Bay Fair station

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
A southbound train at Bay Fair station in 2024
General information
Location	15242 Hesperian Boulevard San Leandro, California
Coordinates	37.697°N 122.1265°W / 37.697; -122.1265
Owned by	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)	BART A-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: 10, 28, 35, 40, 93, 97, 706, 801
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	1,641 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks, 40 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
Other information
Station code	BART: BAYF
History
Opened	September 11, 1972
Passengers
2025	2,598 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station San Leandro toward Daly City Blue Line Castro Valley toward Dublin/​Pleasanton Green Line Hayward toward Berryessa San Leandro toward Richmond Orange Line
Location

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.^[3]

History

The 1997-built junction south of Bay Fair

The BART Board approved the name "Bay Fair" in December 1965.^[4] The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the initial BART operating segment.^[5] 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.^[6][7] 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.^[5]

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.^[8] As of 2024^[update], BART anticipates soliciting a developer by 2028 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking lots at the station.^[9]