Lake Merritt station

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Lake Merritt
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Southbound train at Lake Merritt station, June 2019.JPG
A southbound train at Lake Merritt station in June 2019
Location800 Madison Street, Oakland, California
Coordinates37°47′52″N 122°16′00″W / 37.797773°N 122.266588°W / 37.797773; -122.266588Coordinates: 37°47′52″N 122°16′00″W / 37.797773°N 122.266588°W / 37.797773; -122.266588
Owned byBay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)BART A-Line
Platforms1 island platform
ConnectionsBus transport AC Transit: 18, 62, 88, 96, 611
Bus transport ACMC Highland Shuttle
Construction
Parking207 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesracks, 84 lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedSeptember 11, 1972
Passengers
20207,303 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
12th Street Oakland City Center
toward Richmond
 Berryessa/​North San José–Richmond line Fruitvale
toward Berryessa/​North San José
West Oakland
toward Daly City
 Berryessa/​North San José–Daly City line
Dublin/​Pleasanton–Daly City line Fruitvale
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
Location

Lake Merritt is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located east of Downtown Oakland near the eponymous Lake Merritt. It is the nearest BART station to Chinatown and Laney College.

History[]

The BART Operations Control Center, located adjacent to the station

The construction of Lake Merritt station and the adjacent BART Administration Building leveled three blocks of Chinatown - one of several major displacements in the area, along with I-880, Laney College, and the Oakland Museum of California, that took place in the mid-20th century.[2] The station opened on September 11, 1972 - part of the first section of BART to open.[3]

A largely-unused oval courtyard adjacent to the fare lobby includes reliefs of sea creatures and birds designed by William Mitchell. Now-closed portholes in the reliefs allowed the public to peer into the BART Operations Control Center.[4]: 5  Walls in the station feature tile work in red, black, and off-white by Alfonso Pardiñas.[4]: 4 

The BART Administration Building was located in a dedicated six-story office building constructed concurrently on top of the station. In 2003, due to potential risk of earthquake damage, the headquarters was moved away from the station to leased space in the Kaiser Center.[5] The former Administration Building was dismantled in 2009 and 2010.[6]

Station layout[]

The station has a single island platform located two levels below ground, with a fare mezzanine above it. The station has four entrances from Oak Street between 8th Street and 9th Street.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
  2. ^ "Lake Merritt Station Area Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. December 2014. pp. 2–4.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network.
  5. ^ "Board approves purchase of new headquarters saving public funds in future" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 12, 2019.
  6. ^ "Earthquake safety work planned for Lake Merritt Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. May 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "Station Map - Lake Merritt". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014.

External links[]

Media related to Lake Merritt station at Wikimedia Commons


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