Union City station explained

Union City
Style:BART
Address:10 Union Square
Borough:Union City, California
Coordinates:37.5907°N -122.0173°W
Line:BART A-Line
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 side platforms
Parking:1,197 spaces[1]
Bicycle:20 BikeLink lockers
Accessible:Yes
Architect:Kitchen & Hunt[2]
Opened:September 11, 1972
Rebuilt:February 12, 2014
Other Services Header:Proposed services (2030)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Union City station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Union City, California. The station sits near Decoto Road east of Alvarado-Niles Road, directly behind the James Logan High School campus. The station is served by the Orange and Green lines. Local bus service is provided by Union City Transit and AC Transit.

History

The BART Board approved the name "Union City" in December 1965.[3] Service at the station began on September 11, 1972. 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 Union City, were completed in the months following the opening.[4] [5] The fare lobby features tile mosaics designed by Jean Varda and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas.[6] The station was not originally served by buses.[7] "The Flea" (now Union City Transit) began operating in Union City in 1974.[8] AC Transit service was expanded to Fremont in November 1974, and to Newark that December, with some routes serving Union City station.[9] [10] AC Transit began operating service between Union City station and Palo Alto station over the Dumbarton Bridge – later branded Dumbarton Express – on September 10, 1984.[11] [12]

As built, the station only had access from Union Way. In 2008, construction started on a reconfiguration of the parking lots, which included a new station roadway connecting to Decoto Road. The work was intended to improve access to the station, particularly from new development on the east side of the tracks.[13] A commuter rail platform for existing Capitol Corridor service and the proposed Dumbarton Rail Corridor was also proposed in 2008.[14] [15] [16] (Later plans have called for the Capitol Corridor to be rerouted over the Coast Line to the west, which would not permit a Union City stop).[17] The parking lot and roadway work was completed in March 2012, with buses using new stops adjacent to the station entrance.[18]

The next round of changes to the station were made in anticipation of a future entrance on the east side of the station.[19] This would allow direct access from transit-oriented development (TOD) of former industrial sites east of the station. A expanded ground-level fare lobby with provisions for future pedestrian pass-through outside the paid area was completed in 2017.[20] That year, the California Public Utilities Commission approved plans for an at-grade pedestrian crossing of the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision in lieu of a more expensive grade-separated crossing. Construction work on Phase 2A, which added two new escalators to the east (northbound) BART platform, took place from 2019 to December 2022.[21] [22], construction on the pedestrian crossing is expected to be complete by 2025.[23], BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for TOD to replace existing surface parking lots at the station.[24]

Some Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) services are planned to be expanded to Union City, with a new platform on the Oakland Subdivision adjacent to the BART station.[25] Three daily ACE round-trips are proposed to serve the station by 2030: two Union City–Merced round trips and one Union City–Natomas round trip.[26] [27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Union City Station . Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) . 2013-12-04.
  2. 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.
  3. News: Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay . Oakland Tribune . December 10, 1965 . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  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. How BART got ART . Eichler Network . Dave . Weinstein . CA-Modern . 6.
  7. News: BART Banks First Fares . H.W. . Kusserow . The San Francisco Examiner . September 15, 1972 . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: The Union City Flea flits about the town . The Argus . October 17, 1974 . Jane . Abbott . Karen . Holzmeister . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  9. Book: History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960 . 74–77 . Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) . July 17, 1978.
  10. News: 8,000 riders flock to use Fremont's bus system . The Argus . November 20, 1974 . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: September 10, 2010 . Authorize the Interim General Manager to Enter Into a Further Nine Month Extension of the Dumbarton Bridge Express Service Cooperative Agreement to June 30, 2011 . Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.
  12. News: Buses to cross bridge . Steve . Taylor . The Peninsula Times Tribune . September 5, 1984 . B1, B3 . Newspapers.com.
  13. Union City Station construction to relocate parking and bus stops . April 18, 2008 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  14. Web site: Intermodal Station District . City of Union City, California . 2008-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080827175042/http://www.unioncity.org/commdev/redev_intermodal.htm . 2008-08-27 .
  15. Trains Magazine . BART builds solar-powered rail station . February 2008 . 68 . 2 . 23 . 0041-0934 .
  16. Web site: Summary of the Dumbarton Rail Corridor Project Study Report . May 2004 . 18 March 2016 . San Mateo County Transit Authority . https://web.archive.org/web/20160318141356/http://www.smcta.com/Assets/Dumbarton%2BRail%2BCorridor/documentation/DRC_PSR_Summary.pdf . 18 March 2016 . live . 3;18 .
  17. Web site: Capitol Corridor Intercity Passenger Rail Service Business Plan Update FY 2020–21 – 2021–22 . Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority . 8 June 2020.
  18. Union City Station intermodal area fully open . March 5, 2012 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  19. Web site: Annual Program Compliance Report: Reporting Fiscal Year 2018-2019 . City of Union City . July 30, 2020.
  20. Union City Station transit-oriented development project hits a milestone . May 9, 2017 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  21. Web site: BART Safety, Reliability, and Traffic Relief Program (Measure RR) Update . 18 . December 20, 2019 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  22. Web site: BART Safety, Reliability, and Traffic Relief Program (Measure RR) Update . 13–24 . December 18, 2020 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  23. Web site: At-Grade Pedestrian Crossing at BART Station & Closure of "I" Street at 12th Street Presentation . City of Union City . October 18, 2023 . Farooq . Azim.
  24. Book: BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update . 16 . March 2024 . San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
  25. Web site: Union City ACE/BART Rail-to-Rail Hub Station: Project Overview and Update . June 2022 . San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission.
  26. Krause . Daniel . Mangonon . Anthony . Deliverable 3.1.3 (Initial Service and Operations Planning Analysis) . Wordpress . AECOM . 21 December 2023 . June 1, 2022.
  27. News: Union City on track to become regional transit hub by 2030 . 22 December 2023 . East Bay Echo . December 12, 2023.

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