The BART Board approved the name "San Leandro" in December 1965.[4] The station opened on September 11, 1972 – part of the first BART line.[2] Due to a national strike that year by elevator constructors, elevator construction on the early stations was delayed. Elevators at most of the initial stations, including San Leandro, were completed in the months following the opening.[5][6]
Construction of transit-oriented development (TOD) to replace one of the surface parking lots at the station began in late 2014.[7] The project, which included 200 residential units and 6,000 square feet (560 m2) of commercial space, was completed in two phases in 2017 and 2019.[8][9]: 7 As of 2024[update], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the remaining parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.[9]: 17
Bus connections
Tempo bus at San Leandro station in 2020
Like most BART stations, San Leandro station is served by AC Transit local buses, municipal circulators, and medical shuttles:[10]
A busway is located on the east side of the station.[10] A five-month project to renovate the busway for Tempobus rapid transit service began in August 2019.[11]
^Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC85623396.
