Pittsburg Center station explained

Pittsburg Center
Style:BART
Address:2099 Railroad Avenue
Borough:Pittsburg, California
Owned:San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line:BART E-Line (eBART)
Structure:Trench cut
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections: Tri Delta Transit: 380, 381, 391[1]
Parking:262 spaces[2]
Bicycle:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Pittsburg Center station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the .[3] It is located at the Railroad Avenue overpass of Highway 4 in Pittsburg, California and serves the downtown area of about 1miles away via connecting buses provided by Tri Delta Transit. There is no reserved parking available at this station.

History

Construction of the station was uncertain at the time of eBART's approval due to lack of available funds. The station was originally known as Railroad Avenue during planning.[4] The city later chose Pittsburg Civic Center, which BART rejected because of its similarity to Civic Center/UN Plaza station. In January 2015, the city accepted BART's proposal of Pittsburg Center.[5]

Funding for the station was secured in early 2015 and was estimated at $11.9 million (equivalent to $ million in). Construction commenced on July 27, 2015,[6] and was opened with the rest of the line on May 26, 2018.[7]

, Pittsburg Center was the least-used station on the BART system, with daily boardings., BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow transit-oriented development on the surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 . System Map . January 5, 2023 . Tri Delta Transit . en.
  2. News: Coetsee . Rowena . January 5, 2018 . Signups for reserved eBART parking in Antioch start Jan. 16 . East Bay Times . January 7, 2018.
  3. Web site: 2010 . East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART) . April 2, 2013 . BART.
  4. Book: PBS&J . East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART) Draft Environmental Impact Report . September 2008 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  5. News: April 9, 2015 . Pittsburg BART station name back in council's hands . East Bay Times .
  6. Web site: July 17, 2015 . Pittsburg Center BART Station Groundbreaking . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144032/http://4eastcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Pittsburg-Center-Station-Groundbreaking-Invite.pdf . June 12, 2018 . April 21, 2016 . BART and Contra Costa Transportation Authority.
  7. News: Gartrell . Nate . January 22, 2015 . Pittsburg secures last piece of funding for eBART, expect new station in 2018 . . Digital First Media . April 21, 2016.
  8. Book: BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update . 17 . March 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.