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{{Short description|Transit hub in San Jose, California, U.S.}}
{{use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
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| name               = San Jose Diridon
| symbol_location    = caltrain
| symbol             = yes
| symbol_location2   = santaclara
| symbol2            = yes
| symbol_location3   = us
| symbol3            = amtrak
| symbol_location4   = ace
| symbol4            = yes
| image              = San Jose Diridon station, November 2019.JPG
| image_caption      = San Jose Diridon station in November 2019
| address            = 65 Cahill Street
| borough            = [[San Jose, California]]
| country            = United States
| coordinates        = {{coord|37.330|-121.903|type:railwaystation_region:US-CA|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| owned              = [[Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board]] (PCJPB)
| line               = PCJPB [[Peninsula Subdivision (California)|Peninsula Subdivision]]<ref name=schematics>{{CA rail schematics|page=13}}</ref>
| platform           = 1 [[side platform]], 4 [[island platform]]s (Amtrak/Caltrain/ACE)<br />2 side platforms (VTA Light Rail)
| tracks             = 9 (Amtrak/Caltrain/ACE)<br />2 (VTA Light Rail)
| connections        = {{Plainlist|
* {{bus icon}} [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA Bus]]: {{VTA bus route|22}}, {{VTA bus route|64A}}, {{VTA bus route|64B}}, {{VTA bus route|68}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|500}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|522}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|568}}, {{VTA bus route|SCVMC}}&nbsp;Shuttle
* {{bus icon}} [[Amtrak Thruway]]: [[Amtrak Thruway#6|6]], [[Amtrak Thruway#17|17]], [[Amtrak Thruway#21|21]]
* {{bus icon}} [[Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District|Santa Cruz METRO]]: [[Highway 17 Express]]
* {{rint|bus}} [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]
}}
| parking            = Yes; paid
| bicycle            = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]]
| accessible         = Yes
| code               = {{Amtrak code|SJC}}
| zone               = 4 (Caltrain)
| opened             = December 1935<br />August 1, 2005 (VTA Light Rail)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2006 |title=VTA Facts: Light Rail System |url=http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/bus_lightrail_trolly_information/09_light_rail_system_110705.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320011638/http://www.vta.org/news/factsheets/bus_lightrail_trolly_information/09_light_rail_system_110705.pdf |archive-date=March 20, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |publisher=[[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]]}}</ref>
| rebuilt            = 1994
| opening            = 2036 (BART)
| former             = Cahill Depot
| original           = [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]]
| mpassengers        = {{Rail pass box|system=Caltrain|passengers=4,876 (avg. weekday)<ref>{{Cite web |year=2018 |title=2018 Annual Count Key Findings Report |url=http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/_Marketing/pdf/2018+Annual+Passenger+Counts.pdf |publisher=Caltrain |access-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520173552/http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/_Marketing/pdf/2018+Annual+Passenger+Counts.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>|pass_year=2018}}
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| services_collapsible = yes
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
  |system1=Amtrak
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    |line2=Coast Starlight|left2=Oakland–Jack London Square|right2=Salinas|to-left2=Seattle|to-right2=Los Angeles
  |system4=Caltrain
    |line4=Local|left4=Santa Clara or College Park|right4=Tamien|to-right4=Tamien|note-right4=Limited service
    |line5=Limited|left5=Santa Clara
    |line6=Express|left6=Sunnyvale
    |line7=Weekend Local|left7=Santa Clara|right7=Tamien|to-right7=Tamien|note-right7=Limited service
    |line8=South County Connector|right8=Tamien
  |system9=Altamont Corridor Express
    |line10=San Jose-Stockton|left10=Santa Clara|to-left10=Stockton
  |system11=SCVTA
    |line12=Green|left12=San Fernando|right12=Race Street
  }}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
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  |system1=Amtrak
    |line1=Spirit of California|left1=Oakland 16th Street|right1=Salinas|to-left1=Sacramento|to-right1=Los Angeles
  |system3=Caltrain
    |line3=L1|left3=Santa Clara|right3=Tamien|to-right3=Tamien|note-left3=(Train #106 stops at [[College Park station (Caltrain)|College Park]])
    |line4=L2|left4=Santa Clara|right4=Tamien|to-right4=Tamien
    |line5=L3|left5=Lawrence|right5=Tamien|to-right5=Tamien or Gilroy|note-left5=(Train #307 stops at [[College Park station (Caltrain)|College Park]])
    |line6=L4|left6=Santa Clara|right6=Tamien|to-right6=Tamien or Gilroy|note-left6=(Trains #405 & #408 stop at [[College Park station (Caltrain)|College Park]])
    |line7=L5|left7=Santa Clara|right7=Tamien|to-right7=Tamien
    |line8=B7|left8=Mountain View
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    |line11=San Jose-Santa Cruz|right11=Campbell
    |line12=South Pacific Coast Railroad|left12=Santa Clara|right12=Campbell
  }}
| other_services2_header = Future services
| other_services2_collapsible = yes
| other_services2    = {{Adjacent stations
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    |line1=Capitol Corridor|left1=Santa Clara|right1=Tamien|to-left1=Auburn|to-right1=Salinas
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  |system3=BART
    |line3=Orange2029|left3=Downtown San Jose|right3=Santa Clara|to-left3=Richmond|to-right3=Santa Clara
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| map_state          = collapsed
| map_name           = Track layout
| nrhp               = {{Infobox NRHP
  | name         = Southern Pacific Depot
  | embed        = yes
  | architect    = [[John H. Christie]]
  | architecture = [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Italian Renaissance Revival]]
  | added        = April 1, 1993
  | refnum       = 93000274<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2006a}}</ref>
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'''San Jose Diridon station''' is the central passenger rail depot for [[San Jose, California]]. It also serves as a major [[Transport hub|intermodal transit center]] for [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]] and [[Silicon Valley]]. The station is named after former Santa Clara County Supervisor [[Rod Diridon Sr.]]

