MacArthur (BART station)

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MacArthur Station
Rapid transit

A view of SR 24 from Platform 2
Station statistics
Address 555 Fortieth Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Lines
Richmond – Fremont
Richmond – Millbrae
Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO
Connections AC Transit routes 1(On Telegraph Avenue), 1R(On Telegraph Avenue), 12, 14, 15(On Martin Luther King Junior Way), 18, 57, C(Transbay), 800 (All Nighter) (On Telegraph Avenue)
Emery Go Round free shuttle
Kaiser Hospital Oakland
Children's Hospital Oakland
Platforms cross-platform (see diagram below)
Parking Monthly Reserved Point, Daily ($1), Extended Weekend, Midday (free), Long Term/Airport Permit
Bicycle facilities 30 Lockers
Other information
Opened September 11, 1972
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by Bay Area Rapid Transit
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2007) 6,968 exits/day[1] ▲ 5.23%

MacArthur is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station near MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. The station's platforms are located in the center median of State Route 24 while the concourse mezzanine is located underneath the freeway's eastbound lanes. It is just north of the MacArthur Freeway/SR 24/I-980 interchange, one of the traffic segments of the MacArthur Maze. (All of which are named, in turn, after General Douglas MacArthur, including the BART station). The station's two island platforms and four main tracks basically serve as a cross-platform interchange, between the Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City Line, and both the Richmond - Daly City Line and the Richmond - Fremont Line. One island platform serves trains headed towards the 19th Street/Oakland station while the other platform serves trains bound for either Richmond or Pittsburg/Bay Point.

Passengers changing trains at this station should pay attention to the electronic train destination signs located on the platform. Occasionally, a train will board on the opposite side of the platform island. [Example: A train to Richmond may arrive on the side indicated as "to Pittsburg" on the station diagram]

At most times during the day, trains are timed to facilitate cross-platform transfers. Also, due to the single-track configuration of the southbound platform at 19th Street station, Fremont-bound trains (on the Richmond - Fremont Line) are held at the platform while the San Francisco train (on the Pittsburg/Bay Point - Daly City line) proceeds.

View of the rail line and the Route 24 / Interstate 580 interchange

Diagram of the cross-platform connections at the MacArthur BART station

Contents

[edit] Car Sharing

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yearly Exits, BART Station Profiles

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Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
toward Richmond
 Richmond – Millbrae
toward Millbrae
Richmond – Fremont
toward Fremont
Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO
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