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.
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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.
Walnut Creek Office Space Video
History
Walnut Creek station opened on 21 May 1973 as part of an extension from MacArthur to Concord.
Ridership
With 7,138 exits each weekday as of 2016, Walnut Creek is the third-busiest in Contra Costa County, surpassed by Pleasant Hill and El Cerrito del Norte stations. 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
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.
Bus connections
County Connection:
- Daily service:
- 4: Broadway Plaza, Downtown Walnut Creek (free) (schedule)
- ACR: Alamo Creek Shuttle (free, reservations required) (schedule)
- (Monday-Friday) Weekdays only:
- 1: Rossmoor (westbound) / Shadelands (eastbound) (schedule)
- 1M: Marchbanks (schedule)
- 2: Trotter Way (schedule)
- 5: Creekside Drive (schedule)
- 9: DVC via Pleasant Hill BART (schedule)
- 15: Concord BART via Pleasant Hill BART, Treat Blvd, and Willow Pass Rd (schedule)
- 21: San Ramon, Danville, Alamo via Danville Blvd (schedule)
- 25: Lafayette BART via Olympic Blvd and Mt Diablo Blvd (schedule)
- 93X Kirker Pass Express: Antioch, Pittsburg (schedule)
- 95X San Ramon Express: San Ramon via I-680 (schedule)
- 96X Bishop Ranch Express North: Bishop Ranch via I-680 (schedule)
- 98X Martinez/Walnut Creek Express: Amtrak Martinez via I-680 (schedule)
- (Saturday-Sunday) Weekends only:
- 301: Rossmoor (westbound) / John Muir Medical Center (eastbound) (schedule)
- 311: Concord BART via Pleasant Hill BART, Treat Blvd, and Oak Grove Rd (schedule)
- 321: Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo via Danville Blvd (schedule)
Fairfield and Suisun Transit:
- (Monday-Friday) Weekdays only:
- 40: Vacaville via Fairfield and Benicia (schedule)
SolTrans:
- Daily service:
- 78: Vallejo via Benicia (schedule)
WHEELS:
- (Monday-Friday) Weekdays only:
- 70X: Dublin/Pleasanton BART (schedule)
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