Lafayette station (BART)

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Lafayette
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Eastbound train at Lafayette station, April 2018.JPG
An eastbound train at Lafayette station in 2018
Location3601 Deer Hill Road
Lafayette, California
Coordinates37°53′35″N 122°07′29″W / 37.893186°N 122.124614°W / 37.893186; -122.124614Coordinates: 37°53′35″N 122°07′29″W / 37.893186°N 122.124614°W / 37.893186; -122.124614
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms1 island platform
ConnectionsBus transport County Connection: 6
Construction
Parking1,629 spaces
Bicycle facilities30 lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973
Passengers
20203,433 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Orinda
toward Millbrae or San Francisco International Airport
 Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line Walnut Creek
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

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.

History[]

Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] The station is not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the hydraulic cylinder in the platform elevator.[5]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 4.
  4. ^ "$2 Million BART Station Ramp Lacks Wheelchair Access". CBS San Francisco. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Station elevator out of service" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. April 14, 2021.

External links[]

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