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San Jose, Calif.--- On Wednesday, July 4, 2007, leave your car at home and ride Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Light Rail to the downtown San Jose fireworks display on the Fourth of July.

VTA has a convenient way for you to enjoy a patriotic celebration of America’s Independence Day and to save you time with the new 8-hour Light Rail Excursion Fare!  

• Adults: $3.50
• Youths: (5-17): $3.00
• Seniors: (65+)/Disabled/Medicare: $1.50
  Good for eight full hours on all VTA light rail.

Before you board light rail, purchase an Excursion Pass for each person in your group.  Now you are ready to take VTA Light Rail to fun activities and back home again.

VTA bus and light rail will operate Sunday/Holiday service and schedule the morning of July Fourth (Mountain View – Winchester every 30 minutes and Alum Rock - Santa Teresa every 15 minutes).  Starting at noon, extra trains will operate from Winchester to Convention Center to provide 15 minute service on that segment.

To accommodate increased evening ridership, at approximately 5:30 p.m., the following schedules will begin for the evening:

The Alum Rock - Santa Teresa line will start operating every 10 minutes. 

The Mountain View – Winchester line will be split into two segments.  One will operate between Mountain View and Baypointe, and the other will operate between Winchester and the San Fernando Station.  A bus bridge will also operate between the San Fernando and Santa Clara Stations to connect Winchester passengers with the Alum Rock – Santa Teresa line.

Passengers coming from Winchester will be able to ride light rail to San Fernando Station and walk to the events or they can catch a festival shuttle to San Carlos & Delmas.   Passengers coming from Mountain View will need to transfer at Baypointe to an Alum Rock – Santa Teresa train and continue downtown.  

Post Event: Winchester trains will only leave from San Fernando Station, not Convention Center.  Mountain View passengers should board the Alum Rock train at Convention Center and transfer to a Mountain View train at Baypointe.

The Children’s Discovery Museum Station will be closed on July 4. Convention Center Station is the main stop for the festival and fireworks.

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Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is an independent special district responsible for bus, light rail and paratransit operations; congestion management; specific highway improvement projects; and countywide transportation planning. As such, VTA is both an accessible transit provider and multi-modal transportation planning organization involved with transit, highways and roadways, bikeways and pedestrian facilities.

For more information about VTA services, call VTA Customer Service at (408) 321-2300, (408) 321-2330 (TDD only). Or, log on to www.vta.org.