Fremont station (BART) explained

Fremont
Style:BART
Address:2000 Bart Way
Borough:Fremont, California
Coordinates:37.5575°N -121.9766°W
Line:BART A-Line
Structure:Elevated
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: AC Transit: U, 99, 200, 212, 215, 216, 217, 232, 239, 251, 707, 801
Marguerite: AE-F, EB
Parking:2,030 spaces
Bicycle:76 lockers
Accessible:Yes
Architect:Kitchen & Hunt[1]
Opened:September 11, 1972
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Fremont station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the central district of Fremont, California. The station is served by the Orange and Green lines. It was the southern terminus of both lines from September 11, 1972, until March 25, 2017, when Warm Springs/South Fremont station opened.

History

Construction

The BART Board approved the name "Fremont" in December 1965.[2] Service at the station began on September 11, 1972. It cost just over $2 million to build.[3] 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 Fremont, were completed in the months following the opening.[4] [5]

During the first months of revenue service, the Automatic Train Control (ATC) system had safety problems with its design and operation. On October 2, 1972, an ATC failure caused a train to run off the end of the elevated track at the Fremont station and crash to the ground - an incident dubbed the "Fremont Flyer". Four people on board were injured.[6] The incident drew national and international attention, followed a month later by release of the "Post Report" on BART safety by the legislative analyst for the California State Senate.[7] [6] The "Fremont Flyer" train crash led to a comprehensive redesign of the automatic train control system, the firing of the general manager,[8] and the replacement of the board of directors.[9] [10] [11]

Parking and buses

Fremont station was not initially served by connecting buses.[12] The Santa Clara County Transit District – later Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) – bus service began operating Fremont station—San Jose service on June 25, 1973, connecting BART with the South Bay transit system.[13] AC Transit service was expanded to Fremont in November 1974, and to Newark that December, with Fremont station as a hub.[14] [15] Peerless Stages, a private carrier, began operating intercity bus service to the station by 1977.[16]

Fremont station opened with a 700-space parking lot, which quickly proved too small; BART was considering expansion of the lot by late 1973.[17] Public hearings for an expansion took place in early 1975.[18] By mid-1975, the lot typically filled up before 7 am, and riders parked on streets as far as a mile from the station.[19] Some 41% of those parking at the station were from Santa Clara County, outside the BART district, for which Fremont was the nearest station. The expansion plans were slowed by BART board politics about who should pay for such projects.[20] The board ultimately approved the plan to add 361 spaces in November 1975.[21]

The board issued a $590,605 contract in February 1977 and construction began that April.[22] [23] The new lot with 300 spaces opened on June 16, 1977. It was created by filling a water retention lagoon and covering it with gravel.[24] [25] After a year of allowing the fill to settle, paving work began in May 1978.[26] In September 1978, the board awarded a $269,000 contract to create a new east entrance to the station. The work included a 2200square feet expansion of the fare lobby, new faregates, a bus transfer plaza, and a new access road.[27] The paved lot opened in October 29, 1978, leaving the station with 1,000 parking spaces; construction of the new entrance began at that time.[28] The east entrance and the bus plaza opened on April 7, 1980.[29]

In April 1981, BART opened bidding for construction of an additional parking lot off Mowry Avenue on the north side of the station.[30] The interim gravel lot cost $173,000 to construct, plus $216,000 to acquire the land from Caltrans. It opened in March 1982 with approximately 500–600 spaces, increasing total capacity at the station to 1,500–1,600 spaces.[31] [32] Later that year, BART installed canopies at the bus transfer area.[33] [34] The Mowry Avenue lot was expanded and paved in 1986 using UMTA funds.[35] [36] The older lots were reconfigured in 1987 to add 391 spaces, with a final count of 2,374 spaces.[37] [38] The station was renovated in 1997, with the bus plaza expanded.[39]

21st century

Fremont was the southern terminus of East Bay BART service until March 25, 2017, when the line was extended to Warm Springs/South Fremont station.[40] On December 28, 2019. VTA discontinued service to Fremont station as part of a systemwide network modification, which was originally intended be simultaneous with the opening of the BART extension to Berryessa/North San Jose station.[41] However, the BART extension did not open until June 13, 2020, leaving Warm Springs/South Fremont as the only connecting point between the two systems until that time.[42]

, BART anticipates soliciting developer proposals by 2028 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking lots at the station..[43]

Transit connections

A three-lane bus plaza on the east side of Fremont station is a transfer hub for AC Transit buses:[44]

