MacArthur station (BART)

Not to be confused with Macarthur railway station.

MacArthur
View from platform 2
General information
Location	555 40th Street Oakland, CA 94609
Coordinates	37.828260°N 122.267275°W / 37.828260; -122.267275
Owned by	BART
Line(s)	Yellow Line   Orange Line   Red Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	AC Transit, Routes 31, 57 (local), 653, 658, 660, 662, 680 (school), 800 (All Nighter), C (transbay) Emery Go-Round Kaiser shuttle buses
Construction
Parking	602 spaces
Bicycle facilities	racks, 40 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	MCAR
History
Opened	September 11, 1972 (52 years ago)
Passengers
FY 2016	9,530 exits/day  2.86% (BART)
Services
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MacArthur is a rapid transit station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system in Oakland, California, United States. It is the largest station in the BART system, being the only one with four platform tracks in regular use. Service through MacArthur is timed for cross-platform transfers between the southbound lines that pass through the station.

Location

MacArthur station is in North Oakland, in the median of Route 24 just north of its interchange with I-580 and perpendicular to 40th Street. The surrounding area is mostly low-density residential, making MacArthur station a commuting hub.

MacArthur Transit Village

Because of MacArthur's importance as an interchange and its location in the center of the East Bay, BART has conducted a number of feasibility studies about the prospects of creating transit-oriented development around the station. These studies have resulted in a plan for the "MacArthur Transit Village," a mixed-use development on the eastern side of Route 24 bounded by 40th Street, Telegraph Avenue, and West MacArthur Boulevard. The current plan calls for 624 residential units as well as 42,500 square feet of retail space. The groundbreaking for the project was held in May 2011 with the start of construction for a new 450-space parking garage for BART, signaling the beginning of construction for the long-awaited project. The redevelopment is supported by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board member, Lynette Sweet.

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Fremont platform

Connecting AC Transit transit lines at this station include Line 31 to Alameda Point and 57 to Foothill Square and Emeryville. The free Kaiser Shuttle to Oakland Medical Center and another shuttle to Children's Hospital Oakland as well as shuttles to Alta Bates campuses also serve the station in addition to the free Emery-Go-Round bus system to Emeryville.

History

MacArthur station opened on September 11, 1972, as the northern terminus of the inaugural BART line, which ran to Fremont. Upon the opening of the Transbay Tube, the station began to serve Cross-Bay trains to San Francisco.

Station layout

P Platform level	Southbound	← Template:BART icon toward Daly City or Millbrae (19th Street Oakland) ← Template:BART icon toward Warm Springs (19th Street Oakland)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound	← Template:BART icon toward San Francisco International Airport weekdays, Millbrae weekends (19th Street Oakland)
	Northbound	→ Template:BART icon toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (Rockridge) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound	→ Template:BART icon toward Richmond (Ashby) → → Template:BART icon toward Richmond (Ashby) →
G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent

MacArthur station was built with cross-platform interchanges in mind. There are two island platforms and four tracks. Platforms 1 and 2 serve the Richmond-Fremont line and the Richmond-Daly City/Millbrae line; Platform 1 goes Northbound towards Richmond, and Platform 2 goes Southbound towards Fremont and Daly City/Millbrae. Platforms 3 and 4 serve the Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO/Millbrae line; Platform 3 goes Northbound toward Pittsburg/Bay Point, and Platform 4 goes Southbound toward SFO/Millbrae. Connections between the lines are timed for Southbound passengers between Platforms 2 and 4. This is not the case for Northbound passengers, as a timed transfer point already exists further south at 19th Street Station. MacArthur tends to be crowded in the morning due to high transfer volume between two lines where only a few people get off while many are trying to board.

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

External links

• Official BART station page