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Convention Center
Station statistics
Address	St. Carlos Street and Market Street San Jose, CA
Lines	Alum Rock - Santa Teresa      Mountain View - Winchester
Connections	Bus Route 23, 168
Other information
Opened	1987
Accessible
Owned by	VTA
Services
Preceding station   VTA Light Rail   Following station Paseo de San Antonio toward Alum Rock Alum Rock - Santa Teresa Children's Discovery Museum toward Santa Teresa Paseo de San Antonio toward Mountain View Mountain View - Winchester San Fernando toward Winchester

Convention Center is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station is located located in San Jose, California in the median of West San Carlos Street between Market St and Almaden Blvd. It is directly in front of the San Jose Convention Center and the Civic Auditorium.. Convention Center is served by both the Alum Rock-Santa Teresa and Mountain View-Winchester light rail lines.

Convention Center was renovated in 2006 to be made fully wheelchair accessible. This station is the southernmost station on the Alum Rock-Santa Theresa line to permit level boarding at all doors. Stations south of Convention Center have wooden wheelchair ramps only at the first door.

Nearby Points of Interest

• San Jose McEnery Convention Center - across the street - 150 W San Carlos St
• San Jose Civic Auditorium - across the street - 135 W San Carlos St
• San Jose Center for the Performing Arts - 1 block away - 255 Almaden Blvd
• The Tech Museum of Innovation (and IMAX theatre) - 3 blocks away - 201 S Market St

Connecting Transit

• VTA Bus Route 23 - Downtown San Jose to San Antonio Shopping Center (Mountain View)
• VTA Express Bus Route 168 - Gilroy Transit Center to San Jose Diridon Transit Center
• Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH)

VTA Bus Route 85, which previously served this station, was discontinued on January 14, 2008, as a result of updates to VTA bus service.

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Coordinates: 37°19′48″N 121°53′25″W / 37.330012°N 121.890167°W / 37.330012; -121.890167

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