Orinda (BART station)

Orinda (BART station)
Orinda Station
Rapid transit
Orinda BART - 004.jpg
Station statistics
Address 11 Camino Pablo
Orinda, CA 94563
Lines
  Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae
Platforms Island
Parking 1406 spaces- Monthly Reserved Permit, Daily ($1/day), Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm), Single Day Reserved, Long Term/Airport Permit ($5/day)[1]
Bicycle facilities 24 Lockers
Other information
Opened May 21, 1973
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Bay Area Rapid Transit
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2010) 2,763 exits/day[2] decrease 2.75%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae

Orinda a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Orinda, California. The station has of an island platform in the center median of State Route 24. The station is east of the Caldecott Tunnel

Service at this station began on May 21, 1973.[3]

This station is in BART District 1 and is represented by Gail Murray who is also current BART President.[4]

The solar radiation is the best at this station in the entire system and it has therefore been earmarked for the installation of car ports with solar panels on top of them in 2008.[5]

Contents

Transit connections

See also

  • List of BART stations

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.bart.gov/stations/orin/index.aspx#parking
  2. ^ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). http://www.bart.gov/docs/WeekdayExits.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 
  3. ^ History of BART BART website, access date July 13, 2008
  4. ^ Bay Area Rapid Transit District Biograophy, BART.gov, retrieved January 23, 2008
  5. ^ BART goes solar at Orinda station, by Dennis Cuff, Contra Costa Times, July 10, 2008, access date July 13, 2008

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Coordinates: 37°52′42″N 122°11′01″W / 37.878427°N 122.18374°W / 37.878427; -122.18374