12th Street Oakland City Center station

12th Street/Oakland City Center is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located under Broadway between 11th Street and 14th Street in Downtown Oakland, adjacent to the Oakland City Center. It is the second-busiest BART station in both Oakland and the East Bay (just after 19th Street Oakland), and the 6th busiest BART station overall, with a daily ridership of approximately 13,900 in February 2020.[2]

12th St / Oakland City Center
Southbound platform at 12th Street Oakland City Center station
Location	1245 Broadway, Oakland, California
Coordinates	37.803608°N 122.272006°W / 37.803608; -122.272006
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART K-Line
Platforms	1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Connections	AC Transit: Broadway Shuttle, Tempo, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 20, 29, 33, 40, 51A, 72, 72M, 72R, 88, 96, 314, 611, 800, 801, 802, 805, 840, 851
Construction
Bicycle facilities	none provided by BART 8 lockers managed by City of Oakland
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 11, 1972[1]
Previous names	Oakland City Center/12th Street (until c. 2005)
Traffic
Passengers (2020)	13,944 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station West Oakland toward Millbrae Richmond–​Millbrae 19th Street Oakland toward Richmond Lake Merritt toward Berryessa/​North San José Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond West Oakland toward San Francisco International Airport Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae 19th Street Oakland toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point Preceding station AC Transit Following station City Center towards San Leandro BART Tempo (1T) 14th Street towards Uptown Transit Center
Location

Station layout

Street Level	Exit/Entrance
Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent, Oakland City Center entrance/exit
Northbound	→      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (19th Street Oakland) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Northbound	→      Richmond–​Millbrae toward Richmond (19th Street Oakland) → →      Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond toward Richmond (19th Street Oakland) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound	←      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward SFO weekdays, Millbrae weekends (West Oakland) ←      Richmond–​Millbrae toward Millbrae weekdays, Daly City Saturdays (West Oakland) ←      Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond toward Berryessa/North San José (Lake Merritt)

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) are on the third level downstairs. The station has red brickwork, contrasting with the blue of nearby 19th Street Oakland station.

The station has eight public entrances: two at 11th Street, three at 13th Street, and two at 14th Street (one to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, plus one from the belowground plaza of Oakland City Center near 13th Street.[3]

References

1. "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.
2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
3. "Station Map - 12th St. Oakland City Center". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014.

External links

Media related to 12th Street Oakland City Center station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART – 12th St. Oakland City Center