San Bruno station (BART)

San Bruno station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located adjacent to the Tanforan shopping center in San Bruno, California in northern San Mateo County. It consists of two main tracks and a shared underground island platform. Service at the station began on June 22, 2003 as part of the BART San Mateo County Extension project that extended BART service southward from Colma to Millbrae and San Francisco International Airport.[1]

For the nearby Caltrain station, see San Bruno station (Caltrain).

San Bruno
San Bruno station platform in August 2015
General information
Location1151 Huntington Avenue
San Bruno, California
Coordinates37°38′18″N 122°24′59″W
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)BART W-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeBelow grade
Parking1,083 spaces
Bicycle facilities30 lockers
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)[1]
Passengers
20231,318 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
San Francisco International Airport
toward Millbrae
 Red Line South San Francisco
toward Richmond
San Francisco International Airport
Terminus
 Yellow Line South San Francisco
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
San Francisco International Airport
after 9pm
toward Millbrae
Former services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Millbrae
Terminus
 Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Millbrae line
2008–2009
 South San Francisco
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
San Francisco International Airport
toward Millbrae
 Dublin/​Pleasanton–SFO/​Millbrae line
2005–2008
San Francisco International Airport
Terminus
 Dublin/​Pleasanton–​SFO line
2003–2004
Location

History

The land for the station was acquired from the neighboring shopping center through eminent domain proceedings that started in 1999; after the two-year lawsuit, BART paid $34 million as a settlement in 2001 to the four corporations who jointly owned the mall property.[3]: 22–23  The City of San Bruno requested the new station be named Tanforan Park after the racetrack and later mall that occupied the site, but BART officials, sensitive to the past history of Tanforan as an Assembly Center for Japanese-American citizens during World War II and the recent lawsuit, declined the request in 2002.[4]

During daytime hours on weekdays starting in 2008 the station served as a cross-platform transfer station for passengers traveling between Millbrae station to the south and San Francisco International Airport station to the east. A direct service was partially restored the following year, with the transfer rendered unnecessary at all times effective February 11, 2019, though it appeared as a transfer station on BART maps until 2021.[5]

Dorothea Lange's photo of the Mochida family (May 1942); Hiroko and Miyuki are in the front row, at left. Miyuki is holding a sandwich.

The Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee (TACMC) has raised funds and begun construction of the Tanforan Memorial at the San Bruno BART station. TACMC was formed in March 2012 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Tanforan Assembly Center by staging an exhibition of photographs by Dorothea Lange and Paul Kitagaki Jr. covering the Internment of Japanese Americans following the issuance of Executive Order 9066.[6] The Tanforan Assembly Center was named after the racetrack where more than 8,000 Japanese-Americans, primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area, were temporarily detained before being sent to more permanent War Relocation Centers; the station now stands where the racetrack was. When complete, the new memorial will include a bronze statue depicting Hiroko and Miyuki Mochida of Hayward, inspired by one of Lange's photographs from 1942.[7] A groundbreaking ceremony for the new memorial was held on February 11, 2022. Within the station, photographs from Lange and Kitagaki will remain on permanent display.[8]

Bus connections

SamTrans bus routes 140, 141, 398, and ECR stop at bus bays on the ground level of the parking garage north of the station.[9]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 2023.
  3. Breznau, Shanti; Braun, Derek W. (May 4, 2011). Draft Baseline Economic Analysis (PDF) (Report). City of Capitola. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. Cabanatuan, Michael (September 27, 2002). "BART won't stop at 'Tanforan Park' / San Bruno wanted mall's name on station". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  5. "BART returns to near-regular service starting 8/2/21" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 26, 2021.
  6. "About Us". Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  7. Kayoko Ikuma. "Kay (Mochida) Ikuma" (Interview). Interviewed by Diana Tsuchida. Japanese American Museum of San Jose. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  8. Toledo, Aldo (February 11, 2022). "Bay Area Japanese internment memorial opens at BART station where 'assembly center' stood". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  9. "Schedules and Fares: San Bruno Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. May 15, 2018.

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