Concord station (BART)

Concord
A northbound train leaving Concord station in February 2020
General information
Location	1451 Oakland Avenue Concord, California
Coordinates	37°58′25″N122°01′45″W / 37.973745°N 122.029127°W / 37.973745; -122.029127
Line(s)	BART C-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Concord Pavilion Shuttle County Connection: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260, 310, 311, 314, 315, 320, 715 Tri Delta Transit: 201X
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	2,367 spaces
Bicycle facilities	40 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby Joseph Esherick & Associates [1]
Other information
Station code	BART: CONC
History
Opened	May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21) [2]
Passengers
2024	2,527 (weekday average) [3]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre toward SFO or Millbrae Yellow Line North Concord/​Martinez toward Antioch via  Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

Concord station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Concord, California. The station is located between the downtown business district to the west and residential neighborhoods to the east. Concord station has a single elevated island platform and is served by the Yellow Line.

History

The 2020-installed elevator faregate

The BART Board approved the name "Concord" in December 1965. ^[4] The station opened as the eastern terminus station of the BART system on May 21, 1973. ^[2] AC Transit bus service began in Concord on September 8, 1975, with Concord station as a hub. ^[5] The service was taken over by County Connection in 1982. ^[6]

A water feature at the station, installed by Stephen De Staebler in 1971 or 1972, was removed in the 1990s. ^[7] The station remained a terminus until the line was extended to North Concord/Martinez station in December 1995 and to Pittsburg/Bay Point station a year later. ^[2] Seismic retrofitting of the station and parking garage took place in 2009–2010. ^{[8] [9]}

A conceptual design for modernization of the station was released in 2016. The design called for consolidation of the bus platforms, relocation of the platform elevator, a new stairway, and extension of the platform canopy. ^[10] Thirteen BART stations, including Concord, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate in the lobby area of Concord station was installed in October 2020. ^[11]

As of 2024 ^[update] , BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for transit oriented development near the station, with a second phase to later replace surface parking lots. ^[12]

Bus connections

County Connection buses at the station

Concord is a major terminal for County Connection local bus routes:

• Weekday routes: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260
• Weekend routes: 310, 311, 314, 315, 320

The station is also served by Tri Delta Transit route 201X and a special-event shuttle to the Concord Pavilion. ^{[13] [14]} Buses stop on the west side of the station; most routes stop at a two-lane busway north of the station entrance, while several routes stop to the south. ^[15]

Notes

1. 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.
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. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
4. "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960 (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District). July 17, 1978. p. 5.
6. "Will extra miles dim the smiles of genial county service?". The San Francisco Examiner. June 1, 1982. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 2.
8. "Earthquake Safety Program Construction Updates (archive)". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2009.
9. "Earthquake safety construction to begin at Concord Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 12, 2010.
10. "Concord Station Modernization Conceptual Design" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 29, 2016.
11. "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.
12. BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. pp. 16, 17.
13. "Directions". Concord Pavilion.
14. "Going to the Concord Pavilion? Consider carpooling or taking BART". East Bay Times. July 23, 2015.
15. "Transit Stops: Concord Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 24, 2019.

External links

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