:en:Santa Clara–Great America station

{{Short description|Railway station in Santa Clara, California}}

{{For|the VTA light rail station|Great America station}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Amtrak

| name = Santa Clara–Great America

| image = Great America – Santa Clara Station 2238 07.JPG

| caption = Santa Clara – Great America station in 2012

| address = 5099 Stars & Stripes Drive

| borough = Santa Clara, California

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|37.406645|N|121.96688|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

| line = UP Coast Subdivision{{CA rail schematics|page=5}}

| connections = {{rint|santaclara}} {{rint|santaclara|green}} {{rint|santaclara|orange}} (at Lick Mill station)
{{bus icon}} VTA Bus: Altamont Corridor Express shuttles

| structure =

| platform = 1 side platform

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 1

| parking = 189 spaces{{Cite web |title=Great America Station |url=https://www.vta.org/go/stations/great-america |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=www.vta.org |language=en}}

| bicycle = 12 lockers{{Cite web |title=BikeLink Locations |url=https://www.bikelink.org/maps/list |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=BikeLink}}

| mpassengers = {{rail pass box|system=Amtrak|passengers={{Amtrak ridership|Great America (Santa Clara)}}{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}|pass_year={{Amtrak ridership|date}}}}

| opened = May 21, 1993

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| accessible = Yes

| code = {{Amtrak code|GAC}}

| owned = City of Santa Clara and Union Pacific Railroad{{Cite web |title=Santa Clara, CA – Great America (GAC) – Great American Stations |url=https://www.greatamericanstations.com/stations/santa-clara-great-america-ca-gac/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}

| zone =

| former =

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system1=Amtrak

|line1=Capitol Corridor|left1=Fremont|to-left1=Auburn|right1=Santa Clara|to-right1=San Jose

|line2=Coast Starlight|nonstop2=yes

|system3=Altamont Corridor Express

|line3=San Jose-Stockton|left3=Fremont|right3=Santa Clara|to-left3=Stockton|to-right3=San Jose

}}

}}

Santa Clara–Great America station (called Great America station by ACE) is a train station in Santa Clara, California. It hosts Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. Of the 75 California stations served by Amtrak, Great America was the 20th-busiest in FY2019, boarding or detraining an average of about 533 passengers daily.{{Amtrak ridership|citationCA}}

Great America was proposed as a station for the new {{lnl|Amtrak|Capitols (1991–1998)}} service in 1990.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143661739/ |title=Commute train service back on track |first=Benny |last=Evangelista |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=September 24, 1990 |pages=A-6, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143661921/ A-8] |via=Newspapers.com}} The Capitols began operation in 1991; Santa Clara–Great America station opened as an infill station on May 21, 1993.{{cite web | url=http://www.narprail.org/news/hotline/881-hotline-777-june-11-1993 | author=National Association of Railroad Passengers | author-link=National Association of Railroad Passengers | date=June 11, 1993 | access-date=July 31, 2012 | title=Hotline #777 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212023906/http://www.narprail.org/news/hotline/881-hotline-777-june-11-1993 | archive-date=December 12, 2013 }}