Union City (BART station)
| Union City Station Rapid transit |
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 Platform as seen in Spring 2000. Note lack of jail bars on platform back then, versus today. |
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| Address | Ten Union Square Union City, CA 94587 |
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| Connections | AC Transit: Routes 97, 99, 216*, 232, 264*, 275, 332**, 333***, 345** (local); 801 (All Nighter) Dumbarton Express*: Routes DB, DB1, DB3 Union City Transit: Routes 1A, 1B, 2, 3†, 4† * - Route operates weekdays only ** - Route operates weekends and holidays only *** - Newark FlexBus, a service that operates from 7pm to midnight weeknights (except holidays) † - Route operates weekdays and Saturdays only |
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| Platforms | 2 Side | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | 1197 spaces- Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1/day), Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm) and Long Term[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 20 BikeLink Lockers | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | September 11, 1972 | ||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | Bay Area Rapid Transit | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (FY 2010) | 3,787 exits/day[2]  1.41% |
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Union City is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located near the Decoto district of Union City. Service at this station began on September 11, 1972.[3] The station sits near Decoto Road east of Alvarado-Niles Road, directly behind James Logan High School's campus. The temporary parking spaces were constructed between 2006, and opened in the Summer of 2007.
Local bus service is provided by Union City Transit and AC Transit.
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[edit] Union City intermodal rail station
Union City's economic development department and BART have proposed that this station become a regional rail intermodal station. The intermodal station would serve BART trains, Capitol Corridor intercity trains, and Caltrain commuter rail service to the Peninsula via a new rail bridge located near the Dumbarton bridge. For now, the Dumbarton Express bus service provides similar service to the peninsula.[4][5]
2011 Update: As of May 2011, developers, Union City and BART officials broke ground on the first residential housing project inside the city/transit agency-specified redevelopment district. By mid-2010, the Avalon Apartment building has been completed and rented out, bus-only lanes in front of the station are complete, the station now has a beautiful tree-lined main promenade and many condominium housing units have been completed on the East side of the BART tracks and sold. There is currently no connection to other regional trains at Union City BART station. The BART station building facade has enjoyed a completely renovated and overhauled facelift which lends it an airy feeling similar to SFO station and SFO airport.
[edit] See also
- List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations
- City of Union City Intermodal Station District Building on years of planning, this 2007-2013 plan proposes higher quality of life development for the Union City BART station and surrounding blocks. The plan includes phased development of shared public space (park and community plaza), high-rise residential space and office space. This is "Transit-Oriented Development" or TOD, common in Europe and Japan, and coming soon to more US cities. If you live around here or pass by on the train, you can see some development already on both sides of the tracks.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.bart.gov/stations/ucty/index.aspx
- ^ "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). http://www.bart.gov/docs/WeekdayExits.pdf. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "BART Chronology" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit. 2005. http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "Intermodal Station District". City of Union City, California. http://www.unioncity.org/commdev/redev_intermodal.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
- ^ "BART builds solar-powered rail station". Trains Magazine 68 (2): p 23. February 2008. ISSN 0041-0934.
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Coordinates: 37°35′27″N 122°01′02″W / 37.590746°N 122.017282°W
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