Downtown Berkeley (BART station)

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Downtown Berkeley Station Rapid transit
Station platform
Station statistics
Address	2160 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
Lines	Richmond – Fremont Richmond – Millbrae
Connections	AC Transit routes 1, 1R, 7, 9, 15, 18, 19, 51, 52L, 65, 67, 79; 800, 851 (All Nighter), F, FS (Transbay), Bear Transit C, H, P, R, RFS
Platforms	Island
Other information
Opened	January 29, 1973
Accessible
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Formerly	Berkeley (1972-mid 1990's)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2007)	11,175 exits/day[1] ▲ 4.41%

Downtown Berkeley BART is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located on Shattuck Avenue, between Allston Way and Addison Street in Downtown Berkeley, California. Signs in the station itself read simply "Berkeley," but BART schedules and maps label the station "Downtown Berkeley." The rebranding came in the mid-1990s, presumably to avoid confusion with North Berkeley and Ashby stations, both of which are also located in the City of Berkeley.

The station consists of a mezzanine level and an underground island platform beneath it. The escalators leading to the entrance at Shattuck Avenue and Center Street are topped by a unique "mini" rotunda that covers passengers entering and leaving the station from inclement weather.

Downtown Berkeley is the second-busiest BART station outside of San Francisco, with 11,175 weekday average exits in Fiscal Year 2007. The only station outside of San Francisco with more traffic is 12th Street/Oakland City Center.

The station is popular both with students of UC Berkeley who use it to commute to the university and with non-student residents of Berkeley, many of whom commute to job centers in San Francisco and other Bay Area destinations. Additionally, it is used by patrons of events taking place at the University, such as concerts or lectures, and especially football games and other athletic events, including those sponsored by the MyBART service.

This has been the site of many BART Alert protests in response to occurrences on the political scene.^{[citation needed]}

Service at this station began on January 29, 1973.[1]

This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin.^[2]

There is also a valet bike parking facility inside the station, operated by the Bicycle-Friendly Berkeley Coalition^[3]. It is placed at the top of an unused stairway from the mezzanine level to the platform below. The stairs were built so that an additional entrance could be opened if needed in the future, and had never been used by passengers.

[edit] Gallery

The rotunda-covered escalator entrance to Downtown Berkeley BART

Richmond train departing the station

[edit] See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

[edit] External links

• BART - Downtown Berkeley Station Overview

• Downtown Berkeley (BART station) is at coordinates 37°52′11″N 122°16′06″W / 37.869799, -122.268197 (Downtown Berkeley (BART station))Coordinates: 37°52′11″N 122°16′06″W / 37.869799, -122.268197 (Downtown Berkeley (BART station))

Preceding station		Bay Area Rapid Transit		Following station
North Berkeley toward Richmond		Richmond – Millbrae		Ashby toward Millbrae
		Richmond – Fremont		Ashby toward Fremont

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