North Berkeley (BART station)

North Berkeley
Station platform
Location	1750 Sacramento Street Berkeley, CA 94702
Coordinates	37°52′26″N 122°16′57″W / 37.873915°N 122.282552°WCoordinates: 37°52′26″N 122°16′57″W / 37.873915°N 122.282552°W
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Richmond–​Fremont   Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: At station: Routes 604 and 688 (school days only) On Sacramento Street: Route 52 (local) At University Avenue and Sacramento Street: Routes 51B, 88 (local); 800 (All Nighter); FS, J (Transbay) Eastshore Charter Lines: Free Racetrack Shuttle[1]
Construction
Parking	822 spaces- Monthly Reserved, Daily ($3/day), Midday (free after 3pm), Extended Weekend (free), Long Term/Airport Permit ($7)[2]
Bicycle facilities	58 Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	4,511 exits/day[3]  6.8%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station El Cerrito Plaza toward Richmond Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae Downtown Berkeley toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Richmond–​Fremont Downtown Berkeley toward Fremont

North Berkeley is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Sacramento Street in Berkeley, California. The station is bounded by Virginia, Sacramento, Delaware, and Acton Streets to the north, east, south, and west, respectively.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Northbound	←      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae toward Richmond (El Cerrito Plaza) ←      Richmond–​Fremont toward Richmond (El Cerrito Plaza)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae toward Daly City or Millbrae (Downtown Berkeley) → →      Richmond–​Fremont toward Fremont (Downtown Berkeley) →

The main station entrance sits within a circular building at the center of a parking lot, while an elevator between the surface and the platform is located at the parking lot's Sacramento Street edge. (The elevator has a dedicated faregate; however, an Addfare machine, which is used to add funds to a Clipper card or printed BART ticket, is only available inside the main station entrance.)

History

The site was originally an open area across which the Key System constructed its Westbrae streetcar line, subsequently given the letter designation "G". The tracks ran diagonally across the property in virtually the same alignment as today's underground BART tracks. Homes began to be constructed along the periphery of the site, and after the G-Westbrae line was closed in 1941, filled in most of the rest of it. All of these were demolished in the 1960s to make way for construction of the North Berkeley Station.

Service at this station began on January 29, 1973.^[4] This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin.^[5]

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

1. Eastshore Charter Lines Shuttle Schedule, Golden Gate Fields website, access date 24-02-2009
2. http://www.bart.gov/stations/nbrk/index.aspx
3. "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
5. Bay Area Rapid Transit District Biography, BART.gov, retrieved January 23, 2008

External links

• BART - North Berkeley Station Overview