19th Street Oakland station

19th Street Oakland is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located under Broadway between 17th Street and 20th Street in the Uptown District of Oakland, California. It is a timed transfer point between northbound trains to Richmond and to Antioch (The timed transfer was at 12th Street/Oakland City Center station until September 13, 2010).[2]

19th Street Oakland
A Richmond-bound train on the upper level platform in 2018
Location	1900 Broadway, Oakland, California
Coordinates	37.807869°N 122.26898°W / 37.807869; -122.26898
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART K-Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Bus stands	6
Connections	AC Transit: Broadway Shuttle, NL, Tempo, 6, 12, 18, 33, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R, 611, 705, 800, 802, 805, 851 County Connection: 712 WestCAT: 705, 708
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Racks, parking station 8 lockers managed by City of Oakland
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 11, 1972
Traffic
Passengers (2020)	14,267 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station 12th Street Oakland City Center toward Millbrae Richmond–​Millbrae MacArthur toward Richmond 12th Street Oakland City Center toward Berryessa/​North San José Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond 12th Street Oakland City Center toward San Francisco International Airport Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae MacArthur toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point Preceding station AC Transit Following station 14th Street towards San Leandro BART Tempo (1T) Terminus
Location

It is the busiest BART station in both Oakland and the East Bay (just above 12th Street Oakland City Center), and the 5th busiest BART station overall, with a daily ridership of approximately 14,300 in February 2020.[1]

Station layout

The concourse mezzanine is on the first level underground. An island platform and two main tracks for northbound trains bound for Richmond and Antioch are on the second level, with a side platform with one track for southbound trains bound for Berryessa/​North San José or San Francisco on the third level. There are timed cross-platform transfers between northbound Antioch–bound and Richmond-bound (from Berryessa) trains.

Street Level	Exit/Entrance
Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
Northbound	→      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (MacArthur) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Northbound	→      Richmond–​Millbrae toward Richmond (MacArthur) → →      Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond toward Richmond (MacArthur) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound	←      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward SFO weekdays, Millbrae weekends (12th Street Oakland City Center) ←      Richmond–​Millbrae toward Millbrae weekdays, Daly City Saturdays (12th Street Oakland City Center) ←      Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond toward Berryessa/North San José (12th Street Oakland City Center)

The 2015-built canopy at the 20th Street entrance

The station has six public entrances: two at 20th Street, two at 19th Street, and two at 17th Street (one in an alley connecting to Telegraph Avenue). There is also a direct passageway from the station to a Wachovia Bank building.[3] The Telegraph Avenue entrance was closed from October 14, 2013 to September 30, 2014 for renovations by the City of Oakland.[4]

In 2013, BART began design of a prototype glass canopy for the station entrance on the northeast corner of 20th Street and Broadway. The canopy would protect the escalator from weather damage, improve lighting, and allow the escalator to be fully closed off when the station is not open.[5] The BART board voted to construct the canopy in January 2014; it was completed in March 2015 and includes real-time train arrival information screens at street level.[6][7] The canopy reduced escalator downtime by one-third, prompting the installation of similar canopies at downtown San Francisco stations beginning in 2017.[8]

A $32.7 million contract for a renovation project was awarded in July 2019. The three separate paid areas will be consolidated, a new elevator added, and public restrooms reopened.[9][10] Construction began on January 25, 2020.[11]

Uptown Transit Center

AC Transit bus at Uptown Transit Center

The surface streets around 19th Street Oakland station are a major transfer point for AC Transit buses. The Uptown Transit Center, located on 20th Street west of Broadway, consists of six large shelters built in September 2006 to improve the ease of transfers.[12][13] A number of routes stop on 20th Street shelters and/or on Broadway at the station:[14][15]

• Broadway Shuttle: Day and Night
• Transbay: NL
• Rapid: 72R
• Local: 6, 12, 18, 33, 51A, 72, 72M
• All-Nighter: 800, 802, 805, 851
• School: 611

The Uptown Transit Center is also a transfer point between three Early Bird Express bus routes: 705 (multiple operators), 708 (WestCAT), and 712 (County Connection).[16]

The Uptown Transit Center is the northern terminus of the Tempo bus rapid transit line.[17]

Oakland's Greyhound intercity bus station is located four blocks west at San Pablo Avenue and 20th Street.

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

1. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
2. "Minor BART schedule changes on Monday, September 13" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. August 25, 2010.
3. "Station Map - 19th St. Oakland Station". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014.
4. "CITY OF OAKLAND TO IMPROVE 17TH STREET GATEWAY ENTRANCE AT 19TH STREET STATION" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 1, 2014.
5. "BART designing prototype escalator canopy to protect customers, employees and machinery" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 27, 2013.
6. "BART to Build New Station Entrance Canopy at 19th Street Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 9, 2014.
7. "BART unveils new glass canopy entrance" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 6, 2015.
8. "SF BART and Muni Escalator/Entrance Project". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2017.
9. "BART Board Moves Forward with Quality of Life Initiatives and Station Modernization" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 25, 2019.
10. "GO Uptown Gateway to Oakland Uptown: 2016 TIGER Grant Project Summary" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2016.
11. "Construction for 19th Street Oakland Station modernization set to begin" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 31, 2020.
12. "Approved Projects: Uptown Transit Center". Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.
13. "Uptown Transit Center Project" (PDF). NTK Construction.
14. "Transit Stops" (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. March 19, 2017.
15. "Schedules & Fares" (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. December 13, 2017.
16. "Early Bird Express" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2019.
17. "EAST BAY BRT: Revolutionizing Public Transit" (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. May 31, 2017.

External links

• BART – 19th Street Oakland
• BART - 19th Street/Oakland Station Modernization