12th Street Oakland City Center station

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12th St/Oakland
Richmond-bound train at 12th Street Oakland station, July 2018.jpg
A Richmond-bound train at 12th Street Oakland City Center station
General information
Location1245 Broadway
Oakland, California
Coordinates 37°48′13″N122°16′19″W / 37.803608°N 122.272006°W / 37.803608; -122.272006
Line(s) BART K-Line
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg AC Transit: Broadway Shuttle, Tempo, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 29, 33, 40, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R, 88, 96, 314, 611, 800, 801, 802, 805, 840, 851
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities Lockers and racks available
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGerald McCue & Associates [1]
History
OpenedSeptember 11, 1972 (1972-09-11) [2]
Rebuilt1980–1986
Previous namesOakland City Center/12th Street (until c.2008)
Passengers
20234,971 (weekday average) [3]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Lake Merritt Orange Line 19th Street Oakland
toward Richmond
West Oakland
toward Millbrae
Red Line
West Oakland Yellow Line 19th Street Oakland
Preceding stationAC TransitFollowing station
Uptown Transit Center
Terminus
Tempo Harrison
Location
12th Street Oakland City Center station

12th Street/Oakland City Center station (signed as 12th St/Oakland) is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located under Broadway between 12th Street and 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, adjacent to the Oakland City Center. It is the second-busiest BART station in both Oakland and the East Bay (just after 19th Street Oakland), and the 6th busiest BART station overall, with a daily ridership of approximately 5,000 in September 2023. [3]

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The station has three underground levels, with tracks on the second and third levels. It is served by the Red Line, Orange Line, and Yellow Line, as well as by AC Transit buses on the surface.

Oakland City Center/12th Street station opened in 1972 as part of the first section of BART. In 1980–1986, the KE Track project added the third track to the station. From 1992 to 2002, and 2004 to 2010, it was the timed transfer point between northbound trains. Tempo bus rapid transit service began in 2020.

Station layout

The Oakland City Center entrance to the station Oakland City Center entrance to 12th Street station, November 2017.jpg
The Oakland City Center entrance to the station

The station has three underground levels. The first level is a concourse with ticket machines and faregates. An island platform and two main tracks (C1 and CX) for northbound trains (bound for Richmond and Antioch) are on the second level. A side platform with one track (C2) for southbound trains (bound for Berryessa/​North San José or San Francisco) is on the third level. [4] [5] The station has red brickwork, contrasting with the blue of nearby 19th Street Oakland station. [6]

The station has eight public entrances: two at 12th Street, three at 13th Street, and two at 14th Street (including one from Frank H. Ogawa Plaza), plus one from the belowground plaza of Oakland City Center near 13th Street. Surface elevators are located at the Ogawa Plaza entrance and at the southwest 12th Street entrance, while the platform elevator is at the south end of the station. [4] A currently unused passage leads directly to the Central Building at the north end of the station. [7] [8]

StreetEntrances/exits, Tempo station
MezzanineFaregates, ticket machines, Oakland City Center & Central Building entrances/exits
Upper
platform
Northbound
(Platform 3)
  Y   Yellow Line toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point (19th Street Oakland)
Island platform
Northbound
(Platform 1)
  O   Orange Line toward Richmond (19th Street Oakland)
  R   Red Line toward Richmond (19th Street Oakland)
Lower
platform
Side platform
Southbound
(Platform 2)
  O   Orange Line toward Berryessa/​North San José (Lake Merritt)
  R   Red Line toward SFO via Millbrae (West Oakland)
  Y   Yellow Line toward SFO or Millbrae (West Oakland)

History

The disused Central Building entrance/exit Former entrance to Central Building at 12th Street station, March 2018.JPG
The disused Central Building entrance/exit
Map of the KE Track project KE Track project map, 1982.jpg
Map of the KE Track project

Oakland City Center/12th Street station, along with 19th Street Oakland and Daly City stations, was designed by Gerard McCue and Associates. [9] By 1967, owners of three Oakland buildings were considering paying for private entrances from the station mezzanine. [10] Only one was actually constructed: an entrance from the Central Building (1400 Broadway) was approved in February 1968. [7]

The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the first section of BART to open; service was extended to Richmond the next year. Service to Concord was added on May 21, 1973, and extended to San Francisco through the Transbay Tube on September 16, 1974. Richmond–San Francisco service was added on April 19, 1976. [2]

The station initially had one side platform on each level, with one track on the east side of each platform. The KE Track project, begun in 1980 and completed on March 17, 1986, converted the upper platform to an island platform with a new west track (Track CX). [11] [5] The new track was originally used for peak hour service (southbound towards San Francisco in the morning, and northbound in the evening). [12]

Schedule changes on June 22, 1992, introduced timed transfers between Richmond–Fremont line and Concord–Daly City line trains. Oakland City Center/12th Street was the transfer point between northbound (Richmond-bound and Concord-bound) trains, while MacArthur station was the transfer point between southbound trains. [13] [2] :35 Timed transfers were discontinued in 2002, but resumed on February 9, 2004. [14] Four of the six entrances were closed from April 13, 2020, to June 12, 2021, due to low ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic. [15]

The station was renamed to 12th Street Oakland City Center around 2008. [16] [17] [18] On September 13, 2010, the northbound transfer location was changed to 19th Street Oakland station. [19] Sunday-only service to the station on the Dublin/Pleasanton line was operated from February 11, 2019, to February 10, 2020, due to construction work in the Transbay Tube. [20] [21]

Construction of the Oakland–San Leandro East Bay Bus Rapid Transit line (later branded Tempo) began in August 2016. [22] Tempo route 1T service began on August 9, 2020, with surface stations at 14th Street and City Center. [23]

Bus connections

A route 1T bus at City Center station Tempo bus arriving at City Center NB station, August 2020.JPG
A route 1T bus at City Center station

Downtown Oakland is a major transfer point for AC Transit buses, which stop at various locations on Broadway and cross streets near the station: [24]

Route 1T stops at dedicated platforms at two locations: 14th Street on Broadway at the north end of the station, and City Center just east of Broadway on 12th Street (northbound) and 11th Street (southbound) at the south end of the station. [24]

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