San Leandro station explained

San Leandro
Style:BART
Address:1401 San Leandro Boulevard
Borough:San Leandro, California
Coordinates:37.7218°N -122.1607°W
Line:BART A-Line
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Parking:1,224 spaces
Bicycle:28 lockers
Accessible:Yes
Architect:Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
Opened:September 11, 1972
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

San Leandro station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located off Davis Street (Route 61/122) in downtown San Leandro, California. The station has two elevated side platforms, with the faregates at ground level. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines.

History

The BART Board approved the name "San Leandro" in December 1965.[2] The station opened on September 11, 1972 – part of the first BART line. 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 San Leandro, were completed in the months following the opening.[3] [4]

Construction of transit-oriented development (TOD) to replace one of the surface parking lots at the station began in late 2014.[5] The project, which included 200 residential units and of commercial space, was completed in two phases in 2017 and 2019.[6] [7], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the remaining parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.

Bus connections

Like most BART stations, San Leandro station is served by AC Transit local buses, municipal circulators, and medical shuttles:

North Loop, South Loop

San Leandro Medical Center shuttleA busway is located on the east side of the station.[8] A five-month project to renovate the busway for Tempo bus rapid transit service began in August 2019.[9]

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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. News: Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay . Oakland Tribune . December 10, 1965 . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations . Oakland Tribune . September 10, 1972 . 36 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Four BART Lines Make The System . The Independent . February 26, 1973 . 30 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Parking changes at San Leandro Station . November 5, 2014 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  6. Web site: Completed TOD projects . https://web.archive.org/web/20240430010340/https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed . April 30, 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  7. Book: BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update . March 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  8. Web site: Transit Stops: San Leandro Station . Metropolitan Transit Commission . December 3, 2019.
  9. AC Transit begins work on Bus Rapid Transit modifications at San Leandro Station. https://web.archive.org/web/20190904090130/https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190830 . September 4, 2019 . August 30, 2019 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District .