Concord station (BART)

Concord
Bay Area Rapid Transit
A northbound train leaving Concord station in February 2020
General information
Location1451 Oakland Avenue
Concord, California
Coordinates37°58′25″N 122°01′45″W / 37.973745°N 122.029127°W / 37.973745; -122.029127
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking2,367 spaces
Bicycle facilities40 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)[2]
Passengers
20242,527 (weekday average)[3]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line North Concord/​Martinez
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
Map

Concord station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Concord, California. The station is located between the downtown business district to the west and residential neighborhoods to the east. Concord station has a single elevated island platform and is served by the Yellow Line.

History

The 2020-installed elevator faregate

The BART Board approved the name "Concord" in December 1965.[4] The station opened as the eastern terminus station of the BART system on May 21, 1973.[2] AC Transit bus service began in Concord on September 8, 1975, with Concord station as a hub.[5] The service was taken over by County Connection in 1982.[6]

A water feature at the station, installed by Stephen De Staebler in 1971 or 1972, was removed in the 1990s.[7] The station remained a terminus until the line was extended to North Concord/Martinez station in December 1995 and to Pittsburg/Bay Point station a year later.[2] Seismic retrofitting of the station and parking garage took place in 2009–2010.[8][9]

A conceptual design for modernization of the station was released in 2016. The design called for consolidation of the bus platforms, relocation of the platform elevator, a new stairway, and extension of the platform canopy.[10] Thirteen BART stations, including Concord, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate in the lobby area of Concord station was installed in October 2020.[11]

As of 2024, BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for transit oriented development near the station, with a second phase to later replace surface parking lots.[12]

Bus connections

County Connection buses at the station

Concord is a major terminal for County Connection local bus routes:

  • Weekday routes: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260
  • Weekend routes: 310, 311, 314, 315, 320

The station is also served by Tri Delta Transit route 201X and a special-event shuttle to the Concord Pavilion.[13][14] Buses stop on the west side of the station; most routes stop at a two-lane busway north of the station entrance, while several routes stop to the south.[15]

Notes

  1. ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
  4. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960 (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District). July 17, 1978. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Will extra miles dim the smiles of genial county service?". The San Francisco Examiner. June 1, 1982. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Earthquake Safety Program Construction Updates (archive)". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2009.
  9. ^ "Earthquake safety construction to begin at Concord Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 12, 2010.
  10. ^ "Concord Station Modernization Conceptual Design" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 29, 2016.
  11. ^ "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.
  12. ^ BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. pp. 16, 17.
  13. ^ "Directions". Concord Pavilion.
  14. ^ "Going to the Concord Pavilion? Consider carpooling or taking BART". East Bay Times. July 23, 2015.
  15. ^ "Transit Stops: Concord Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 24, 2019.

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