Walnut Creek (BART station)

Walnut Creek
Parking garage at Walnut Creek station
Location	200 Ygnacio Valley Road Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Owned by	BART
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	2089 spaces - Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1.50/day), Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm), Carpool, Long Term
Bicycle facilities	64 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	21 May 1973
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	6,612 exits/day  4.3%
Services
Preceding station   File:Bart compact logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station Pleasant Hill toward Pittsburg / Bay Point Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae Lafayette toward SFO (Millbrae on weeknights & weekends)

Walnut Creek is an elevated BART station in Walnut Creek, California, on the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

Location

Walnut Creek station is in Walnut Creek, a major suburb in the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. The station itself is at the intersection of three major roads - Ygnacio Valley Road, Hillside Avenue, Riviera Avenue - and an off-ramp from Interstate 680.

Transit-oriented development

Due to Walnut Creek's high ridership and large catchment area, BART has proposed that the station be the center of a 5.3-acre (2.1-ha) 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.

History

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

Ridership

With 5,920 exits each weekday, Walnut Creek is the second-busiest in Contra Costa County, with El Cerrito del Norte being the busiest in the county. In its 2004 comprehensive station plan for Walnut Creek, BART predicted a massive increase in ridership by 2025, estimating that over 18,000 passengers would use the station daily (both entries and exits).

Service

Walnut Creek station is on the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line, the busiest line of the BART system, with trains heading southwest to Oakland, downtown San Francisco, and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and northeast to Concord and Bay Point. During peak hours trains arrive at frequent intervals of up to 4–6 minutes; during off-peak hours this is reduced to 15-20 minutes. Transfers to the Richmond-Millbrae and Richmond-Fremont lines are available at MacArthur and a transfer to the Dublin/Pleasanton line is available at West Oakland.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	←      Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae toward San Francisco International Airport weekdays, Millbrae weekends (Lafayette)
	Northbound	→      Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Pittsburg / Bay Point (Pleasant Hill) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent
G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances

Walnut Creek utilizes a simple side platform layout with two tracks. Access to the tracks is provided by a staircase, escalator, and elevator from the mezzanine, which houses nine faregates. 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.

Connections

Several County Connection bus lines stop at the station: Weekdays Only:

• 1
• 2
• 5 Free Creekside Neighborhood Shuttle
• 9
• 15
• 21
• 25
• 93X Kirker Pass Express
• 95X San Ramon Express via I-680
• 96X Bishop Ranch Express (South) via I-680
• 98X Martinez/Walnut Creek Express

Weekends Only:

• 301
• 311
• 321

Weekdays and Weekends:

• 4 Daily Free Shuttle Service to Downtown Walnut Creek and Broadway Plaza Shopping Center

Fairfield/Suisun Transit

• 40

SolTrans

• 78 (No Sunday Service)
• 80s (Sundays Only)

WHEELS

• 70X

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

External links

• BART - Walnut Creek Station Overview