Lockheed Martin Transit Center
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Lockheed Martin Transit Center is a light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 and transit bus
Transit bus
A transit bus , also known as a commuter bus, city bus, or public bus, is a bus used for short-distance public transport purposes...

 station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is a special-purpose district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway improvement projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California, United States...

 (VTA), located in Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...

. It is served by the Mountain View–Winchester light rail line.

The land for the transit center was donated by Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....

 during the planning of VTA's Tasman West light rail extension.

Location

The station has a center platform. It is located at 5th Avenue and North Mathilda Aveue in Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley located in the San Francisco Bay Area...

. It serves the Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space complex, the east side of Moffett Federal Airfield
Moffett Federal Airfield
Moffett Federal Airfield , also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale, California, USA. The airport is near the south end of San Francisco Bay, northwest of San Jose. Formerly a United States Navy facility, the former...

 and the adjacent industrial area including the headquarters of Yahoo and Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services...

.

Bus routes

The following bus routes serve the Lockheed Martin Transit Center.
  • VTA bus route 26 - Eastridge Transit Center
    Eastridge Transit Center
    The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Eastridge Transit Center is a transit bus station located at Eastridge Mall in eastern San Jose, California...

     to Sunnyvale/Lockheed Martin Transit Center
  • VTA bus route 54 - De Anza College
    De Anza College
    De Anza College is a community college located in Cupertino, California. It was founded in 1967 on the site of the Beaulieu Winery and is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza...

     to Sunnyvale/Lockheed Martin Transit Center
  • VTA express bus route 120 - Fremont BART
    Fremont (BART station)
    Fremont is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station that serves Fremont, California. The elevated island platform serves as the southernmost terminal station of BART's Fremont line, which is served by trains on the Fremont - Daly City Line, which runs daytimes Monday-Saturday, and the Richmond - Fremont...

     to Lockheed Martin Transit Center/Moffett Park
  • VTA express bus route 121 - Gilroy Transit Center
    Gilroy Rail Station
    Gilroy Station is a Caltrain station located in Gilroy, California. It is the southermost terminus on the Caltrain line, and is only served during commute hours on weekdays...

     to Lockheed Martin Transit Center/Moffett Park
  • VTA express bus route 122 - South San Jose to Lockheed Martin/Moffett Industrial Park
  • VTA limited stop bus route 321 - Great Mall/Main Transit Center to Lockheed Martin/Moffett Industrial Park
  • VTA limited stop bus route 328 - Almaden Expwy and Camden to Lockheed Martin/Moffett Industrial Park

San Joaquin Regional Transit District
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,...

SMART runs line 166 to this location from Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...

, Tracy
Tracy, California
Tracy is the second most populated city in San Joaquin County, California, United States and an exurb of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 82,922 at the 2010 census.-History:...

/Naglee P&R
Naglee Park and Ride Lot
Naglee Park and Ride Lot is a transit center in Tracy, California. The lot serves as a bus hub for transportation on local, commuter, and long-distance bus services.Tracer and taxi services offer local connections...

, Manteca
Manteca, California
Manteca is a city in , USA. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 67,096.- History :Manteca is a city in the Central Valley of California, 76 miles east of San Francisco. It was founded in 1861 by Joshua Cowell. Cowell claimed around and built houses on what is now the corner of Main...

, and Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...

.
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