North Berkeley station

North Berkeley is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Sacramento Street in the North Berkeley region of Berkeley, California. The station is bounded by Virginia, Sacramento, Delaware, and Acton streets in a residential area north of University Avenue. The main station entrance sits within a circular building at the center of a parking lot, while an elevator between the surface and the platform is located at the parking lot's Sacramento Street edge.

North Berkeley
The circular headhouse of North Berkeley station
Location	1750 Sacramento Street Berkeley, California
Coordinates	37°52′26″N 122°16′57″W
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART R-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: FS, J, 51B, 52, 88, 604, 688, 800 Golden Gate Fields Shuttle
Construction
Parking	822 spaces
Bicycle facilities	58 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973
Traffic
Passengers (2020)	4,016 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Downtown Berkeley toward Millbrae Richmond–​Millbrae El Cerrito Plaza toward Richmond Downtown Berkeley toward Berryessa/​North San José Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond
Location

History

The site was originally an open area across which the Key System constructed its Westbrae streetcar line, subsequently given the letter designation "G". The tracks ran diagonally across the property in virtually the same alignment as today's underground BART tracks. Homes began to be constructed along the periphery of the site, and after the G-Westbrae line was closed in 1941, filled in most of the rest of it. All of these were demolished in the 1960s to make way for construction of the North Berkeley station.

Service at the station began on January 29, 1973.[2]

Pursuant to a law passed by the state of California in 2018, the City of Berkeley and BART are beginning to plan the development of transit-oriented housing on the station parking lot, with a deadline for zoning due to the district in 2020.[3] The station site is only partially suited for housing due to the presence of the tracks and station box underneath. The Berkeley City Council approved a memorandum of understanding with BART in December 2019.[4]

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

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. Orenstein, Natalie. "Plans for housing at North Berkeley BART develop under new law". Berkeleyside.
4. Orenstein, Natalie (December 11, 2019). "Berkeley approves agreement with BART around housing at two stations". Berkeleyside.

External links

Media related to North Berkeley station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART - North Berkeley