Lake Merritt (BART station)

Lake Merritt
Bay Area Rapid Transit

A Richmond-bound BART train arriving at the Lake Merritt Station
Location 800 Madison Street
Oakland, CA 94607 USA
Owned by Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)
  Richmond–​Fremont
  Fremont–​Daly City
  Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
Platforms Island
Connections AC Transit: Routes 11, 26, 62, 88 (local)
Shuttle:ECS
Construction
Parking 207 spaces- Monthly Reserved Permit, Daily ($1/day), Single Daily Reserved Permit, Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm), and Long Term/Airport Permit[1]
Bicycle facilities 32 Lockers
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened September 11, 1972
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013) 6,441 exits/day[2] Increase 7.1%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Fremont
Richmond–​Fremont
toward Richmond
Fremont–​Daly City
toward Daly City
Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City

The Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit station is located in Downtown Oakland, in the U.S. state of California on Oak Street near Lake Merritt, Chinatown, Laney College and the Oakland Museum. This station consists of an underground island platform.

Service at this station began on September 11, 1972.[3]

The BART headquarters was located in a building on top of the station; due to potential risk of earthquake, the headquarters was moved out of the building to leased space on the first floor of the Kaiser Center, ¾ mile away (1,200 m). Demolition of the former headquarters building was completed in 2010.[4]

On July 21, 2010 a suspect escaping police ran onto the tracks and disappeared into the tunnels causing major delays regionwide.[5]

Lake Merritt is also the first transfer opportunity for passengers transferring between the Richmond-Fremont and Dublin/Pleasanton lines.

Station layout

G Street Level Exits/Entrances
M Mezzanine One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P
Platform
level		 Northbound/Westbound ←      Richmond–​Fremont toward Richmond (12th Street Oakland City Center)
←      Fremont–​Daly City toward Daly City (West Oakland)
←      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Daly City (West Oakland)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound/Eastbound →      Richmond–​Fremont toward Fremont (Fruitvale) →
→      Fremont–​Daly City toward Fremont (Fruitvale) →
→      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Dublin / Pleasanton (Fruitvale) →

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bart.gov/stations/lake/index.aspx#parking
  2. ↑ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ↑ BART History
  4. ↑ "Silverado—BART LMA Demolition". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  5. ↑ Lake Merritt Station reopens after search, July 21, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle

External links

Coordinates: 37°47′52″N 122°16′00″W / 37.797773°N 122.266588°W / 37.797773; -122.266588


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