West Oakland station

ConstructionStructure typeElevatedParking156 spacesBicycle facilitiesRacks, 42 shared lockers, 8 keyed reserved lockers, Bay Wheels stationAccessibleYesArchitectKitchen & Hunt^[1]HistoryOpenedSeptember 16, 1974 (1974-09-16)Previous namesOakland West (1974–1987)Passengers20243,582 (weekday average)^[2] Services

Preceding station	Bay Area Rapid Transit			Following station
Embarcadero toward Daly City		Blue Line		Lake Merritt toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
		Green Line		Lake Merritt toward Berryessa/​North San José
Embarcadero toward Millbrae		Red Line		12th Street Oakland City Center toward Richmond
Embarcadero toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae		Yellow Line		12th Street Oakland City Center toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point

Location

West Oakland station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the West Oakland neighborhood of Oakland, California. It has two elevated side platforms and is located near the eastern end of the Transbay Tube. All main BART lines except the Orange Line stop at the station. The Oakland Wye is located to the east of the station.

History

By August 1965, the city of Oakland desired to call the planned station Oakland West.^[3] BART approved the name that December.^[4] The station opened on September 16, 1974 – the last station of the initial BART system to open – with the beginning of service through the Transbay Tube.^[5] The name "Oakland West" was contrary to the actual neighborhood name of "West Oakland". The efforts of neighborhood activists led BART to correct the name to West Oakland around 1987.^[6][7][8]

In 1990, West Oakland was proposed as a station for the Capitols service to replace the damaged 16th Street station.^[9] It was again proposed in 1992 as an intermodal station including Amtrak and buses as part of the replacement of the Cypress Street Viaduct.^[10]

In June 2020, the BART Board of Directors approved a transit-oriented development project on the parking lots surrounding the station. The development was to be mixed-use with 762 housing units, 50,000 square feet (4,600 m²) of retail, and 300,000 square feet (28,000 m²) of office space.^[11] The private developer lost the property in foreclosure in October 2023.^[12]

West Oakland was the first BART station to be retrofitted with new fare gates intended to reduce fare evasion. Installation of the new gates took place in December 2023.^[13][14]

Bus connections

The station has a busway on its south side, which serves AC Transit bus routes 14, 29, 36, and 62. Bus stops on 7th Street on the north side of the station serve AC Transit routes 29, 62, and 800, as well as Flixbus, Greyhound, and Megabus intercity bus service.^[15]

References

External links

Media related to West Oakland station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART – West Oakland