Rockridge (BART station)
Rockridge BART Station, main entrance | |||||||||||
Location |
5660 College Avenue Oakland, California 94618 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Bay Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||
Line(s) | |||||||||||
Platforms | 1 Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 21, 1973 | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (FY 2013) | 5,933 exits/day[2] 5.9% | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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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] following the completion of the Berkeley Hills Tunnel, which connects it to Orinda Station. This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin.[4]
Station layout
P Platform level |
Southbound | ← Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae toward San Francisco International Airport weekdays, Millbrae weekends (MacArthur) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Northbound | → Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (Orinda) → | |
M | Mezzanine | One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent |
G | Street Level | Exits/Entrances |
Gallery
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Memorial mural at Rockridge BART commemorating the Oakland hills fire of October 1991
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New signage on the concourse level part of system renovation and upgrades.
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View looking in the San Francisco-bound direction (east), along the Grove Shafter freeway (California State Route 24). The silhouettes of the San Francisco skyline and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge are visible in the background.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.bart.gov/stations/rock/index.aspx#parking
- ↑ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ↑ BART History
- ↑ Bay Area Rapid Transit District Biography, BART.gov, retrieved January 23, 2008
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rockridge BART station. |
Coordinates: 37°50′40″N 122°15′07″W / 37.844452°N 122.252083°W
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