Oakland Coliseum Station

Oakland Coliseum Station
Amtrak station BART rapid transit station
BART station platform
Location	700 73rd Avenue Oakland, CA 94621 (Amtrak) 7200 San Leandro Street Oakland, CA 94621 (BART)
Coordinates	37°45′13″N 122°11′49″W / 37.75361°N 122.19694°WCoordinates: 37°45′13″N 122°11′49″W / 37.75361°N 122.19694°W
Owned by	Amtrak, Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Amtrak   Capitol Corridor BART   Richmond–​Fremont   Fremont–​Daly City   Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City   Coliseum–​Oakland International Airport
Platforms	1 side platform (Amtrak) 1 island platform (BART) 1 side platform (BART to OAK)
Tracks	3 (Amtrak) 2 (BART) 1 (BART to OAK)
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 45, 46*, 73, 98 (local); 805 (All Nighter) * - Route operates weekdays only Pedestrian walkway to Amtrak Station, O.co Coliseum and Oracle Arena
Construction
Parking	35 spaces (Amtrak); 1013 spaces - Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1), Extended Weekend (free)[1]
Bicycle facilities	Two lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	OAC (Amtrak)
History
Opened	September 11, 1972 (BART) May 25, 2005 (Amtrak) November 22, 2014 (BART to OAK Airport)
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	57,491 annual[2]  9.1% (Amtrak)
Passengers (FY2014)	7,819 weekday[3]  0.1% (BART)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Hayward toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Oakland-Jack London Square toward Auburn Bay Area Rapid Transit San Leandro toward Fremont Richmond–​Fremont Fruitvale toward Richmond Fremont–​Daly City Fruitvale toward Daly City San Leandro toward Dublin / Pleasanton Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City OAK Airport Terminus Coliseum–​Oakland International Airport Terminus

Oakland Coliseum is a complex of three stations of two public transit providers that are within 600 feet (180 m) of each other: Amtrak Capitol Corridor's Oakland Coliseum station, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)'s Coliseum station, and the BART to Oakland International Airport automated guideway transit (AGT) terminal.^[4] They are located in East Oakland, and are connected to each other, and to the Oakland Coliseum and the Oracle Arena by pedestrian bridges. BART and Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA), Capitol Corridor's administration agency, will sometimes refer to these separate stations as one station.

In addition to the Coliseum–Oakland International Airport AGT line, AC Transit bus routes 73 (73rd Avenue) and 805 (All-Nighter) also provide service between the BART station and Oakland International Airport.

BART's Coliseum station consists of an elevated island platform with the concourse mezzanine at ground level. The BART to OAK Airport station has a single track and side platform.

Capitol Corridor's Oakland Coliseum station, the newest Capitol Corridor station, consists of a side platform on a side track. It is unstaffed, but has an electronic ticketing system.

History

A BART A-car at Oakland Coliseum Station.

Originally known as the Coliseum/Oakland Airport station, it opened as part of BART's initial service on September 11, 1972,^[5] connecting the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and the Coliseum Arena via a pedestrian bridge going above then-existing railroad tracks which were later used by Capitol Corridor, beginning with the service's inception in 1991.

In 2002, CCJPA, in conjunction with Caltrans and the City of Oakland, decided to build a Capitol Corridor station there. The new station, officially named "Oakland Coliseum" station, opened on May 25, 2005, and included a new connection to the original BART-Oakland Coliseum pedestrian bridge, thus enabling transfers between the two services.

In October 2009, Oakland City Council voted its approval for a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) extension of BART to Oakland International Airport.^[6] Preliminary construction began in late 2010; the service began on November 22, 2014.^[7] Fares for the BART to OAK Airport service are $6.^[8]

After the Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line opened in November 2014, the official name for the BART station, previously "Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station", became "Coliseum Station", freeing the BART to OAK terminus station at the airport to be named "Oakland International Airport Station".^[9]

Ridership

Amtrak/BART Station general area map

Of the 44 BART stations, Coliseum station was the 16th-busiest in FY2014, detraining an average of 7,819 passengers each weekday.^[3]

Oakland Coliseum served an average of approximately 157 Amtrak passengers daily in 2015.^[2]

Platforms and tracks

Track and platform layout
Legend
to Oakland – Jack London Square to Fruitvale UP O.co Coliseum Oracle Arena pedestrian tunnel to parking San Leandro St. Oakland Airport Connector Snell St. to San Leandro to Hayward

BART

Northbound/Westbound	■ Richmond–Fremont	toward Richmond (Fruitvale)
	■ Fremont–Daly City	toward Daly City (Frutivale)
	■ Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City	toward Daly City (Fruitvale)
Southbound/Eastbound	■ Richmond–Fremont	toward Fremont (San Leandro)
	■ Fremont–Daly City	toward Fremont (San Leandro)
	■ Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City	toward Dublin / Pleasanton (San Leandro)
Westbound	■ Coliseum–Oakland International Airport	toward Oakland International Airport (Terminus)

Amtrak

Side track	■ Capitol Corridor	toward Auburn (Oakland – Jack London Square)
	■ Capitol Corridor	toward San Jose (Hayward)
Mainline tracks	■ Coast Starlight	No stops

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

1. "Parking". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Retrieved 2014-12-20.
2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2015 State of California" (pdf). Amtrak. November 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
3. "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits" (xlsx). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
4. "Schedules By Line (with map)". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
5. "Celebrating 40 Years of Service 1972 • 2012 Forty BART Achievements Over the Years" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
6. Jones, Carolyn (October 8, 2009). "Oakland unexpectedly OKs BART airport extension". San Francisco Chronicle.
7. "New BART service to Oakland International Airport now open". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). November 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
8. Cabanatuan, Michael (June 13, 2014). "$6 rides for BART's Oakland Airport Connector". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
9. "BART's Oakland Airport Connector one year away from completion". RT&S. Retrieved 2013-10-28.

External links

Media related to Oakland Coliseum (Amtrak/BART station) at Wikimedia Commons

• BART - Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station Overview
• Capitol Corridor - Oakland Coliseum Station Page

• Amtrak – Stations – Oakland Coliseum
• Oakland Coliseum (OAC)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)