Pittsburg/Bay Point station explained

Pittsburg/Bay Point
Style:BART
Address:1700 West Leland Road
Borough:Pittsburg, California
Line:BART C-Line, BART E-Line
Structure:At grade
Platform:2 sequential island platforms
Tracks:2 (BART mainline)
1 (eBART)
Parking:1,992 spaces
Bicycle:20 lockers
Accessible:Yes
Architect:Gannett Fleming
Finger and Moy Architects[1]
Map State:collapsed
Map Name:Track layout
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Pittsburg/Bay Point station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Pittsburg, California, United States, adjacent to the community of Bay Point. It serves northern and eastern Contra Costa County, as well as the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area. Passengers transfer between the light and heavy rail portions of the at a dedicated transfer platform east of the main station.

History

The station was called West Pittsburg during planning. The name was changed to Pittsburg/Bay Point on January 14, 1994, while the station was under construction. It opened on December 7, 1996.

BART began service on the eBART line between Pittsburg/Bay Point and Antioch station on May 26, 2018. Unlike the rest of the BART system, the eBART extension uses small self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcars, thus requiring a passenger transfer between the two different trains. A second island platform (with one track for eBART and one for conventional BART trains) was constructed to the east of the original Pittsburg/Bay Point platform, providing a cross-platform transfer for passengers transferring at the station. The transfer platform does not have street access, so eBART passengers exiting at Pittsburg/Bay Point must ride a mainline BART train connecting the two platforms.

A 2018 study recommended a footbridge to the north side of the tracks — either from the fare lobby or the parking lot — to improve access from nearby residential areas. A ramp to supplement the often-broken elevator from parking lot to fare lobby was also recommended. An entrance from Bailey Road at the east end of the platform was deemed infeasible.[2], BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking at the station.[3]

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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. Book: CDM Smith . North Concord to Antioch BART Access Study . February 2018 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District . 25, B-17, B-18, D-2. (Appendices)
  3. Book: BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update . 16 . March 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.