Rockridge
An eastbound train leaving Rockridge station in September 2019
General information
Location5660 College Avenue
Oakland, California
Coordinates37°50′40″N 122°15′07″W / 37.844452°N 122.252083°W / 37.844452; -122.252083
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking903 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks, 72 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMaher & Martens[1]
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)
Passengers
20242,365 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
MacArthur
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line Orinda
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
Map

Rockridge station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in the Rockridge district of Oakland, California. Located in the center median of the elevated State Route 24 west of the Caldecott Tunnel, the station has a single island platform serving two tracks. It is served by the Yellow Line.

History

By August 1965, BART proposed to call the station "Claremont", while a city committee had rejected "College–Shafter" and "Temescal".[3] A BART committee proposed "Rockridge" in October 1965; it was accepted by the BART Board that December.[4][5] Service at Rockridge commenced on May 21, 1973, after the construction of the Berkeley Hills Tunnel was completed.[6]

Thirteen BART stations, including Rockridge, 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 Rockridge was installed in July 2022.[7]

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. ^ "Differences On Transit Stop Names". Oakland Tribune. August 24, 1965. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A Name For BART Station?". Oakland Tribune. October 20, 1965. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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 Rockridge station at Wikimedia Commons


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