Bay Fair
A northbound train at Bay Fair station in 2017
General information
Location15242 Hesperian Boulevard
San Leandro, California
Coordinates37°41′49″N 122°07′35″W / 37.697°N 122.1265°W / 37.697; -122.1265
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)BART A-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport AC Transit: 10, 28, 35, 40, 93, 97, 706, 801
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking1,641 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks, 40 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
OpenedSeptember 11, 1972
Passengers
20242,441 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
San Leandro
toward Daly City
 Blue Line Castro Valley
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
Green Line Hayward
toward Berryessa/​North San José
San Leandro
toward Richmond
 Orange Line
Location
Map

Bay Fair station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located adjacent to the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro, California. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines.

Bay Fair station has a single elevated island platform serving the line's two tracks. A pedestrian tunnel under the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision tracks connects the fare lobby to parking areas south of the station. An AC Transit bus transfer area and additional parking are located on the north side of the station.[3]

History

The BART Board approved the name "Bay Fair" in December 1965.[4] The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the initial BART operating segment.[5] Due to a national strike that year by elevator constructors, elevator construction on the early stations was delayed. Elevators at most of the initial stations, including Bay Fair, were completed in the months following the opening.[6][7] It became a transfer station on May 10, 1997, with the opening of the branch to Dublin/Pleasanton; a flying junction was built south of the station.[5]

Thirteen BART stations, including Bay Fair, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate on the platform at Bay Fair was installed in July 2021.[8]

References

  1. ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
  2. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2024.
  3. ^ "Transit Stops: Bay Fair Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. July 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  6. ^ "Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations". Oakland Tribune. September 10, 1972. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Four BART Lines Make The System". The Independent. February 26, 1973. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.

External links

Media related to Bay Fair station at Wikimedia Commons


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