Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
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Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
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Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#2Some platform signs are already referring to it: https://twitter.com/enf/status/860516293442543617
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#3As a lifelong Bay Area resident, I honestly never thought I'd see this day. I've had a lot of fun teasing my friends in the public sector about their BART/CalTrain extension optimism, but maybe those days are coming to an end...
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#4I'll believe it when I see it. You know what they said about Warm Springs...
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#5Some platform signs are already referring to it: https://twitter.com/enf/status/860516293442543617
It's a shame that all those Warm Springs signs went up a month or so ago and will have to be replaced shortly. I think when the new train cars come the lines will be referred to by color rather than destination, which will fix that problem.
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#6It's a good start, but as someone who live in Cupertino, my options are now:
- Drive to Sunnyvale (15min) and then take CalTrain to SF (45-75min)
- Drive to the Great Mall (30 min) and then take BART to SF (60 min)
Would be nice if they let them electrify CalTrail or bring Bart all the way south. I can keep hoping!
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#7As a lifelong Bay Area resident, I honestly never thought I'd see this day. I've had a lot of fun teasing my friends in the public sector about their BART/CalTrain extension optimism, but maybe those days are coming to an end...
Oh, don't worry - you've still got the Livermore extension to mock them about. It's only what, 15 years since it was promised?
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#8I'll believe it when I see it. You know what they said about Warm Springs...
The Milpitas and Berryessa stations are being built by VTA, not BART like Warm Springs. They're already ahead of schedule and under budget; the original timeline was for them to open in Spring 2018.
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#9This is fantastic. I live in the east bay and have close friends in south SJ. The best option thus far has been going to Fremont, taking the 181 bus to downtown SJ, and ridesharing it down. This will shorten that ride.
Re: Milpitas BART Station to Open in December, VTA Says
#10It's a good start, but as someone who live in Cupertino, my options are now: - Drive to Sunnyvale (15min) and then take CalTrain to SF (45-75min) - Drive to the Great Mall (30 min) and then take BART to SF (60 min) Would be nice if they let them electrify CalTrail or bring Bart all the way south. I can keep hoping!
Not sure if the money's there, but VTA has plans to run BART to a location close to San Jose Diridon station. http://www.vta.org/bart/stationsphaseII-diridon