Ashby station (BART)

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Ashby
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Ashby station platform from escalator, March 2018.JPG
Ashby station platform viewed from the mezzanine level
Location3100 Adeline Street
Berkeley, California
Coordinates37°51′11″N 122°16′12″W / 37.853068°N 122.269957°W / 37.853068; -122.269957Coordinates: 37°51′11″N 122°16′12″W / 37.853068°N 122.269957°W / 37.853068; -122.269957
Owned byBay Area Rapid Transit, City of Berkeley
Line(s)BART R-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport AC Transit: F, 12, 18, 80, 800
Bus transport West Berkeley Shuttle
Construction
Parking715 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesracks, station, 24 shared lockers, 24 keyed reserved lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJanuary 29, 1973[1]
Passengers
20205,125 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
MacArthur
toward San Francisco International Airport via Millbrae
 Richmond–Millbrae+SFO line Downtown Berkeley
toward Richmond
MacArthur
toward Berryessa/​North San José
 Berryessa/​North San José–Richmond line
Location

Ashby is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located beneath Adeline Street to the south of its intersection with Ashby Avenue in South Berkeley of Berkeley, California. The station includes park-and-ride facilities with 715 automobile parking spaces in two separate parking lots.

History[]

Main entrance from the west parking lot

The station site is approximately at the historic location of Berkeley Branch Railroad's Newbury Station, which opened after 1876.[3]

The three stations in Berkeley were originally planned to be elevated, but the City of Berkeley paid extra tax to have them built underground. The station design was controversial because it was not fully underground; the west side of the mezzanine is level with the parking lot.[4] Service at Ashby station began on January 29, 1973, as part of the MacArthur to Richmond extension.[1]

Unique in the BART system, the City of Berkeley, rather than BART, controls the air rights on the parking lots. The west parking lot of the station hosts a popular flea market on weekends; a proposed residential development over the west lot has proven locally controversial.[5] Between 2008 and 2010, a portion of the east parking lot was redeveloped as the , which houses several regional disability-related organizations. The east parking lot and station entrance were closed for construction on August 18, 2008.[6] The east parking lot reopened on April 19, 2010, and the Ed Roberts Campus and the new east entrance opened that November.[7][8]

The Berkeley City Council approved a memorandum of understanding with BART in December 2019 to begin planning for housing on the station parking lot.[9]

Station layout[]

The station has a single island platform located below ground. The fare mezzanine is located at the same level as the west parking lot; stairs and an elevator provide access from Adeline Street overhead.

Bus connections[]

The station is served several AC Transit routes that stop in different locations around its perimeter:[10]

  • Local: 12, 18, 80
  • Transbay: F
  • All Nighter: 800

The free West Berkeley Shuttle runs from the station to the West Berkeley area.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
  3. ^ "Downtown Berkeley Historic Resources Reconnaissance Survey" (PDF). City Of Berkeley. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Solution Hinted On Ashby Subway". Oakland Tribune. February 9, 1968. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. ^ Orenstein, Natalie (March 27, 2017). "Possibilities for Adeline Corridor include BART underground, public park". Berkeleyside.
  6. ^ "Ashby Station east entrance and lot to close for 18 months" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. August 1, 2008.
  7. ^ "Ashby Station east parking lot to reopen April 19th" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. April 6, 2010.
  8. ^ Taylor, Tracey (November 19, 2010). "Pioneering disability center opens its Berkeley campus". Berkeleyside.
  9. ^ Orenstein, Natalie (December 11, 2019). "Berkeley approves agreement with BART around housing at two stations". Berkeleyside.
  10. ^ "Transit Information: Ashby Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. December 12, 2017.
  11. ^ "West Berkeley Shuttle". Berkeley Gateway Transportation Management Association.

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