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Tamien station is an intermodal passenger transportation station in the Tamien neighborhood of central San Jose, California. It is served by the Caltrain regional rail service and the Blue Line of the VTA light rail system, as well as by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses. The station is named after the Tamyen (also spelled Tamyen) who are some of the Ohlone, a Native American people.
Parking lots are located off Lelong Street on the west side of the station complex and Lick Avenue on the east side. A street-level walkway runs between the platforms, with stairs and escalators to the center of the Caltrain platform and the north end of the VTA platform. An entrance from the Lelong Street lot leads to the south end of the VTA platform. Elevators are located at the center of the Caltrain platform and the south end of the VTA platform.
Tamien is the southern terminus of electrified Caltrain service; it is served by half of local trains. Peak-hour South County Connector diesel trains Between San Jose and Gilroy station also stop at Tamien.
Midday and weekend Caltrain service initially terminated at Diridon station, with bus shuttles to Tamien. Weekend service and some off-peak service was extended to Tamien on December 14, 2020, eliminating the shuttles.
VTA began planning in the 2010s for transit oriented development to replace the parking lots. The agency was awarded $18 million in state funds for the project in March 2022. Construction on the first phase, which replaces the northern half of the Lick Avenue lot, began in October 2023.
On June 16, 2025, electric Caltrain service between San Jose Diridon and Tamien was temporarily replaced with buses. The suspension, needed to accommodate construction for the Guadalupe Bridge Replacement Project, was expected to last for eight months. South County Connector and VTA trains continue to serve the station.
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