West Dublin/Pleasanton station

West Dublin/Pleasanton is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on the Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City line, located in the median of I-580 on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton in the northwestern Amador Valley. It was an infill station and opened on February 19, 2011 - fourteen years after the rest of the line.

West Dublin / Pleasanton
The station on the second day of service in 2011
Location	6501 Golden Gate Drive Dublin, California
Coordinates	37.699726°N 121.928273°W
Line(s)	BART L-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	WHEELS: 3, 30R, 53, 503
Construction
Parking	1190 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	February 19, 2011
Passengers
2020	3,324 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Castro Valley toward Daly City Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City Dublin/​Pleasanton Terminus
Location

The station has a single island platform located at the level of the highway travel lanes. The fare mezzanine is above the platform and tracks. Pedestrian bridges on both sides of the station connect it to a pair of parking garages and surrounding development.

History

Station construction in May 2009

Original plans in the late 1980s called for a station in West Dublin, with an East Dublin station near the Hacienda Business Park to be added later; however, by the early 1990s the order was reversed, and only Dublin/Pleasanton station opened in 1997.[2] BART began negotiating in April 1998 with LaSalle Partners to construct the West Dublin/Pleasanton station with private funding, and an agreement was signed the next year.[2][3]

Groundbreaking for the station was held on September 29, 2006.[2] The station was originally scheduled to be complete in 2009, but it was delayed due to structural issues with the pedestrian bridges.[4] The $106 million station, which was funded largely by private money and by proceeds of planned transit-oriented development (TOD) on adjacent BART-owned property, opened on February 19, 2011.[5]

Bus connections

Dublin/Pleasanton station is the primary bus terminal for the region; West Dublin/Pleasanton is only served by three WHEELS routes. Route 30R stops at the north parking garage; routes 3 and 53 stop on Stoneridge Mall Road near the south parking garage.[6]

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
2. "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.
3. Cabanatuan, Michael (December 17, 2010). "BART to open West Dublin/Pleasanton Station". San Francisco Chronicle.
4. Louie, Eric (August 10, 2009). "Welding issues could delay new West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station". East Bay Times.
5. "BART riders celebrate grand opening of West Dublin/Pleasanton Station Saturday" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 18, 2011.
6. "Schedules & Fares: West Dublin/Pleasanton Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 2, 2017.

External links

• BART - West Dublin/Pleasanton