Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station
The station viewed from the parking garage in 2018 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1365 Treat Boulevard Walnut Creek, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°55′42″N 122°03′22″W / 37.928399°N 122.055992°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | BART C-Line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Connections | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | 3011 spaces | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | 90 lockers | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | May 21, 1973[1] | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
FY 2016 | 7,433 exits/day[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station serving the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village in Contra Costa Centre, California, just north of Walnut Creek and just east of Pleasant Hill.
History
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Service at Pleasant Hill station began on May 21, 1973.[1]
A second parking garage opened at the station on June 30, 2008.[3] The former surface parking lot was converted into the Contra Costa Centre transit village. On September 23, 2010, the BART Board voted to change the station name to Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre.[4] The name change was supposed by the transit village developer and the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, but opposed by the city of Pleasant Hill.[5][6] The Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency and the developer paid the $413,800 cost of changing station signage and system maps.[6]
An improved access path to the station better connecting it with the Iron Horse Regional Trail was proposed before the Walnut Creek city council on July 15, 2008.[7] The proposal gained support from BART and the local cycling organization.[7] A bridge over Treat Boulevard carrying the Iron Horse Regional Trail was completed on October 2, 2010.[8] The bridge cost $12 million.[9]
Bus connections
Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre is a transfer point for a number of County Connection local routes:
- Weekday: 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18
- Weekend: 311, 316
- Special school route: 619
The station is also served by several longer-distance routes: two Solano Express routes - FAST Blue Line and SolTrans Yellow Line - plus WHEELS route 70X.
All buses stop on a two-way busway on the southwest side of the station.[10]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Bay Area Rapid Transit District. "Monthly Ridership Reports". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "New Garage at Pleasant Hill Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 20, 2008.
- ^ "Board of Directors: Minutes of the 1,608th Meeting: September 23, 2010" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 23, 2010. p. 3.
- ^ "A Resolution of the City Council of Pleasant Hill Opposing Contra Costa County's Proposal to Rename the Pleasant Hill BART Station". City of Pleasant Hill. October 4, 2010.
- ^ a b White, Lisa P. (September 22, 2010). "Pleasant Hill BART station now 'Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre". East Bay Times.
- ^ a b Pleasant Hill BART Station bike/pedestrian shortcut considered, BART News, July 8, 2008, accessed August 18, 2008
- ^ East Bay Bicycle Coalition (25 September 2010). "Time to Celebrate! Bike/Ped Bridge over Treat Blvd Opens October 2". East Bay Bicycle Coalition. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Hambrick, Ken (Guest Commentary) (21 August 2010). "Your Turn: Treat Boulevard bridge to nowhere exposes what is wrong with redevelopment". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Transit Stops: Pleasant Hill Station Area" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. June 27, 2018.
External links
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