Walnut Creek station

Walnut Creek station is an elevated Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Walnut Creek, California, served by the Yellow Line. The station is located north of downtown Walnut Creek, adjacent to Interstate 680 and near the Ygnacio Valley Road and California Boulevard arterial roads.

Walnut Creek
Walnut Creek station in November 2019
General information
Location200 Ygnacio Valley Road
Walnut Creek, California
Coordinates37.905724°N 122.067332°W / 37.905724; -122.067332
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)BART C-Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking2,089 spaces
Bicycle facilities64 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
History
OpenedMay 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)
Passengers
20232,552 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Lafayette
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

History
The completed south garage in 2019

Walnut Creek station opened on May 21, 1973 as part of an extension from MacArthur to Concord.[3]

Due to Walnut Creek's high ridership and large catchment area, BART proposed in 2004 that the station be the center of a transit-oriented development scheme which includes 440 residential units, 8,700 sq ft (810 m2) of office space, 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m2) of retail space, and 1,373 parking spaces.[4] A parking lot on the west side of the station closed on February 3, 2018. A 900-space parking garage was constructed in its place, which allowed other parking lots to be closed for the new development.[5] The new garage, which includes a three-lane bus plaza, opened on March 29, 2019.[6]

Station layout

Walnut Creek station has two side platforms with two tracks. Access to the tracks is provided by a staircase, escalator, and elevator from the mezzanine, which houses nine faregates.[4] Sustained patronage at the station has caused it to become overcrowded; BART is planning on building a second entrance, including new faregates and platform access to relieve possible emergency hazards.[4]

Thirteen BART stations, including Walnut Creek, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate at Walnut Creek was installed in September 2022.[7]

Bus connections
A County Connection bus at the station

Walnut Creek is a transfer point for a number of County Connection local and express routes:

  • Weekday: 1, 4, 5, 9, 14, 21, 93X, 95X, 96X, 98X
  • Weekend: 311, 321

The station is also served by the SolTrans Solano Express Yellow Line.

All buses stop in the busway inside the south garage.[8]

References
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 2023.
  3. "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.
  4. "Walnut Creek Comprehensive Station Plan" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2010.
  5. "New parking garage construction on the south lot at Walnut Creek Station begins" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 30, 2018.
  6. "New South Garage at Walnut Creek Station opens 3/29" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 18, 2019.
  7. "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.
  8. "Transit Stops: Walnut Creek Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. June 19, 2019.

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