Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station

Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station serving the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village in Contra Costa Centre, California, just north of Walnut Creek and just east of Pleasant Hill.

Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre
The station viewed from the parking garage in 2018
Location1365 Treat Boulevard
Walnut Creek, California
Coordinates37.928399°N 122.055992°W / 37.928399; -122.055992
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections AC Transit: 702
County Connection: 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18, 311, 316
FAST: Blue
Construction
Parking3011 spaces
Bicycle facilities90 lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973[1]
Passengers
20207,499 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Walnut Creek
toward San Francisco International Airport
 Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae Concord
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

History
Pleasant Hill station under construction in 1970

Service at Pleasant Hill station began on May 21, 1973.[1]

A second parking garage opened at the station on June 30, 2008.[3] The former surface parking lot was converted into the Contra Costa Centre transit village. On September 23, 2010, the BART Board voted to change the station name to Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre.[4] The name change was supported by the transit village developer and the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, but opposed by the city of Pleasant Hill.[5][6] The Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency and the developer paid the $413,800 cost of changing station signage and system maps.[6]

An improved access path to the station better connecting it with the Iron Horse Regional Trail was proposed before the Walnut Creek city council on July 15, 2008.[7] The proposal gained support from BART and the local cycling organization.[7] A bridge over Treat Boulevard carrying the Iron Horse Regional Trail was completed on October 2, 2010.[8] The bridge cost $12 million.[9]

Bus connections
County Connection bus at the station

Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre is a transfer point for a number of County Connection local routes:[10]

  • Weekday: 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18
  • Weekend: 311, 316

The station is also served by several longer-distance routes: FAST Solano Express Blue Line and AC Transit Early Bird Express route 702.[10]

All buses stop on a two-way busway on the southwest side of the station.[10]

References
  1. "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
  3. "New Garage at Pleasant Hill Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 20, 2008.
  4. "Board of Directors: Minutes of the 1,608th Meeting: September 23, 2010" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 23, 2010. p. 3.
  5. "A Resolution of the City Council of Pleasant Hill Opposing Contra Costa County's Proposal to Rename the Pleasant Hill BART Station". City of Pleasant Hill. October 4, 2010.
  6. White, Lisa P. (September 22, 2010). "Pleasant Hill BART station now 'Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre". East Bay Times.
  7. Pleasant Hill BART Station bike/pedestrian shortcut considered, BART News, July 8, 2008, accessed August 18, 2008
  8. East Bay Bicycle Coalition (25 September 2010). "Time to Celebrate! Bike/Ped Bridge over Treat Blvd Opens October 2". East Bay Bicycle Coalition. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  9. Hambrick, Ken (Guest Commentary) (21 August 2010). "Your Turn: Treat Boulevard bridge to nowhere exposes what is wrong with redevelopment". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  10. "Transit Stops: Pleasant Hill Station Area" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 25, 2019.
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