Concord station (BART)

Concord station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Concord, California. The station is located between the downtown business district to the west and residential neighborhoods to the east. Concord station has a single elevated island platform.

Concord
A northbound train leaving Concord station in February 2020
Location	1451 Oakland Avenue, Concord, California
Coordinates	37.973745°N 122.029127°W
Line(s)	BART C-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	Concord Pavilion Shuttle County Connection: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260, 310, 311, 314, 315, 320, 715 Tri Delta Transit: 201
Construction
Parking	2367 spaces
Bicycle facilities	40 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 21, 1973[1]
Passengers
2020	5,676 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre toward San Francisco International Airport Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae North Concord/​Martinez toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

History

The station opened as the eastern terminus station of the BART system on May 21, 1973. The station remained a terminus until the line was extended to North Concord/Martinez station in December 1995 and to Pittsburg/Bay Point station a year later.[1]

A water feature at the station, installed by Stephen De Staebler in 1971 or 1972, was removed in the 1990s.[3]

Bus connections

County Connection buses at the station

Concord is a major terminal for County Connection local bus routes:

• Weekday routes: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260
• Weekend routes: 310, 311, 314, 315, 320

The station is also served by Tri-Delta Transit route 201 and a special-event shuttle to the Concord Pavilion.[4][5] Buses stop on the west side of the station; most routes stop at a two-lane busway north of the station entrance, while several routes stop to the south.[6]

Notes

1. "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.
2. "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2020.
3. Weinstein, Dave. "How BART got ART". CA-Modern. Eichler Network. p. 2.
4. "Directions". Concord Pavilion.
5. "Going to the Concord Pavilion? Consider carpooling or taking BART". East Bay Times. July 23, 2015.
6. "Transit Stops: Concord Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 24, 2019.

External links

Media related to Concord station (BART) at Wikimedia Commons

• BART – Concord