PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Fairmont Hotel San Jose 170 S. Market St San Jose, CA 95113 South Bay Flyer shuttle service between the Fairmont Hotel San Jose and the San Jose Airport and between the San Francisco Airport and the Fairmont Hotel San Jose is provided for a nomional fee of $5.00 between San Jose Airport and $15.00 between San Francisco Airport. Pick-up locations for the South Bay Flyer are as follows: We have complimentary Coupons to use for transportation from the San Jose Airport to the Fairmont. Please clip this coupon and present to shuttle driver. |-----------------------------------------| | IETF | | Airport Shuttle Coupon | | Serendipity South Bay Flyer | | Good for one shuttle trip from the | | San Jose Airport to the Fairmont. | | Value: $5.00 | |Upon arrival call: Serendipity South Bay | | Flyer at 800-518-4050 | | or proceed County Transit Bus Shelter | | (outside Terminals A and C) | | | | The Flyer departs San Jose Airport | | every 30 minutes from | | 5:45am to 12:15 pm | | and | | 2:45pm to 9:15pm | | every hour from 12:45 to 2:45pm | | | | Dates Valid: December 6-15, 1996 | |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| | IETF | | Airport Shuttle Coupon | | Serendipity South Bay Flyer | | Good for one shuttle trip from the | | Fairmont to the San Jose Airport. | | Value: $5.00 | | The Flyer departs from the front of | | the Fairmont Hotel | | every 30 minues from | | 5:20am to 12:20pm | | and | | 2:30pm to 8:50pm | | every hour from 12:20pm to 2:20pm | | 5:45am to 12:15 pm | | | | | | | | | | Dates Valid: December 6-15, 1996 | |-----------------------------------------| San Jose Airport (leaves hourly from 7:40am to 8:40pm) Terminal A (American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Reno Air): After claiming luggage, re-cross the pedestrian bridge to the Departure Building. Exit to the street from lower level. Turn left to the "Country Transit Shelter". Look for the blue South Bay flyer sign. Travel time is 10-15 minutes. Terminal C (All other Airlines): Exit luggage claim to street. Turn left to curbside "Country Transit Shelter". Look for the blue South Bay Flyer sign. Travel time is 10-15 minutes. San Francisco Airport (leaves hourly) Exit lower level go to outer island next to blue pillers. United Airlines opposite Door Number 4 lower level opposite baggage claim houly from 7:00am - 10:00pm. In front of blue pillars of other airlines including International terminals, approximately 5 minutes earlier on an hourly basis from 6:55am to 9:55pm. Travel time to San Jose area is approximately 45-60 minutes. For further information call: 1-800-518-4050 (within the United States) You can obtain a Schedule for return times from the Concierge at the Fairmont. ========================================================================== For more information on San Jose Airport, you might want to look at the following Web page http://www.quickaid.com/airports/sjc/ If you are flying into San Francisco Airport, you can check out this Web page: http://www.quickaid.com/airports/sfo/ ========================================================================== This information has been provided by Ran Atkinson Santa Clara Valley Light Rail: The Santa Clara Valley Light Rail ("trolley") system runs directly behind the back side of the Fairmont Hotel and has a stop there. This trolley system is actually quite nice and convenient to use. The trolley systems' "Tamien" stop inter-connects with Cal-Train, which is described below. Unfortunately, the trolley doesn't yet go all over the place. There is a trolley stop near the San Jose Airport, but it is not walking distance and I am not accurately informed whether a shuttle service exists between the airport and the trolley stop. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ("TA") has a web site with many more details that is located at: http://www.transit.santa-clara.ca.us/ta CAL-TRAIN: It is practical to take Cal-Train commuter passenger trains from anywhere in the "San Francisco to Gilroy" corridor and then connect with the Santa Clara Light Rail at the "Tamien" Cal-Train station to get to/from the Fairmont Hotel. Bicycles are permitted on the northernmost car of the Cal-Train. Cal-Train is heavily used by commuters, so during normal work commute times, the train can be quite full with people and bicycles. It takes about 75 minutes to get from downtown San Francisco to the Light-Rail interconnection via Cal-Train. One can purchase a ticket from the conductors once onboard the Cal-Train if the station being used is not staffed. The San Franciso terminus of Cal-Train has good connections with the San Francisco City bus system. During commuting hours, it can actually be faster to take Cal-Train from the San Jose/Santa Clara area to San Francisco than it would take to drive an automobile. Route 101 can get quite badly congested during commuting hours. There is a free shuttle van from the San Francisco Airport (SFO) to the Cal-Train station at "Millbrae". It is practical to travel from the SFO to the Fairmont Hotel via this free shuttle, then Cal-Train, and then Light Rail as long as one has normal amounts of baggage. Cal-Train does not run all night, so people planning to use this airport connection should check their airport times against Cal-Train times on the Cal-Train web site (see below). There is a Cal-Train stop at Castro Street in Mountain View. The Castro Street area has a number of good restaurants and two coffee houses and can be a pleasant place for dinner. There is also a Cal-Train stop near downtown Palo Alto, which is another alternative for a dinner outing. However, it would probably be faster to drive to either of these destinations than take Light Rail then Cal-Train. There is a Cal-Train web site with more information, located at: http://server.berkeley.edu/Transit/Carriers/CalTrain/ This information has been provided by Ran Atkinson.