Pittsburg/Bay Point station

Pittsburg/Bay Point station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Pittsburg, California, United States, adjacent to the community of Bay Point. It serves northern and eastern Contra Costa County, as well as the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area. Passengers transfer between the light and heavy rail portions of the Yellow Line at a dedicated transfer platform east of the main station.

Not to be confused with Pittsburg Center station or Antioch–Pittsburg station.

Pittsburg/Bay Point
A train at Pittsburg/Bay Point station in 2018
General information
Location	1700 West Leland Road Pittsburg, California
Coordinates	38.018869°N 121.944208°W / 38.018869; -121.944208
Line(s)	BART C-Line, BART E-Line
Platforms	2 sequential island platforms
Tracks	2 (BART mainline) 1 (eBART)
Connections	AC Transit: 701 Rio Vista Delta Breeze: 52 Tri Delta Transit: 200, 201, 300, 380, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	1,992 spaces
Bicycle facilities	20 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Gannett Fleming Finger and Moy Architects[1]
History
Opened	December 7, 1996 (1996-12-07)
Passengers
2024	1,969 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station North Concord/​Martinez toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae Yellow Line Terminus Terminus Yellow Line (eBART) Pittsburg Center toward Antioch
Track layout Legend   to Pittsburg Center SR 4 ( California Delta Highway ) Transfer platform (no street access) BART maintenance access canal Bailey Road Main station platform to North Concord/Martinez   5' 6" gauge 1kV DC third rail Standard gauge DMU eBART This diagram: view talk edit
Location

History

An eBART train at the transfer platform

The station was called West Pittsburg during planning. The name was changed to Pittsburg/Bay Point on January 14, 1994, while the station was under construction.^[3]: 40 It opened on December 7, 1996.^[3]: 50

BART began service on the eBART line between Pittsburg/Bay Point and Antioch station on May 26, 2018. Unlike the rest of the BART system, the eBART extension uses small self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcars, thus requiring a passenger transfer between the two different trains. A second island platform (with one track for eBART and one for conventional BART trains) was constructed 0.6 miles (0.97 km) to the east of the original Pittsburg/Bay Point platform, providing a cross-platform transfer for passengers transferring at the station. The transfer platform does not have street access, so eBART passengers exiting at Pittsburg/Bay Point must ride a mainline BART train connecting the two platforms.

On September 11, 2023, BART changed the frequencies of its services. Yellow Line mainline service was increased to 10-minute headways on weekdays, with every alternate train having an Antioch connection at Pittsburg/Bay Point.^[4]

A 2018 study recommended a footbridge to the north side of the tracks — either from the fare lobby or the parking lot — to improve access from nearby residential areas. A ramp to supplement the often-broken elevator from parking lot to fare lobby was also recommended. An entrance from Bailey Road at the east end of the platform was deemed infeasible.^[5] As of 2024^[update], BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking at the station.^[6]

References

1. Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
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.
4. "BART's reimagined schedule starts September 11th aimed at increasing ridership" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 5, 2023.
5. CDM Smith (February 2018). North Concord to Antioch BART Access Study (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. pp. 25, B-17, B-18, D-2. (Appendices)
6. BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. p. 16.

External links

Media related to Pittsburg/Bay Point station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART – Pittsburg/Bay Point