Union City station

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Union City station platforms, July 2017.JPG
Union City station platforms in 2017
General information
Location10 Union Square
Union City, California
Coordinates 37°35′27″N122°01′02″W / 37.590746°N 122.017282°W / 37.590746; -122.017282
Line(s) BART A-Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking1,197 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities20 BikeLink lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectKitchen & Hunt [2]
History
OpenedSeptember 11, 1972
RebuiltFebruary 12, 2014
Passengers
20241,767 (weekday average) [3]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
South Hayward
toward Daly City
Green Line Fremont
toward Berryessa/​North San José
South Hayward
toward Richmond
Orange Line
Proposed services (2030)
Preceding station Altamont Corridor Express Following station
Terminus Union City – Merced Pleasanton
toward Merced
Location
Union City station

Union City station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Union City, California. The station sits near Decoto Road east of Alvarado-Niles Road, directly behind the James Logan High School campus. The station is served by the Orange and Green lines. Local bus service is provided by Union City Transit and AC Transit.

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History

Main entrance and bus bays in 2013 Union City BART Station.jpg
Main entrance and bus bays in 2013

The BART Board approved the name "Union City" in December 1965. [4] Service at the station began on September 11, 1972. [5] Due to a national strike that year by elevator constructors, elevator construction on the early stations was delayed. Elevators at most of the initial stations, including Union City, were completed in the months following the opening. [6] [7] The fare lobby features tile mosaics designed by Jean Varda and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas. [8] The station was not originally served by buses. [9] "The Flea" (now Union City Transit) began operating in Union City in 1974. [10] AC Transit service was expanded to Fremont in November 1974, and to Newark that December, with some routes serving Union City station. [11] [12] AC Transit began operating service between Union City station and Palo Alto station over the Dumbarton Bridge – later branded Dumbarton Express – on September 10, 1984. [13] [14]

As built, the station only had access from Union Way. In 2008, construction started on a reconfiguration of the parking lots, which included a new station roadway connecting to Decoto Road. The work was intended to improve access to the station, particularly from new development on the east side of the tracks. [15] A commuter rail platform for existing Capitol Corridor service and the proposed Dumbarton Rail Corridor was also proposed in 2008. [16] [17] [18] (Later plans have called for the Capitol Corridor to be rerouted over the Coast Line to the west, which would not permit a Union City stop). [19] The parking lot and roadway work was completed in March 2012, with buses using new stops adjacent to the station entrance. [20]

The next round of changes to the station were made in anticipation of a future entrance on the east side of the station. [21] A expanded ground-level fare lobby with provisions for future pedestrian pass-through outside the paid area was completed in 2017. [22] That year, the California Public Utilities Commission approved plans for an at-grade pedestrian crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision in lieu of a more expensive grade-separated crossing. [23] Construction work on Phase 2A, which added two new escalators to the east (northbound) BART platform, took place from 2019 to December 2022. [24] [25] [23] As of October 2023, construction on the pedestrian crossing is expected to be complete by 2025. [23]

Some Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) services are planned to be expanded to Union City, with a new platform on the Oakland Subdivision adjacent to the BART station. [26] [27] Three daily ACE round-trips are proposed to serve the station by 2030: two Union City–Merced round trips and one Union City–Natomas round trip. [27] [28] [26]

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