now provide bi-directional service to the neighborhoods along East Branham Ln, War Admiral Dr, Roeder Rd, Ford Rd, Silver Leaf Rd, Flintwell Wy. and Menard Dr. Currently, these locations are served in the southbound direction only. (See map for the new Line 42 routing and timepoints). The weekday service frequency will be improved to operate every 45 minutes between 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday service will also be rescheduled.

Line 46- Great Mall/Main Transit Center to Milpitas High School
The weekday 6:41 p.m. southbound trip will be discontinued.  Minor weekday and Saturday schedule changes will be made. 

Line 47- Great Mall/Main Transit Center to McCarthy Ranch
The weekday 6:25 a.m. northbound trip will be discontinued. The weekday 6:49 a.m. southbound trip will start at Main & Calaveras. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 48- Los Gatos Civic Center to Winchester Transit Center via Winchester Boulevard
The weekday 6:11 a.m. northbound and the 6:41 a.m. and 8:44 p.m. southbound trips will be discontinued. The Saturday 7:48 p.m. northbound trip will be discontinued. Major weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 49- Los Gatos Civic Center to Winchester Transit Center via Los Gatos Boulevard
The weekday 6:44 p.m. and 8:18 p.m. northbound trips and the 6:37 p.m. southbound trip will be discontinued. The Saturday 7:18 p.m. northbound and the 7:25 p.m. southbound trips will be discontinued. The weekend service will be modified to bypass Good Samaritan Hospital by remaining on Los Gatos Blvd and Bascom Avenue. Major weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 51- De Anza College to Moffett Field/Ames Center
Minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 52- Foothill College to Downtown Mountain View
In conjunction with the start of the EcoPass program at Foothill College, more extra service buses will be added on school days. Minor schedule changes will be made. 

Line 54- De Anza College to Sunnyvale/Lockheed Martin Transit Center
Minor weekday schedule changes will be made.

Line 55- De Anza College to Great America
The weekday 5:48 p.m. northbound trip starting at Fremont Avenue and the 7:52 p.m. southbound trip will be discontinued. There will be a minor routing change in the southbound direction due to a new street improvement. Buses will now operate south on Sunnyvale Ave. and make a left onto Old San Francisco, and will no longer operate on Olive and Carroll. Minor weekday schedule changes will be made

Line 57- West Valley College to Great America via Quito Rd
The Saturday 9:19 a.m. northbound trip will start at Saratoga & Campbell. Minor weekday and Saturday schedule changes will be made.

Line 58- West Valley College to Alviso via Fruitvale
The 5:46 p.m. and 6:27 p.m. southbound trips will end at Saratoga & Campbell.  Minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 60- Winchester Transit Center to Great America
Minor weekday schedule changes will be made.

Line 61- Good Samaritan Hospital to Sierra and Piedmont via Bascom Avenue
The weekday 5:55 a.m. northbound trip will start at Bascom & Camden. The Saturday 9:27 p.m. northbound trip will be discontinued. Major weekday and minor weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 62- Good Samaritan Hospital to Sierra and Piedmont via Union Avenue
The weekday 5:33 a.m. southbound trip will begin at Berryessa & Capitol. Major weekday and minor weekend schedule changes will be made.    

Line 64- Almaden LRT Station to McKee & White via Downtown San Jose
The Sunday 9:22 p.m. northbound and the 7:32 p.m. southbound trips will be discontinued. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made

Line 65- Kooser & Meridian to 13th and Hedding
Major schedule changes will be made.

Line 66- Kaiser San Jose to Milpitas/ Dixon Rd. via Downtown San Jose
On Sundays, an extra southbound trip will be added to improve frequency between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 68- Gilroy Transit Center to Diridon Transit Center
The Monterey & Farrell timepoint will be moved to Monterey & Las Animas. On Sundays, an extra southbound trip will be added to improve frequency between 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 71- Eastridge Transit Center to Great Mall/Main Transit Center via White Rd.
Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made. 

