Bay Fair station

{{Short description|Metro station in San Leandro, California, US}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Bay Fair

| style = BART

| symbol = yes

| symbol_location = bart

| image = Southbound train at Bay Fair station, May 2024.jpg

| image_caption = A southbound train at Bay Fair station in 2024

| address = 15242 Hesperian Boulevard

| borough = San Leandro, California

| coordinates = {{coord|37.697|-122.1265|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| owned = San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

| line = BART A-Line

| structure = Elevated

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{bus icon}} AC Transit: 10, 28, 35, 40, 93, 97, 706, 801

| parking = 1,641 spaces

| bicycle = Racks, 40 lockers

| accessible = Yes

| architect = Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates{{Cite book |last=Cerny |first=Susan Dinkelspiel |title=An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area |publisher=Gibbs Smith |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-58685-432-4 |edition=1st |location=Layton, UT |pages=501–502 |language=en-US |oclc=85623396}}

| code = {{BART code|BAYF}}

| opened = September 11, 1972

| rebuilt =

| passengers = {{BART ridership|Bay Fair}}

| pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART

|line1=Blue|left1=San Leandro|right1=Castro Valley

|line2=Green|left2=San Leandro|right2=Hayward

}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Bay Fair station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located adjacent to the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro, California. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines.

Bay Fair station has a single elevated island platform serving the line's two tracks. A pedestrian tunnel under the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision tracks connects the fare lobby to parking areas south of the station. An AC Transit bus transfer area and additional parking are located on the north side of the station.{{cite web |url=http://www.actransit.org/wp-content/uploads/HSP_BAYF-stops.pdf |title=Transit Stops: Bay Fair Station |date=July 5, 2016 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Commission}}

History

File:BART flyover east of Bay Fair station, January 2018.JPG

The BART Board approved the name "Bay Fair" in December 1965.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328970/ |title=Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=December 10, 1965 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}} The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the initial BART operating segment. 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 Bay Fair, were completed in the months following the opening.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143718399/ |title=Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=September 10, 1972 |page=36 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/144134431/ |title=Four BART Lines Make The System |newspaper=The Independent |date=February 26, 1973 |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com}} It became a transfer station on May 10, 1997, with the opening of the branch to Dublin/Pleasanton; a flying junction was built south of the station.{{BART History}}

Thirteen BART stations, including Bay Fair, 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 on the platform at Bay Fair was installed in July 2021.{{Cite web |title=New Fare Gates & Station Hardening |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904224616/https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |date=July 2023}} {{As of|2024}}, BART anticipates soliciting a developer by 2028 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking lots at the station.{{cite book |url=https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BART%20TOD%20Work%20Plan%20Update_Public%20Draft.pdf |page=16 |date=March 2024 |title=BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}

References

External links

[http://www.bart.gov/stations/bayf/ BART - Bay Fair]

Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Alameda County, California

Category:Stations on the Orange Line (BART)

Category:Stations on the Green Line (BART)

Category:Stations on the Blue Line (BART)

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1972

Category:Buildings and structures in San Leandro, California