Berryessa BART station is a future Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...

 station scheduled to begin construction in the summer of 2012 and open in 2018 in San José, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

 as part of the Silicon Valley BART extension

Silicon Valley BART extension

The Silicon Valley BART extension is a set of three or four phases of expansion of the Bay Area Rapid Transit from its current terminus in Fremont to Santa Clara County...

. The station will initially serve as a terminus with direct service to Richmond

Richmond Station (California)

Richmond Station is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit and Amtrak station located in Richmond, California. Each system is served by an island platform. The Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, California Zephyr, and Coast Starlight stop here and connect to BART. The station is currently being rebuilt...

 and San Francisco/Daly City

Daly City (BART station)

Daly City Station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in extreme northern San Mateo County, California, in suburban Daly City, less than one block outside the San Francisco city and county limits. Interstate 280 and California Route 1 run along the immediate west side of the station...

 and later with service to Santa Clara.

History

The station will be situated after Milpitas

Milpitas (BART station)

Milpitas BART station also known as Montague station is a future Bay Area Rapid Transit station scheduled to begin construction in the summer of 2012 and open in 2018 in the city of Milpitas, California as part of the Silicon Valley BART extension. It will be both the first BART station in Santa...

, and will function as a terminal station until Alum Rock

Alum Rock (BART station)

Alum Rock BART station is a planned underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station in eastern San Jose, California. It will be the first station of the Phase II portion of the Silicon Valley BART extension. It will be located near Highway 101 and Santa Clara Street...

 station opens to the south during Phase II of the Santa Clara County extension project. It will be located at the current site of the San Jose Flea Market

San Jose Flea Market

The San Jose Flea Market, located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, was founded by George Bumb Sr. in March 1960. His idea to open a flea market sparked while working in the solid waste and landfill business. He witnessed an abundance of treasures thrown away every day and realized he could make...

, which would be demolished to build a massive transit oriented development. The station will have an eight story parking structure, a ten bay bus transit center, and be situated on 52 acres (21 ha). It will be the first BART station in San José, but is one of a total of four stations after Phase II is complete. Until the extension to Downtown San José

Downtown San José (BART station)

Downtown San Jose BART station is a planned underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station in southern San Jose, California, part of the Silicon Valley BART extension...

 is complete the station will feature express shuttles connecting it with downtown. The station will be served by Valley Transportation Authority, Santa Cruz Metro (Highway 17 Express

Highway 17 Express

The Highway 17 Express is an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach route provided by a consortium of entities that provides regional service between San Jose and Santa Cruz County in the South Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area...

), Monterey-Salinas Transit, SMART

San Joaquin Regional Transit District

San Joaquin Regional Transit District is a transit district that provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, Ripon, Thornton, French Camp, Lathrop, Manteca, and Tracy.San Joaquin RTD operates 36 fixed routes to the Stockton metropolitan area,...

, and San Benito County Transit

San Benito County Transit

San Benito County Transit is the public transportation agency of San Benito County, California, immediately south of the Silicon Valley ....

buses in addition to employer shuttles.