Orchard is a VTA light rail station in the median of East 1 Street. The stop has two offset side platforms on each side of Orchard Parkway so trains stop on the far side of the intersection. Orchard Parkway is the only way to legally access each platform although jaywalking to the other ends of the platforms is easy and often done with minimal emergency exit signage and no gate. The streetside of each platform is a Jersey barrier with a blue railing. The northbound platform has no coverings for waiting passengers. There are just some benches and an exposed to the elements TVM and Clipper Card readers. The southbound platform has a single standard blue canopy held up by two tiled pillars that have Orchard in white written on brown tile.
All Photos: 28 February, 2012
A single LRV to Mountain View passes
Across from a platform visible through the trees in a small median before a turn lane begins
Across from the bare northbound platform
The bare northbound platform
The intersection and crosswalk to the southbound platform
A Jersey barrier on the side of the southbound platform
Entering the southbound platform
Orchard tiling holding up the canopy
Steps to the unguarded emergeny exit
Last Updated: 22 May, 2017
All photos are by Jeremiah Cox
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