West Oakland station
West Oakland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | 156 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks, 42 shared lockers, 8 keyed reserved lockers, Bay Wheels station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Kitchen & Hunt[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | September 16, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Oakland West (1974–1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | 3,582 (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Oakland station is a
History
By August 1965, the city of Oakland desired to call the planned station Oakland West.[3] BART approved the name that December.[4] The station opened on September 16, 1974 – the last station of the initial BART system to open – with the beginning of service through the Transbay Tube.[5] The name "Oakland West" was contrary to the actual neighborhood name of "West Oakland". The efforts of neighborhood activists led BART to correct the name to West Oakland around 1987.[6][7][8]
In 1990, West Oakland was proposed as a station for the Capitols service to replace the damaged 16th Street station.[9] It was again proposed in 1992 as an intermodal station including Amtrak and buses as part of the replacement of the Cypress Street Viaduct.[10]
In June 2020, the BART Board of Directors approved a
West Oakland was the first BART station to be retrofitted with new fare gates intended to reduce fare evasion. Installation of the new gates took place in December 2023.[13][14]
Bus connections
The station has a busway on its south side, which serves
References
- OCLC 85623396.
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2024.
- ^ "Differences On Transit Stop Names". Oakland Tribune. August 24, 1965. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 978-1-59714-370-7.
- ^ "BART 1986–1987 Annual Report" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit. BART. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "BART 1987–1988 Annual Report" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit. BART. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Evangelista, Benny (September 24, 1990). "Commute train service back on track". Oakland Tribune. pp. A-6, A-8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Evangelista, Benny (October 28, 1992). "Emeryville bullish on its Amtrak station plan". Oakland Tribune. pp. A-3, A-4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "BART approves plan for new mixed-use development at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 11, 2020.
- ^ Li, Roland; Swan, Rachel (October 11, 2023). "1,032 apartments approved next to West Oakland BART in doubt after foreclosure". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ "Installation work to begin week of December 11th on next generation fare gates at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. December 5, 2023.
- ^ "BART unveils new fare gates at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. December 28, 2023.
- ^ "Transit Stops: West Oakland Station". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. July 18, 2023.
External links
Media related to West Oakland station at Wikimedia Commons