This station is the southern of the two stations built as part of an extension from Warm Springs/South Fremont.
The extension, known as Phase I of the Silicon Valley BART extension, broke ground in 2012 with completion initially expected in 2016 but delayed several times.
VTA received a $900 million grant for federal funding for the $2.3-billion Silicon Valley Extension in 2012.
Additional funding was provided by Measure B, a half-cent sales tax passed by Santa Clara County voters in 2016; the Road Repair and Accountability Act, passed by the California Legislature in 2017; and $125 million from the Federal Transit Administration in 2019 under a fast-track funding program.

In 2017, at the request of the San Jose City Council, the station was renamed from Berryessa to "Berryessa/​North San José" to "alert riders – commuters and tourists alike – that they have arrived in the Capital of the Silicon Valley".

On June 11, 2020, a group of Silicon Valley politicians proposed to have the station officially renamed as the "Ron Gonzales Berryessa Station" after Ron Gonzales, former mayor of San Jose, who began advocating for a Silicon Valley BART extension in 1989 while serving as a Santa Clara County Supervisor.
BART station naming guidelines would likely discourage such a renaming.

An official ribbon cutting for the BART station was held on June 12, 2020.
Berryessa/North San José and Milpitas stations opened for revenue service on June 13, 2020.
This station is the southern of the two stations built as part of an extension from Warm Springs/South Fremont. The extension, known as Phase I of the Silicon Valley BART extension, broke ground in 2012 with completion initially expected in 2016 but delayed several times. VTA received a $900 million grant for federal funding for the $2.3-billion Silicon Valley Extension in 2012. Additional funding was provided by Measure B, a half-cent sales tax passed by Santa Clara County voters in 2016; the Road Repair and Accountability Act, passed by the California Legislature in 2017; and $125 million from the Federal Transit Administration in 2019 under a fast-track funding program.
In 2017, at the request of the San Jose City Council, the station was renamed from Berryessa to "Berryessa/​North San José" to "alert riders – commuters and tourists alike – that they have arrived in the Capital of the Silicon Valley".
On June 11, 2020, a group of Silicon Valley politicians proposed to have the station officially renamed as the "Ron Gonzales Berryessa Station" after Ron Gonzales, former mayor of San Jose, who began advocating for a Silicon Valley BART extension in 1989 while serving as a Santa Clara County Supervisor. BART station naming guidelines would likely discourage such a renaming.
An official ribbon cutting for the BART station was held on June 12, 2020. Berryessa/North San José and Milpitas stations opened for revenue service on June 13, 2020.
Berryessa/North San José station