Concord station (BART)

Coordinates: 37°58′25″N 122°01′45″W / 37.973745°N 122.029127°W / 37.973745; -122.029127
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Concord
BART C-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking2,367 spaces
Bicycle facilities40 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)[2]
Passengers
20242,514 (weekday average)[3]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line North Concord/​Martinez
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
Map

Concord station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Concord, California. The station is located between the downtown business district to the west and residential neighborhoods to the east. Concord station has a single elevated island platform and is served by the Yellow Line.

History

The BART Board approved the name "Concord" in December 1965.

terminus station of the BART system on May 21, 1973. The station remained a terminus until the line was extended to North Concord/Martinez station in December 1995 and to Pittsburg/Bay Point station a year later.[2]

A water feature at the station, installed by Stephen De Staebler in 1971 or 1972, was removed in the 1990s.[5]

Thirteen BART stations, including Concord, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate in the lobby area of Concord station was installed in October 2020.[6]

Bus connections

County Connection buses at the station

Concord is a major terminal for County Connection local bus routes:

  • Weekday routes: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260
  • Weekend routes: 310, 311, 314, 315, 320

The station is also served by Tri Delta Transit route 201X and a special-event shuttle to the Concord Pavilion.[7][8] Buses stop on the west side of the station; most routes stop at a two-lane busway north of the station entrance, while several routes stop to the south.[9]

Notes

  1. OCLC 85623396
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  2. ^ a b "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  3. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2024.
  4. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 2.
  6. ^ "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.
  7. ^ "Directions". Concord Pavilion.
  8. ^ "Going to the Concord Pavilion? Consider carpooling or taking BART". East Bay Times. July 23, 2015.
  9. ^ "Transit Stops: Concord Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 24, 2019.

External links

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