Milpitas station

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title: "Milpitas station" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["railway-stations-in-the-united-states-opened-in-2020", "stations-on-the-orange-line-(bart)", "stations-on-the-green-line-(bart)", "bay-area-rapid-transit-stations-in-santa-clara-county,-california", "buildings-and-structures-in-milpitas,-california", "santa-clara-valley-transportation-authority-light-rail-stations", "railway-stations-in-the-united-states-opened-in-2004", "2004-establishments-in-california", "santa-clara-valley-transportation-authority-bus-stations", "2020-establishments-in-california"] description: "Transit center served by BART trains, VTA light rail and buses" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milpitas_station" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Transit center served by BART trains, VTA light rail and buses ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox station"]

Field	Value
name	Milpitas
other_name	Milpitas Transit Center
style	BART
symbol_location	BART
symbol	yes
symbol_location2	santaclara
symbol2	orange
image	Milpitas Transit Center.jpg
alt	Aerial wide view of the Milpitas Transit Center
caption	Transit center with BART & bus stations (background) and light rail platforms (foreground).
address	1755 South Milpitas Boulevard
borough	Milpitas, California
country	United States
coordinates
owned	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
line	BART S-Line
platforms	2 side platforms (BART)
1 island platform (VTA)
tracks	2 (BART)
2 (VTA)
bus_routes	VTA Bus: , , , , , , ,
AC Transit: 231
structure	Elevated (VTA light rail)
Below-grade (BART)
parking	1,631 spaces
bicycle	Yes
accessible	Yes
code
opened
(VTA light rail)

(Bus plaza)

(BART) | | former | Montague (2004–2019) | | mpassengers | | | services_collapsible | yes | | services | {{Adjacent stations | | system1 | BART | | line1 | Green|left1=Warm Springs/South Fremont|right1=Berryessa|to-right1=Berryessa | | line2 | Orange|left2=Warm Springs/South Fremont|right2=Berryessa|to-left2=Richmond|to-right2=Berryessa | | system3 | SCVTA | | line3 | Orange|left3=Great Mall|right3=Cropley | | route_map | | | map_state | collapsed | | map_name | Track layout | | mapframe | yes | | mapframe-zoom | 16 | ::

| name = Milpitas | other_name = Milpitas Transit Center | style = BART | symbol_location = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location2 = santaclara | symbol2 = orange | image = Milpitas Transit Center.jpg | alt = Aerial wide view of the Milpitas Transit Center | caption = Transit center with BART & bus stations (background) and light rail platforms (foreground). | address = 1755 South Milpitas Boulevard | borough = Milpitas, California | country = United States | coordinates = | owned = Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | line = BART S-Line | platforms = 2 side platforms (BART) 1 island platform (VTA) | tracks = 2 (BART) 2 (VTA) | bus_routes = VTA Bus: , , , , , , , AC Transit: 231 | structure = Elevated (VTA light rail) Below-grade (BART) | parking = 1,631 spaces | bicycle = Yes | accessible = Yes | code = | opened = (VTA light rail)

(Bus plaza)

(BART) | former = Montague (2004–2019) | mpassengers = | services_collapsible = yes | services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=BART |line1=Green|left1=Warm Springs/South Fremont|right1=Berryessa|to-right1=Berryessa |line2=Orange|left2=Warm Springs/South Fremont|right2=Berryessa|to-left2=Richmond|to-right2=Berryessa |system3=SCVTA |line3=Orange|left3=Great Mall|right3=Cropley | route_map = | map_state = collapsed | map_name = Track layout | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 16

Milpitas station, also known as Milpitas Transit Center, is an intermodal transit station located near the intersection of East Capitol Avenue and Montague Expressway in Milpitas, California, United States. The station is served by the Orange and Green lines of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the Orange Line of the VTA light rail system, VTA buses, and AC Transit buses.

The elevated Montague light rail station opened in June 2004. It was renamed Milpitas in December 2019 when the bus plaza and connecting footbridge were opened. The below-grade BART station, constructed as part of the Silicon Valley BART extension, opened in June 2020 along with a parking garage.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Milpitas_BART_Construction_January_2015.jpg" caption="The BART station under construction in 2015"] ::

The VTA Light Rail station opened as Montague station on June 24, 2004, as part of the Tasman East expansion, originally without any parking spaces.

The BART station is the northern of two stations constructed as part of the $2.3 billion phase I of the Silicon Valley BART extension, which broke ground in 2012. The complex was built by and is owned by the VTA. Opening was delayed repeatedly from its 2016 completion date.

In December 2019, the VTA and AC Transit bus station opened, while the light rail station was officially renamed from Montague to Milpitas.

An official ribbon cutting for the BART station was held on June 12, 2020, with service beginning the next day on June 13, 2020.

A 229 feet-long footbridge crosses Montague Expressway on the north side of the station. Construction of the $19.33 million bridge, which connects to the second level of the garage, began in 2019; it opened in July 2021.

Station layout

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Milpitas_station_layout.svg" caption="Layout of the Milpitas station complex" alt="See caption"] ::

The Milpitas station complex is located near the intersection of East Capitol Avenue and the Montague Expressway, near the south border of Milpitas. The BART tracks run roughly north–south in a trench below street level, with two 700 ft-long side platforms. The station building is approximately 430x160 feet, with an undulating roofline and three large circular skylights. Entrances are on the east and west sides of the station building, near its southern end, leading to a central corridor. Fare control areas are on opposite sides of the corridor; both have stairs and escalators to the platform, with elevators in the north fare control area.

The BART station features stained glass windows by BJ Katz and Chris Klein, titled Ethos of Imagination, above the main entrance. Twenty support columns along the platforms are encased in ceramic tiles by Amy Trachtenberg, titled Ecstatic Voyaging, patterned after the ikat dyeing technique.

The light rail tracks are elevated above East Capitol Avenue, running approximately northwest–southeast. A mezzanine is located under the single island platform, with stairs and an elevator to the median of East Capitol Avenue at South Milpitas Boulevard. A pedestrian bridge leads from the light rail mezzanine northwest to the west side of the BART building where escalators and an elevator lead to the plaza.

The bus plaza is located west of the BART station building. It is served by nine VTA bus routes (, , , , , , , , and ) and one AC Transit route (231); it serves as a transfer point between the two bus systems. A paid 185-space indoor bike parking structure is located underneath the footbridge; free bike racks are dispersed around the station. File:Milpitas BART entrance.jpg|BART faregates File:Milpitas BART Station Platform.jpg|BART station platform File:Milpitas bus plaza from light rail station, June 2020.JPG|Bus plaza and BART station File:Montague station from ground level, March 2018.JPG|Light rail station from below File:VTA Light Rail train at Milpitas station.jpg|Light rail platform

References

References

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13. (6 September 2019). "Montague Expressway Pedestrian Overcrossing". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
14. (February 24, 2020). "Transit Stops: Milpitas Station". Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
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