| MacArthur BART rapid transit station |
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| Address | 555 40th Street Oakland, CA 94609 |
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| Connections | AC Transit Emery Go-Round |
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 602 spaces | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 40 lockers | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 11, 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | BART | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clipper | Accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (FY 2010) | 7,596 riders per day 2% (BART) | |||||||||||||||||||
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MacArthur is a rapid transit station on three lines of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system in Oakland, California. It is the largest station in the BART system, being the only one with four platform tracks in regular use.
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MacArthur station is in north Oakland, in the median of Route 24 just north of its interchange with Interstate 580 and perpendicular to 40th Street. The surrounding area is mostly low-density residential, making MacArthur station a commuting hub.[1]
Because of MacArthur's importance as an interchange and its location in the center of the East Bay, BART has conducted a number of feasibility studies about the prospects of creating transit-oriented development around the station. These studies have resulted in a plan for the "MacArthur Transit Village," a mixed-use development on the eastern side of Route 24 bounded by 40th Street, Telegraph Avenue, and West MacArthur Boulevard.[2] The current plan calls for 624 residential units as well as 42,500 square feet of retail space. In May 2011, the groundbreaking was held, and construction of a new 450-space parking garage for BART started, marking the start of construction of the long waited project. The redevelopment is fervently supported by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board member, Lynette Sweet.[3]
Connecting transit at MacArthur BART includes: line 31 to alameda point(no service to macarthur bart on weekends, 31 terminates at downtown oakland) line 57 To foothill square, or San Pablo and 40th. MacArthur bart is also serviced by the kaiser and Oaklands childrens hospital shuttle, and the Emery go round free shuttle to Emeryville. Emery Go round provides 2 primary shuttles 'Powell' and 'Hollis', and a rush hour only shuttle called the Watergate express
MacArthur station opened on September 11, 1972, as the north end of the inaugural BART line, which ran to Fremont, still the system's southern-most end. Upon the opening of the Transbay Tube the station began to serve cross-Bay trains to downtown San Francisco.
MacArthur station is unique in the BART system in that it was built with cross-platform interchanges in mind. There are two island platforms and four tracks; the outer tracks serve all trains to and from Richmond, while the inner tracks serve the Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO Line; at times Richmond-Millbrae Line trains also use the center tracks. Connections between the lines are timed for southbound travellers, while not so for northbound ones, as a transfer already exists further south at 19th Street/Oakland.
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