Lafayette station (BART)
Lafayette | |||||||||||
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 An eastbound train at Lafayette station in 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 3601 Deer Hill Road Lafayette, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°53′35″N 122°07′29″W / 37.893186°N 122.124614°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | BART C-Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  County Connection: 6 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,629 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 30 lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby Joseph Esherick & Associates[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 21, 1973 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024 | 1,541 (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||
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Lafayette station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Lafayette, California. The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial. It is served by the Yellow Line.
History[edit]
The BART Board approved the name "Lafayette" in December 1965.[3] Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.[4] The fare lobby includes three columns covered in tile mosaics, which were designed by Helen Webber and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas. Webber originally planned to use a purple background, but switched to blue due to local objections related to purple's association with the controversial People's Park.[5]
In October 2011, BART was criticized for spending $2 million on a wheelchair ramp at the south entrance to the station without adding curb cuts or accessible parking there. However, the ramp was primarily built to connect to a path to the Lafayette business district to the south, and BART was already preparing to add curb cuts.[6] The station was not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the hydraulic cylinder in the platform elevator.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2024.
- ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 4.
- ^ "$2 Million BART Station Ramp Lacks Wheelchair Access". CBS San Francisco. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Lafayette Station elevator out of service" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. April 14, 2021.
External links[edit]
Media related to Lafayette station (BART) at Wikimedia Commons
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