West Dublin/Pleasanton
The station on the second day of service in 2011
General information
Location6501 Golden Gate Drive
Dublin, California
Coordinates37°41′59″N 121°55′42″W / 37.699726°N 121.928273°W / 37.699726; -121.928273
Line(s)BART L-Line
Platforms1 island platform
ConnectionsBus transport WHEELS: 3, 30R, 53, 503
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking1190 spaces
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedFebruary 19, 2011
Passengers
20231,213 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Castro Valley
toward Daly City
 Blue Line Dublin/​Pleasanton
Terminus
Location

West Dublin/Pleasanton station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton in California, located in the median of I-580. The station is served by the Blue Line. It has a single island platform between the highway travel lanes with a fare mezzanine above. Pedestrian bridges on both sides of the station connect it to a pair of parking garages and surrounding development. It opened as an infill station on February 19, 2011 — fourteen years after the rest of the Dublin/Pleasanton extension.

History

Station construction in May 2009

Original plans in the late 1980s called for a station in West Dublin, with an East Dublin station near the Hacienda Business Park to be added later; however, by the early 1990s the order was reversed, and only Dublin/Pleasanton station opened in 1997.[2] BART began negotiating in April 1998 with LaSalle Partners to construct the West Dublin/Pleasanton station with private funding, and an agreement was signed the next year.[2][3]

Groundbreaking for the station was held on September 29, 2006.[2] The station was originally scheduled to be completed in 2009, but it was delayed due to structural issues with the pedestrian bridges.[4] The $106 million station, which was funded largely by private money and by proceeds of planned transit-oriented development (TOD) on adjacent BART-owned property, opened on February 19, 2011.[5]

Bus connections

Dublin/Pleasanton station is the primary bus terminal for the region; West Dublin/Pleasanton is only served by three WHEELS routes. Route 30R stops at the north parking garage; routes 3 and 53 stop on Stoneridge Mall Road near the south parking garage.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ Cabanatuan, Michael (December 17, 2010). "BART to open West Dublin/Pleasanton Station". San Francisco Chronicle.
  4. ↑ Louie, Eric (August 10, 2009). "Welding issues could delay new West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station". East Bay Times.
  5. ↑ "BART riders celebrate grand opening of West Dublin/Pleasanton Station Saturday" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 18, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Schedules & Fares: West Dublin/Pleasanton Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 2, 2017.
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