707

801Two Stanford Marguerite Shuttle routes, AE-F and East Bay Express, also terminate at Fremont.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel . An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area . Gibbs Smith . 2007 . 978-1-58685-432-4 . 1st . Layton, UT . 501–502 . en-US . 85623396.
  2. News: Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay . Oakland Tribune . December 10, 1965 . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News Release N-37 . July 7, 1977 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  4. News: Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations . Oakland Tribune . September 10, 1972 . 36 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Four BART Lines Make The System . The Independent . February 26, 1973 . 30 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Transportation: Troubles Beset Transit System in San Francisco Bay Area . The New York Times . December 9, 1972 . March 15, 2017 .
  7. Web site: What is BART, and why are we saying such terrible things about it? . Bill Northwood . KPFA Pacifica Radio . 5 min : 00 sec . November 29, 1972 . March 15, 2017 .
  8. News: B.R. Stokes, ex-BART general manager, dies . San Francisco Chronicle . May 25, 2013 . March 15, 2017 .
  9. Web site: Legislative Analyst's Office 75th anniversary . Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) of the State of California . After the state legislature held a month-long series of hearings on the financial mismanagement at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Alan Post recommended the firing of BART’s general manager. . May 25, 2013 . March 15, 2017 .
  10. Web site: BART historical timeline . BART . March 15, 2017 . November 5, 1974, Nine-member Board of Directors elected to replace 12-member appointed board. .
  11. Web site: BART: Countdown to San Francisco . Bill Wattenburg . Commonwealth Club of California . 28 min : 30 sec . February 15, 1974 . March 15, 2017 .
  12. News: BART Banks First Fares . H.W. . Kusserow . The San Francisco Examiner . September 15, 1972 . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: BART bus link won't serve Alameda County . The Argus . June 23, 1973 . 16 . Newspapers.com.
  14. Book: History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960 . 74–77 . Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) . July 17, 1978.
  15. News: 8,000 riders flock to use Fremont's bus system . The Argus . November 20, 1974 . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: BART proposes redesigning of Fremont station . Bob . Norberg . The Argus . June 8, 1977 . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: More parking at BART station eyed . The Argus . December 5, 1973 . 15 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News Release R-3 . January 17, 1975 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  19. News: Early Bird Parking Only . Oakland Tribune – Southern Alameda County Edition . June 17, 1975 . 15 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: New Delay on BART's Fremont Parking Lot . Harre W. . Demoro . Oakland Tribune – Southern Alameda County Edition . June 17, 1975 . 14 . Newspapers.com.
  21. News: BART Fattening Fremont Parking . Oakland Tribune . November 14, 1975 . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: Snafu Stalls Fremont BART Project . akland Tribune . February 24, 1977 . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  23. Fremont Parking Addition Begins Construction . April 6, 1977 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  24. New Fremont Parking Lot Opens . June 14, 1977 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  25. News: More BART Parking . Oakland Tribune . June 16, 1966 . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  26. Final Construction on BART Fremont Parking Lot to Get Underway . May 3, 1978 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  27. News: BART lot awaits road . Oakland Tribune . October 6, 1978 . 30 . Newspapers.com.
  28. BART's New Fremont Parking Facility to be Dedicated . October 25, 1978 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  29. New Fremont Entrance to be Dedicated . April 1, 1980 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  30. More Parking For Fremont & Union City BART Stations . April 22, 1981 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  31. New Parking Lot At Fremont BART Station . March 18, 1982 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  32. News: BART parking lot to open . Oakland Tribune . March 10, 1982 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  33. Construction to Start on Bus Stop Canopy at the Fremont BART Station . October 20, 1982 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  34. Book: Annual Report 1982/83 Fiscal Year . 1983 . 7 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  35. UMTA Releases $16 Million in Grant Funds to BART . August 24, 1984 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  36. First Phase of Parking Improvement Project at Fremont Station Completed . July 30, 1986 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  37. Book: Annual Report 1986–1987 . 1987 . 4 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  38. Parking Project to Begin at Fremont BART Station . April 14, 1987 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  39. Book: Annual Report Fiscal year 1996/97 . 3 . 1997 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  40. Web site: BART's long-awaited Warm Springs extension to open March 25. Cabanatuan. Michael. March 11, 2017. March 12, 2017. SFGate.
  41. Stacey . Hendler Ross . BART Warm Springs Opening for Service March 25. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . March 22, 2017 .
  42. Ready for Launch! VTA's All New Service December 28, 2019 . Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority . November 20, 2019 . Brandi . Childress.
  43. Book: BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update . 16 . March 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  44. Web site: Transit Stops: Fremont Station . Metropolitan Transportation Commission . July 17, 2020.

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