The station is on the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] [[Coast Line (Union Pacific Railroad)|Coast Line]] tracks (formerly [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company]]) at 65 Cahill Street in San Jose. The depot is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] for its [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Italian Renaissance Revival]] style architectural and historical significance.

The station is served by [[Caltrain]], [[Altamont Corridor Express|ACE]], [[VTA light rail]], and [[Amtrak]] trains. The bus plaza at the station is served by [[Amtrak Thruway]], [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], [[Monterey–Salinas Transit]], [[Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District|Santa Cruz METRO]] ([[Highway 17 Express]]), and [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA]] buses.

[[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) Green and Orange Line metro service to a new underground station is projected to begin in 2036 with the completion of the [[Silicon Valley BART extension]].<ref name="SJ Mercury 2019September 24">{{Cite news |date=September 24, 2019 |title=BART delays loom for downtown San Jose: BART timetable for downtown San Jose service now seen as 2030 |work=San Jose Mercury News |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/24/bart-delays-loom-for-downtown-san-jose/ |access-date=October 10, 2019 |quote=At one point, political and business leaders had anticipated BART service beginning in 2026 in downtown San Jose, but the new estimates from VTA point to a service launch more in the 2029 or 2030 time frame…}}</ref><ref name="nbcbayarea Handa September2019">{{Cite news |last=Handa |first=Robert |date=September 25, 2019 |title=New Design on BART Extension to San Jose Pushes Back Completion Date to 2030 |agency=NBC Bay Area |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/New-Design-on-BART-Extension-to-San-Jose-Pushes-Back-Completion-Date-to-2030-561382191.html |access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
[[File:Diridon Station 2461 01.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.75|The main waiting room]]
The depot is in the [[Italianate architecture|Italian Renaissance Revival]] style, with a three-story central section flanked by two-story wings. The building, a compilation of rectangular sections, is 390 feet (118&nbsp;m) long and 40 feet to 78 feet (12 to 24&nbsp;m) wide. The central section, which contains the passenger [[waiting room]], measures 40 by 80 feet (12 by 25&nbsp;m) and is 33 feet (10&nbsp;m) high. The high center [[pavilion]] housing the waiting room is constructed of steel columns and [[truss]]es. The side wings are framed with wood. The exterior walls are clad with tapestry brick or varied colors and arranged in an [[English bond]] pattern. The depot is in an industrial area formerly dominated by warehouses and related commercial businesses. Several vernacular sheds, a [[water tower]], butterfly passenger sheds and the nearby Alameda underpass are all contributing buildings and structures within the railroad station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Pacific Depot |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/santaclara/spd.htm |access-date=2007-03-09 |website=California's Historic Silicon Valley |publisher=[[National Park Service]]}}</ref>

