Bay Fair station

Metro station in San Leandro, California, US

Bay Fair

A southbound train at Bay Fair station in 2024

General information
Location| 15242 Hesperian Boulevard
San Leandro, California
Coordinates| 37°41′49″N 122°07′35″W﻿ / ﻿37.697°N 122.1265°W﻿ / 37.697; -122.1265
Owned by| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)| BART A-Line
Platforms| 1 island platform
Tracks| 2
Connections|  AC Transit: 10, 28, 35, 40, 93, 97, 706, 801
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Parking| 1,641 spaces
Bicycle facilities| Racks, 40 lockers
Accessible| Yes
Architect| Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby
Joseph Esherick & Associates[1]
Other information
Station code| BART: BAYF
History
Opened| September 11, 1972
Passengers
2024| 2,452 (weekday average)[2]
Services
| Preceding station  |  Bay Area Rapid Transit | Following station

|
|

San Leandro

toward Daly City

|  | Blue Line |  | Castro Valley

toward Dublin/​Pleasanton

| Green Line |  | Hayward

toward Berryessa/​North San José

San Leandro

toward Richmond

|  | Orange Line |

Location

Bay Fair station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located adjacent to the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro, California. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines.

Bay Fair station has a single elevated island platform serving the line's two tracks. A pedestrian tunnel under the Union Pacific Railroad Oakland Subdivision tracks connects the fare lobby to parking areas south of the station. An AC Transit bus transfer area and additional parking are located on the north side of the station.[3]

## History

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The 1997-built junction south of Bay Fair

The BART Board approved the name "Bay Fair" in December 1965.[4] The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the initial BART operating segment.[5] Due to a national strike that year by elevator constructors, elevator construction on the early stations was delayed. Elevators at most of the initial stations, including Bay Fair, were completed in the months following the opening.[6][7] It became a transfer station on May 10, 1997, with the opening of the branch to Dublin/Pleasanton; a flying junction was built south of the station.[5]

Thirteen BART stations, including Bay Fair, 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 on the platform at Bay Fair was installed in July 2021.[8] As of 2024[update], BART anticipates soliciting a developer by 2028 for transit-oriented development to replace surface parking lots at the station.[9]

## References

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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.
2. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
3. ^ "Transit Stops: Bay Fair Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. July 5, 2016.
4. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ a b "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.
6. ^ "Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations". Oakland Tribune. September 10, 1972. p. 36 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Four BART Lines Make The System". The Independent. February 26, 1973. p. 30 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "New Fare Gates & Station Hardening". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 2023. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023.
9. ^ BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. p. 16.

## External links

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Media related to Bay Fair station at Wikimedia Commons

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