Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station

Coordinates: 37°55′42″N 122°03′22″W / 37.928399°N 122.055992°W / 37.928399; -122.055992
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Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre
The station viewed from the parking garage in 2018
General information
Location1365 Treat Boulevard
Walnut Creek, California
Coordinates37°55′42″N 122°03′22″W / 37.928399°N 122.055992°W / 37.928399; -122.055992
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking3,011 spaces
Bicycle facilities90 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)[2]
Passengers
20232,323 (weekday average)[3]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Walnut Creek
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line Concord
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
Map

Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 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[edit]

Pleasant Hill station under construction in 1970

Service at Pleasant Hill station began on May 21, 1973.[2]

A second parking garage opened at the station on June 30, 2008.[4] 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.[5] The name change was supported by the transit village developer and the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, but opposed by the city of Pleasant Hill.[6][7] The Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency and the developer paid the $413,800 cost of changing station signage and system maps.[7]

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.[8] The proposal gained support from BART and the local cycling organization.[8] A bridge over Treat Boulevard carrying the Iron Horse Regional Trail was completed on October 2, 2010.[9] The bridge cost $12 million.[10]

Bus connections[edit]

County Connection bus at the station

Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre is a transfer point for a number of County Connection local routes:[11]

  • Weekday: 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 18
  • Weekend: 311, 316

The station is also served by several longer-distance routes: FAST Solano Express Blue Line and AC Transit Early Bird Express route 702.[11]

All buses stop on a two-way busway on the southwest side of the station.[11]

References[edit]

  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. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 2023.
  4. ^ "New Garage at Pleasant Hill Station" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 20, 2008.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b White, Lisa P. (September 22, 2010). "Pleasant Hill BART station now 'Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre". East Bay Times.
  8. ^ a b Pleasant Hill BART Station bike/pedestrian shortcut considered, BART News, July 8, 2008, accessed August 18, 2008
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ a b c "Transit Stops: Pleasant Hill Station Area" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 25, 2019.

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