Richmond Station (California)

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Richmond Station Rapid transit (BART) Commuter rail (Capitol Corridor)
The remodeled station entry under construction in December 2006.
Station statistics
Address	1700 Nevin Way Richmond, CA 94801
Lines	BART Richmond – Fremont Richmond – Millbrae Amtrak Capitol Corridor San Joaquins
Connections	AC Transit routes 70, 71, 72M, 74, 76, 376, 800 (All Nighter) Golden Gate Transit route 42 Richmond Medical Center route BART-Kaiser Shuttle
Platforms	Island
Parking	Monthly Reserved, Daily (free), Extended Weekend and Long Term (BART) limited to 24 Hours (Amtrak)
Bicycle facilities	Two Lockers
Other information
Opened	January 29, 1973
Accessible
Code	RIC (Amtrak)
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit, Amtrak
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2007)	3,257 exits/day[1] ▲ 0.18% (BART)
Passengers (2006)	238,893 ▲ 7.1% (Amtrak)

"Richmond Station (Amtrak)" and "Richmond (BART station)" redirect here. For other places, see Richmond Station.

Richmond Station is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit and Amtrak station located in Richmond, California. Each system is served by an island platform. The Capitol Corridor stops here, providing connections to BART. The San Joaquins, another Amtrak route, also has a stop at this station. The station is currently being completely rebuilt. The Richmond Transit Village is adjacent; directly north of the station is a BART rail yard. Richmond serves as the northern terminus for the Richmond Line with the Richmond - Millbrae Line which operates Monday-Saturday during the daytime (although the line does not travel south of Daly City on Saturdays) and the Richmond - Fremont Line which operates at all times during regular BART service.

BART service at this station began on January 29, 1973.[1]

The station is served by two bus agencies. AC Transit provides a variety of local and regional service. Buses connect the station to various locations such as Contra Costa College, Hilltop Mall, El Cerrito del Norte BART Station, which is a regional bus hub with connecting services to the North Bay, and Richmond Parkway Transit Center. Routes 70, 71, 72M, 74, and 76 provide a mixture or local intra-city service and also feeder service into the BART and Amtrak systems. They link to Richmond neighborhoods and neighboring communities of Marina Bay, Belding Woods, Point Richmond, Atchison Village, Hilltop, El Sobrante, El Cerrito, East Richmond, North Richmond, Rollingwood, and Pinole. Routes 376 and 800 both provide late night service. The former is a late night circulator combing the most popular portions of the local lines running until 2 AM while the 800 runs a route which emulates the BART's Richmond-Daly City line between Richmond and downtown San Francisco during the hours that BART is closed. It is the main route in the All Nighter regional Bay Area network. Route 42 is a link between the Golden Gate Transit service area in Marin County and the AC Transit area in Contra Costa County, the line connects San Rafael Transit Center a major GGT hub in San Rafael with Richmond and El Cerrito del Norte BART stations.

[edit] See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

[edit] References

1. ^ Yearly Exits, BART Station Profiles

[edit] External links

• BART - Richmond Station Overview
• Capitol Corridor - Richmond Station Page
• Amtrak Station Information Page

• Richmond Station (California) is at coordinates 37°56′13″N 122°21′11″W / 37.936811, -122.353095 (Richmond Station (California))Coordinates: 37°56′13″N 122°21′11″W / 37.936811, -122.353095 (Richmond Station (California))