West Oakland (BART station)

West Oakland (BART station)
West Oakland Station
Rapid transit
BART train at West Oakland station.JPG
Station statistics
Address 1451 Seventh Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Lines BART
  Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae
  Dublin/Pleasanton – Daly City
  Richmond – Millbrae
Connections AC Transit: Routes 26, 31, 62 (local); 800 All Nighter (eastbound only)
Platforms 2 Side
Parking 156 spaces- Monthly Reserved Permit, Daily ($5/day), Single Day Reserved Permit, Midday (free after 3pm), Extended Weekend (free)[1]
Bicycle facilities Eight Lockers
Other information
Opened May 21, 1973
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Bay Area Rapid Transit
Formerly Oakland West(1973-1982)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2010) 4,895 exits/day[2] decrease 3.91%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Richmond
Richmond – Millbrae
toward Millbrae
Dublin/Pleasanton – Daly City
Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae
toward Fremont
Fremont – Daly City
toward Daly City

West Oakland is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in the neighborhood of West Oakland in Oakland. It has two elevated side platforms, and is located near the eastern end of the Transbay Tube. This is the last stop before entering the Transbay Tube into San Francisco, and all trains except those of the Richmond - Fremont line pass through this station. In late 2005 a parking program was implemented in which parking commuters at this station would have to pay $5 per day. This was implemented to raise revenues for BART, to bring parking costs at the station in line with parking at other local garages, and to ensure that parking at the stations was going to be used for BART patrons only, parking spaces would have had to be 'validated' inside the BART paid area.

The station was originally named Oakland West until 1982.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.bart.gov/stations/woak/index.aspx
  2. ^ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). http://www.bart.gov/docs/WeekdayExits.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 

External links

Media related to West Oakland BART station at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 37°48′18″N 122°17′43″W / 37.804935°N 122.295148°W / 37.804935; -122.295148