The building was designed by Southern Pacific architect, [[John H. Christie]], who had worked on the Southern Pacific remodeling of the [[Fresno, California|Fresno]] depot in 1915 and later, in 1939, worked on [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. This depot is one of only four [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Italian Renaissance Revival]] style depots in California, and the largest surviving depot of the San Francisco–San Jose line. The only other large depots built in California during the 1930s were the [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal]] and [[Robert J. Cabral Station|Stockton]] Cabral station.
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== History ==
[[File:Southbound Coast Daylight at San Jose, January 1970.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[Coast Daylight]]'' at San Jose in 1970]]
[[File:Diridon Station aerial.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Diridon station and vicinity]]
A rail station at this location was established in 1878, when the [[narrow-gauge]] [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] opened their San Jose Depot on the site. When Southern Pacific gained control of the railroad in 1887, the station was folded into the system and referred to as the West San Jose Depot.<ref name="McGovern">{{Cite book |last=McGovern |first=Janet |title=Caltrain and the Peninsula Commute Service |date=2012 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-7622-0}}</ref>{{rp|25}}

The current station opened in December 1935 as '''Cahill Depot'''. The opening of the depot was the culmination of a 30-year effort to relocate {{convert|4.5|mi}} of the Coast Line of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] away from the heavy traffic of [[Downtown San Jose, California|the downtown area]] around the [[Market Street Depot]], formerly located at Market and Bassett Streets, to the eastern edge of [[Willow Glen, San Jose, California|Willow Glen]]. The new depot replaced the Fourth Street line's station for passengers,<ref name="McGovern" />{{rp|26}} though freight operations persisted for some time at the old facility.

The Cahill Depot was a stop for several Southern Pacific passenger trains, including the famous [[San Francisco]]–[[Los Angeles]] train, the ''[[Coast Daylight (SP)|Coast Daylight]]''. Other "named" trains that used the station were the all first-class ''[[Lark (passenger train)|Lark]]'' (a San Francisco-Los Angeles [[Sleeping car|night train]]), seasonal ''[[Suntan Special]]'', and the ''[[Del Monte (train)|Del Monte]]''. It was also a major station on the [[Peninsula Commute]], the SP's commuter service between San Jose and [[San Francisco]].

Amtrak took over long-distance passenger train service in 1971. Fourteen years later, Caltrans took over the Peninsula Commute and renamed it Caltrain.

Restoration of the station was finished in 1994,<ref name="McGovern" />{{rp|125, 126}} when the station was renamed '''Diridon Station''' after former [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]] [[Board of Supervisors|Supervisor]] [[Rod Diridon]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History. Caltrain Milestones. |url=http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827072253/http://www.caltrain.com/caltrain_history.html |archive-date=August 27, 2006}}</ref>

In 1996, Santa Clara County voters approved a half cent sales tax to fund the 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Project. Part of this project was the construction of the Vasona Light Rail extension which included a VTA light rail platform at the Diridon train depot.<ref name="vta-vasona-project">{{Cite web |date=2008-09-15 |title=Vasona Project Description |url=http://www.vta.org/projects/vasona/ |access-date=2008-11-16 |website=Completed projects |publisher=[[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority]] |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080542/http://www.vta.org/projects/vasona/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The official opening date for this light rail extension was October 1, 2005, however, revenue service at the San Fernando and Diridon Stations began on July 29, 2005 to accommodate attendees of the inaugural [[San Jose Grand Prix]] race.

