West Oakland station

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West Oakland
BART train at West Oakland station, December 2018.JPG
A train at West Oakland station in December 2018
General information
Location1451 7th Street
Oakland, California
Coordinates 37°48′18″N122°17′42″W / 37.8049°N 122.2951°W / 37.8049; -122.2951
Line(s) BART M-Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking156 spaces
Bicycle facilities Racks, 42 shared lockers, 8 keyed reserved lockers, Bay Wheels station
AccessibleYes
ArchitectKitchen & Hunt [1]
History
OpenedSeptember 16, 1974 (1974-09-16)
Previous namesOakland West (1974–1987)
Passengers
20243,582 (weekday average) [2]
Services
Preceding station Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Embarcadero
toward Daly City
Blue Line Lake Merritt
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
Green Line Lake Merritt
toward Berryessa/​North San José
Embarcadero
toward Millbrae
Red Line 12th Street Oakland City Center
toward Richmond
Embarcadero
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
Yellow Line 12th Street Oakland City Center
toward Antioch via  Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
West Oakland station

West Oakland station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California. It has two elevated side platforms and is located near the eastern end of the Transbay Tube. All main BART lines except the Orange Line stop at the station. The Oakland Wye is located to the east of the station.

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History

West Oakland station in 2018 West Oakland station from parking lot, April 2018.JPG
West Oakland station in 2018

By August 1965, the city of Oakland desired to call the planned station Oakland West. [3] BART approved the name that December. [4] The station opened on September 16, 1974 – the last station of the initial BART system to open – with the beginning of service through the Transbay Tube. [5] The name "Oakland West" was contrary to the actual neighborhood name of "West Oakland". The efforts of neighborhood activists led BART to correct the name to West Oakland around 1987. [6] [7] [8]

In 1990, West Oakland was proposed as a station for the Capitols service to replace the damaged 16th Street station. [9] It was again proposed in 1992 as an intermodal station including Amtrak and buses as part of the replacement of the Cypress Street Viaduct. [10] Seismic retrofitting of the station took place in 2009–2011. [11] [12] West Oakland was the first BART station to be retrofitted with new fare gates intended to reduce fare evasion. Installation of the new gates took place in December 2023. [13] [14]

In February 2019, the city approved plans for a transit-oriented development (TOD) project to replace parking lots surrounding the station. [15] The BART Board of Directors approved the plans in June 2020. [16] The development is to be mixed-use with 762 housing units, 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) of retail, and 382,460 square feet (35,532 m2) of office space. [15] The private developer lost the property in foreclosure in October 2023. [17] As of 2024, BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow TOD on a separate parcel isolated from the main development. That second phase would not begin until at least the mid-2030s. [18]


Bus connections

The station has a busway on its south side, which serves AC Transit bus routes 14, 29, 36, and 62. Bus stops on 7th Street on the north side of the station serve AC Transit routes 29, 62, and 800, as well as Flixbus, Greyhound, and Megabus intercity bus service. [19]

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  11. ↑ "Earthquake Safety Program Construction Updates (archive)". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2009.
  12. ↑ "Earthquake safety work underway at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 11, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Installation work to begin week of December 11th on next generation fare gates at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. December 5, 2023.
  14. ↑ "BART unveils new fare gates at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. December 28, 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) - West Oakland". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024.
  16. ↑ "BART approves plan for new mixed-use development at West Oakland Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 11, 2020.
  17. ↑ Li, Roland; Swan, Rachel (October 11, 2023). "1,032 apartments approved next to West Oakland BART in doubt after foreclosure". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
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  19. ↑ "Transit Stops: West Oakland Station". Metropolitan Transportation Commission. July 18, 2023.

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