Rockridge (BART station)

Rockridge Station
Rapid transit

Rockridge BART Station, main entrance
Station statistics
Address 5660 College Avenue
Oakland, California 94618
Lines
Connections AC Transit: Routes 49, 51A, 51B (local); E* (Transbay); 851 (All Nighter)
*Route stops nearby at Claremont & College Avenue, operates weekday commute periods only
Platforms Island
Parking 903 spaces- Monthly Reserved Permit, Daily ($1/day), Midday (free after 3pm), Extended Weekend (free), carpool, single day reserved, long-term/airport parking[1]
Bicycle facilities 56 lockers
Other information
Opened May 21, 1973
Accessible
Owned by Bay Area Rapid Transit
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2010) 5,120 exits/day[2]  3.83%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae

Rockridge is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in the Rockridge District of Oakland, California.

The station has an island platform in the center median of State Route 24 at College Avenue west of the Caldecott Tunnel. Service at this station began on May 21, 1973.[3] This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin.[4]

Rockridge BART is in the heart of the Rockridge district of Oakland. Rockridge is home to many shops and restaurants along its corridor. Rockridge BART is near Claremont and College Avenue. Sitting between Keith and Miles Street, Rockridge is the last BART station before leaving to the other side of the Berkeley Hills and the first BART station in the greater East Bay. Rockridge BART features 3 bus lines: A/C Transit No. 49 is a two-way loop bus route serving Claremont, downtown Berkeley, Dwight, 9th and Ashby in the counter-clockwise direction; and serving Ashby, 9th, Dwight, Shattuck and Fulton Street in its clockwise direction. The 51B will runs north into downtown Berkeley and the Berkeley Amtrak station, while the 51A runs into Oakland and Broadway down the less utilized portion of College avenue. The station conveniently sits near several grocery stores. Heading east, Rockridge station is the first station served only by the Baypoint/SFO trains. BART runs early morning commute Daly City and Montgomery BART trains through this station.

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References

  1. ^ http://www.bart.gov/stations/rock/index.aspx#parking
  2. ^ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). http://www.bart.gov/docs/WeekdayExits.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2010. 
  3. ^ BART History
  4. ^ Bay Area Rapid Transit District Biography, BART.gov, retrieved January 23, 2008

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