The passenger platform was featured in the opening scene of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s [[Marnie (film)|''Marnie'']] (1964) representing the [[Hartford, Connecticut]], train station.{{clear left}}

== Services ==

=== Rail ===
[[File:Caltrain Stadler KISS in San Jose 2023 dllu.jpg|thumb|[[Caltrain]] [[Stadler KISS]] at San Jose Diridon. As part of the [[Caltrain Modernization Program]], these new electric multiple units replaced diesel-powered trains on Caltrain's main line between San Francisco and Tamien in 2024.]]
San Jose Diridon station is a major station for [[Caltrain]]. It is the southern terminus for most electric trains from San Francisco save for a limited number of local trains which continue to [[Tamien station|Tamien]]. It is also the northern terminus for South County Connector diesel services from [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]], which provide timed transfers to and from electric trains for passengers continuing to points north of Diridon.

The station is also the southern terminus for the [[Altamont Corridor Express]], a commuter service running between [[Stockton, California|Stockton]] and Silicon Valley.

The station is the southern terminus for the ''[[Capitol Corridor]]'', Amtrak's regional rail service for the urban core of Northern California, with seven round trips to [[Sacramento]] on weekdays and six on weekends. A seventh weekend round trip goes all the way to [[Auburn, California|Auburn]] in the foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]. It is also a major stop for the ''[[Coast Starlight]]'', providing long-distance service running along the length of the Pacific Coast from [[Seattle]] to [[Los Angeles]].

Diridon Station is served by the [[Green Line (VTA)|Green Line]] of the [[VTA light rail]] system.

=== Bus ===
* [[Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority|VTA Bus]]: {{VTA bus route|22}}, {{VTA bus route|64A}}, {{VTA bus route|64B}}, {{VTA bus route|68}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|500}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|522}}, Rapid&nbsp;{{VTA bus route|568}}, {{VTA bus route|SCVMC}}&nbsp;Shuttle
* [[Amtrak Thruway]]: [[Amtrak Thruway#6|6]], [[Amtrak Thruway#17|17]], [[Amtrak Thruway#21|21]]
* [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]]
* [[Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District|Santa Cruz METRO]]: [[Highway 17 Express]]

=== Future ===
[[File:Rendering of Diridon BART Station.jpg|thumb|Rendering of the future Diridon BART Station entrance]]
The San Jose Diridon station is planned as a future stop on the [[California High-Speed Rail]] line and Phase II of VTA's [[Silicon Valley BART extension]] in Santa Clara County. Since late 2019, CHSRA, VTA, Caltrain, and City of San Jose have jointly held "Diridon Integrated Station Concept Plan" public workshops to determine how to best rebuild the Diridon station in order to facilitate integration of future and existing services.

The BART station will be called '''Diridon''' and planned to be a subway station adjacent to the train station and Santa Clara Street. It will be located between the [[Santa Clara (BART station)|Santa Clara]] and [[Downtown San Jose (BART station)|Downtown San Jose]] BART stations with direct service to Santa Clara, [[Daly City (BART station)|San Francisco/Daly City]] (via the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East Bay]]), and [[Richmond Station (California)|Richmond]].<ref name="bart">[http://www.vta.org/bart/documents/other/bart_fact.pdf BART Silicon Valley Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711130539/http://www.vta.org/bart/documents/other/bart_fact.pdf |date=2010-07-11 }}. VTA – BART Silicon Valley, 2011.</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|San Jose Diridon station}}
{{Amtrak web|SJC|San Jose, CA}}
*[http://www.caltrain.com/stations/sanjosediridonstation.html Caltrain – San Jose Diridon Station]
*[https://acerail.com/stations/ Stations – ACE]
*[https://www.vta.org/go/stations/diridon Diridon Station – VTA]
*{{Cite report |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100980874 |title=San Jose multimodal transportation terminal: environmental impact statement |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=September 1984 |publisher=US Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration |access-date=15 July 2016}}
*{{HAER |survey=CA-304 |id=ca3111 |title=Southern Pacific Depot, Water Tower, 65 Cahill Street, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA |photos=13 |data=18 |cap=2}}

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