El Cerrito del Norte (North Hillock in Spanish) is a BART station located off Cutting Boulevard near San Pablo Avenue and Interstate 80 in El Cerrito, California. The station serves as a regional transit hub for local AC Transit bus services, and for commuter feeder services from Solano, Napa, and Marin Counties in the North Bay plus western Contra Costa County. Opened in 1973, the station is undergoing a renovation expected to be completed in 2019.
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History
The station opened to revenue service on January 29, 1973.
A 2014 study recommending expanding the station paid area, platforms, and vertical logistics (more stairs and elevators within the paid area) to allow more passengers to use the station and decrease dwelling times during congested alighting times. By 2017 the station had more than 9,000 passengrs boarding per weekday, exceeding its design capacity. BART approved contracts to begin station expansion that year, with an expected completion in 2019.
This station features large parking areas throughout, including surface parking and a four-story parking garage on the east side. There are also reserved bicycle lockers and open air racks available. There is a kiss and ride and taxi zone on the east side of the station. This plan determined that parking should be placed closer to the freeway to reduce traffic and that the impact of the large number of buses and area needed for them had to be mitigated in some manner.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District developed a station improvement plan in 2004 to create a transit village in the surrounding area. The city of El Cerrito is additionally planning and searching for funds to develop the area around the station as a transit oriented development (TOD) similar to other transit villages, with the reservation that the development must be appropriately scaled. Apartment complexes are to be constructed on a former parking area in 2017.
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Platforms and tracks
Bus connections
El Cerrito del Norte station serves as the primary northern bus terminal for the Richmond branch due to its proximity to I-80 (compared to the Richmond BART station). As of 2017, there are 29 bus bays that serve six bus agencies for fixed route service and various paratransit and dial-a-ride shuttles. The bus bays are predominantly located on the west side of the station.
AC Transit provides local and limited-stop service, plus two commuter routes serving San Francisco:
- Local: 7, 72, 72M, 72R, 76, 376
- All Nighter: 800
- School routes: 667, 668, 675, 684
- Transbay routes (on San Pablo Avenue): L, LC
Five operators provide commuter-oriented express service from western Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, and Solano County:
- FAST SolanoExpress: 90
- Golden Gate Transit: 40, 40X
- Napa VINE: 29
- SolTrans SolanoExpress: 80, 82
- WestCAT: JL, JPX, JR, JX (formerly BART-operated express routes)
See also
- List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations
References
External links
- BART - El Cerrito del Norte Station
Source of article : Wikipedia
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