El Cerrito Plaza station

El Cerrito Plaza is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located in El Cerrito, California. It primarily serves southern El Cerrito, northern Albany, and Kensington, along with nearby areas of Berkeley and Richmond. Adjacent to the station is the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center. Nearly identical in form to El Cerrito del Norte station, El Cerrito Plaza station has two side platforms serving the line's two elevated tracks, with a fare lobby underneath. The Ohlone Greenway runs through the station area.

El Cerrito Plaza
Platforms at El Cerrito Plaza station in 2017
Location	6699 Fairmount Avenue El Cerrito, California
Coordinates	37°54′10″N 122°17′56″W
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART R-Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: 71, 72, 72M, 79, 80, 667, 668, 675, 684, G Bear Transit: RFS
Construction
Parking	761 spaces
Bicycle facilities	30 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973[1]
Passengers
2020	4,676 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station North Berkeley toward Millbrae Richmond–​Millbrae El Cerrito del Norte toward Richmond North Berkeley toward Berryessa/​North San José Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond
Track layout to Richmond Central Ave. Fairmount Ave. to Millbrae and Warm Springs/South Fremont
Location

The station opened on January 29, 1973.[1] As with El Cerrito del Norte station, the escalator walls feature tile mosaics by Alfonso Pardiñas.[3] UC Berkeley music professor Jorge Liderman committed suicide at the station on February 3, 2008.[4]

Bus connections

AC Transit buses at the station

Busways on both sides of the station serve a number of AC Transit bus routes:[5]

• Local: 71, 72, 72M, 79, 80
• Transbay: G
• School: 667, 668, 675, 684

The busways are also used by the Bear Transit RFS route.[5] Several other AC Transit routes - including rapid route 72R, Transbay routes L and LC, and All Nighter route 800 - run on San Pablo Avenue 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to the west.

References

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. 6.
4. Kosman, Joshua (February 4, 2008). "Composer Liderman dies in apparent suicide". San Francisco Chronicle.
5. "Transit Stops: El Cerrito Plaza Station" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. March 29, 2017.

External links

Media related to El Cerrito Plaza station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART - El Cerrito Plaza