San Leandro station

San Leandro station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located off Davis Street (Route 61/122) in downtown San Leandro, California. The station has two elevated side platforms, with the faregates at ground level. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines.

San Leandro
San Leandro station and AC Transit buses in April 2018
General information
Location	1401 San Leandro Boulevard San Leandro, California
Coordinates	37.72176°N 122.16068°W / 37.72176; -122.16068
Line(s)	BART A-Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: Tempo, 10, 75, 85, 89, 801 LINKS: North Loop, South Loop Kaiser Permanente Shuttle
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	1,224 spaces
Bicycle facilities	28 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
Opened	September 11, 1972[2]
Passengers
2024	3,221 (weekday average)[3]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Coliseum toward Daly City Blue Line Bay Fair toward Dublin/​Pleasanton Green Line Bay Fair toward Berryessa/​North San José Coliseum toward Richmond Orange Line Preceding station AC Transit Following station Downtown San Leandro towards Uptown Transit Center Tempo Terminus
Location

History

The BART Board approved the name "San Leandro" in December 1965.^[4] The station opened on September 11, 1972 – part of the first BART line.^[2] 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 San Leandro, were completed in the months following the opening.^[5][6]

Construction of transit-oriented development (TOD) to replace one of the surface parking lots at the station began in late 2014.^[7] The project, which included 200 residential units and 6,000 square feet (560 m²) of commercial space, was completed in two phases in 2017 and 2019.^[8][9]: 7 As of 2024^[update], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the remaining parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.^[9]: 17

Bus connections

Tempo bus at San Leandro station in 2020

Like most BART stations, San Leandro station is served by AC Transit local buses, municipal circulators, and medical shuttles:^[10]

• AC Transit: Tempo, 10, 75, 85, 89, 801
• San Leandro LINKS: North Loop, South Loop
• Kaiser Permanente: San Leandro Medical Center shuttle

A busway is located on the east side of the station.^[10] A five-month project to renovate the busway for Tempo bus rapid transit service began in August 2019.^[11]

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

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. "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. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
4. "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations". Oakland Tribune. September 10, 1972. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Four BART Lines Make The System". The Independent. February 26, 1973. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Parking changes at San Leandro Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. November 5, 2014.
8. "Completed TOD projects". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024.
9. BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024.
10. "Transit Stops: San Leandro Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transit Commission. December 3, 2019.
11. "AC Transit begins work on Bus Rapid Transit modifications at San Leandro Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. August 30, 2019. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019.

External links

Media related to San Leandro station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART – San Leandro Station