West Dublin/Pleasanton station
West Dublin/Pleasanton | |||||||||||
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![]() The station on the second day of service in 2011 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 6501 Golden Gate Drive Dublin, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°41′59″N 121°55′42″W / 37.699726°N 121.928273°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | BART L-Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Parking | 1190 spaces | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | February 19, 2011 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2024 | 1,278 (weekday average)[1] | ||||||||||
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West Dublin/Pleasanton station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton in California, located in the median of I-580. The station is served by the Blue Line. It has a single island platform between the highway travel lanes with a fare mezzanine above. Pedestrian bridges on both sides of the station connect it to a pair of parking garages and surrounding development. It opened as an infill station on February 19, 2011 — fourteen years after the rest of the Dublin/Pleasanton extension.
History
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Original plans in the late 1980s called for a station in West Dublin, with an East Dublin station near the Hacienda Business Park to be added later; however, by the early 1990s the order was reversed, and only Dublin/Pleasanton station opened in 1997.[2] BART began negotiating in April 1998 with LaSalle Partners to construct the West Dublin/Pleasanton station with private funding, and an agreement was signed the next year.[2][3]
Groundbreaking for the station was held on September 29, 2006.[2] The station was originally scheduled to be completed in 2009, but it was delayed due to structural issues with the pedestrian bridges.[4] The $106 million station, which was funded largely by private money and by proceeds of planned transit-oriented development (TOD) on adjacent BART-owned property, opened on February 19, 2011.[5]
The first phase of the TOD, a 309-unit residential building, opened in 2013 on the Dublin (north) side of the station. The second phase, a 410,000-square-foot (38,000 m2) office building on the Pleasanton (south) side, was completed in 2019. As of 2024[update], a third phase with 300 residential units on the Dublin side is planned.[6][7]
Bus connections
[edit]Dublin/Pleasanton station is the primary bus terminal for the region; West Dublin/Pleasanton is only served by six WHEELS routes. Routes 3, 4 and 30R stop at the north parking garage; routes 3, 70X and 53 stop on Stoneridge Mall Road near the south parking garage.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael (December 17, 2010). "BART to open West Dublin/Pleasanton Station". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Louie, Eric (August 10, 2009). "Welding issues could delay new West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station". East Bay Times.
- ^ "BART riders celebrate grand opening of West Dublin/Pleasanton Station Saturday" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 18, 2011.
- ^ "Completed TOD projects". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024.
- ^ BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. p. 7.
- ^ "Schedules & Fares: West Dublin/Pleasanton Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Routes & Schedules". Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
External links
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