Line 72- Senter & Monterey to Downtown San Jose
On weekday afternoons the southbound 15 minute service will be improved to begin at 1:00 p.m. instead of 2:00 p.m.

Line 77- Eastridge Transit Center to Great Mall/Main Transit Center
The weekday 5:24 a.m. northbound trip will be discontinued. Minor weekday and weekend schedule changes will be made.

Line 81- Weekday Cupertino Square to San Jose State University Sat/Sun Cupertino Square to Santa Clara Transit Center
The weekday routing will be extended to the Santa Clara Transit Center via Benton (see map). Major weekday and minor Saturday schedule changes will be made.

Line 120- Fremont BART to Lockheed Martin/Moffett Park 
The service frequency will be improved by the addition of one trip in each direction. A new morning trip will leave Fremont BART at 7:43 a.m., and a new afternoon trip will leave Lockheed Martin at 5:25 p.m. Two morning and two afternoon trips will operate to the Shoreline area, arriving at San Antonio & Casey at 8:22 a.m. and 9:01 a.m. and leaving at 4:58 p.m. and 5:44 p.m. Other minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 121- Gilroy Transit Center to Lockheed Martin/Moffett Park
The trip that currently leaves the Gilroy Transit Center at 6:01 a.m. will now operate with an Express bus. Minor schedule changes will be made in the morning, and afternoon trips will be adjusted to make better connections with light rail.

Line 180- Great Mall/Main Transit Center to Fremont BART
The 5:46 a.m. and 6:14 a.m. northbound trips will be combined into one trip that will arrive at BART at 6:24 a.m. The first three northbound morning Line 180 trips will start at Aborn & White, and three southbound afternoon trips will end at Aborn & White. These trips will make the same stops as the current Line 183. Other minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 181- Fremont BART to San Jose Diridon Transit Center
A new timepoint will be added at Stevenson & Farwell due to passenger requests. On weekdays, a new 6:11 a.m. southbound trip will be added. Other minor schedule changes will be made. Major improvements will be made to weekend service. Saturday service will operate every 20 minutes on the entire line from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with improved frequency before 9:00 a.m. and after 6:30 p.m. On Sundays, extra trips will be added to provide 20 minute service between Fremont BART and the Great Mall between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Evening frequency will be improved to operate every 40 minutes until 9:00 p.m. 

Line 183- Aborn & White to Fremont BART 
This line will be discontinued, but three northbound morning Line 180 trips will start at Aborn & White, and three southbound afternoon trips will end at Aborn & White. These trips will make the same stops as the current Line 183, but they will operate with a standard bus.

Line 200- Baypointe Light Rail Station to Mountain View Transit Center
Minor weekday changes will be made in conjunction with the light rail schedule change.

Line 323- De Anza College to Downtown San Jose
The 6:05 a.m. westbound and 6:49 a.m. eastbound trips will be discontinued. The weekday 7:46 a.m. westbound trip will begin at 2nd & Santa Clara. Minor schedule changes will be made.

Line 201- Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)
Service will be extended to operate every 30 minutes from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to meet with later Caltrain trips. The weekday 3:04 p.m. and 6:29 p.m. eastbound trips and the 3:12 p.m. and 6:38 p.m. westbound trips will be discontinued.

NEW PAPER SCHEDULES

On July 8th, new schedules can be found on board VTA buses and light rail as well as:

• VTA Downtown Customer Service Center, located at 55A. West Santa Clara Street, San Jose.
  The hours are Mon. - Fri., 9 am to 6 pm
• VTA Marketing and Customer Service, located at 3331 N. First Street at River Oaks, San Jose. The location is in the lobby of Building B.
  The hours are Mon. - Fri., 8 am to 4:30 pm 
• Email us at schedules@vta.org to have them mailed to you.

For more information, please contact VTA Customer Service at (408) 321-2300, TTY (408) 321-2330