Lake Merritt (BART station)

Lake Merritt
A Richmond-bound BART train arriving at the Lake Merritt Station
Location	800 Madison Street Oakland, CA 94607 USA
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)
Platforms	Island
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 11, 26, 62, 88 (local) Shuttle:ECS
Construction
Parking	207 spaces- Monthly Reserved Permit, Daily ($1/day), Single Daily Reserved Permit, Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm), and Long Term/Airport Permit
Bicycle facilities	32 Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 11, 1972
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	6,441 exits/day  7.1%
Services
Preceding station   File:Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station Fruitvale toward Fremont Richmond–​Fremont 12th Street Oakland City Center toward Richmond Fremont–​Daly City West Oakland toward Daly City Fruitvale toward Dublin / Pleasanton Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City

The Lake Merritt Bay Area Rapid Transit station is located in Downtown Oakland, in the U.S. state of California on Oak Street near Lake Merritt, Chinatown, Laney College and the Oakland Museum. This station consists of an underground island platform.

Service at this station began on September 11, 1972.

The BART headquarters was located in a building on top of the station; due to potential risk of earthquake, the headquarters was moved out of the building to leased space on the first floor of the Kaiser Center, ¾ mile away (1,200 m). Demolition of the former headquarters building was completed in 2010.

On July 21, 2010 a suspect escaping police ran onto the tracks and disappeared into the tunnels causing major delays regionwide.

Lake Merritt is also the first transfer opportunity for passengers transferring between the Richmond-Fremont and Dublin/Pleasanton lines.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Northbound/Westbound	←      Richmond–​Fremont toward Richmond (12th Street Oakland City Center) ←      Fremont–​Daly City toward Daly City (West Oakland) ←      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Daly City (West Oakland)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound/Eastbound	→      Richmond–​Fremont toward Fremont (Fruitvale) → →      Fremont–​Daly City toward Fremont (Fruitvale) → →      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City toward Dublin / Pleasanton (Fruitvale) →

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

External links

• BART - Lake Merritt Station Overview