19th Street Oakland station

Metro station in Oakland, California, US February 2025 February 2025 19th St/Oakland BART Trains at 19th Street Oakland station, July 2025.jpg Northbound Orange Line and Yellow Line trains at the upper platform in 2025 1900 Broadway Oakland, California 37.8079 -122.2690 region:US_type:railwaystation inline,title BART K-Line Underground 1 island platform (upper level)1 side platform (lower level) 3 (2 on upper level, 1 on lower level) AC Transit: NL, Tempo, 6, 12, 18, 51A, 72, 72L, 72M, 88 800, 802, 805, 851 Racks, bike station, lockers Yes Gerald McCue & AssociatesCerny Susan Dinkelspiel An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area Gibbs Smith 2007 978-1-58685-432-4 1st Layton, UT 501–502 en-US 85623396 19TH 1972 09 11 1980–1986, 2019 19th Street Oakland date BART Orange 12th Street Oakland City Center MacArthur Red 12th Street Oakland City Center MacArthur Yellow 12th Street Oakland City Center MacArthur AC Transit Tempo 14th Street San Leandro BART yes 14 19th Street Oakland station (signed as 19th St/Oakland) is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located under Broadway between 17th Street and 20th Street in the Uptown District of Oakland, California. It is a timed transfer point between northbound trains to Richmond and to Antioch. The station has three underground levels, with tracks on the second and third levels. It is served by the BART Red, BART Orange, and BART Yellow, as well as by AC Transit buses on the surface at the Uptown Transit Center. The station opened in 1972 as part of the first section of BART. In 1980–1986, the KE Track project added the third track to the station. Changes during the 2010s included public art at one entrance, a new canopy at another entrance, and opening of a bike station. A 2019–2023 modernization project included a new elevator and reopened public restrooms. Tempo bus rapid transit service began in 2020. Station layout thumb|left|AC Transit bus at Uptown Transit Center The station has three underground levels. The first level is a concourse with ticket machines and faregates. An island platform and two main tracks (C1 and CX) for northbound trains (bound for Richmond and Antioch) are on the second level. A side platform with one track (C2) for southbound trains (bound for Berryessa or San Francisco) is on the third level. The station has blue brickwork, contrasting with the red of nearby 12th Street Oakland City Center station.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63970062/the-san-francisco-examiner/ 1st Day Smash Hit With Happy BART Riders San Francisco Examiner September 12, 1972 5 John Burks Newspapers.com The station has six public entrances: two at 20th Street, two at 19th Street, and two at 17th Street (one in an alley connecting to Telegraph Avenue).https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/documents/station/TIDs-19TH-STATION-MAP-07062022.pdf July 6, 2022 Station Map: 19th Street Oakland Station Metropolitan Transportation Commission A surface elevator is located near 17th Street on the east side of Broadway; platform elevators are located at both ends of the station.https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/19th%20Street%20Data%20Collection%20and%20Assessment%20Memo%20(Revised).pdf 19th Street Oakland Station – Data Collection and Assessment Memorandum (Revised) Bill Burton Ryan Park Anthony Mangonon August 26, 2013 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District13https://oaklandca.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/government/o/PBN/OurServices/Application/oak072045.pdf 10 1750 Broadway Project CEQA Checklist/Exemption Report February 2019 City of Oakland Environmental Science Associates There is a direct entrance from the mezzanine level to the 1970 Broadway building, as well as a disused entrance to 1955 Broadway.15 A 130-space valet parking bike station is located in a storefront at 19th Street, across Broadway from a station entrance.https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/BART%20bicycle%20capital%20plan_FINAL_2017-05-31.pdf BART Bicycle Program Capital Plan 16, 17 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District June 2017 The surface streets around 19th Street Oakland station are a major transfer point for AC Transit buses. The Uptown Transit Center, located on 20th Street west of Broadway, consists of six large shelters built in September 2006 to improve the ease of transfers.http://www.actransit.org/planning-focus/approved-projects/approved-projects-4/ Approved Projects: Uptown Transit Center Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Districthttp://ntkconstruction.com/pdf/ntk-contstruction-project-09.pdf Uptown Transit Center Project NTK Construction A number of routes stop on 20th Street shelters and/or on Broadway at the station:https://511.org/media/601/show Transit Stops: 19th Street/Oakland Station Metropolitan Transportation Commission June 8, 2023 Transbay: NL Local: 6, 12, 18, 51A, 72, 72L, 72M, 88 All-Nighter: 800, 802, 805, 851 Tempo route 1T service uses dedicated platforms on Broadway. The southbound platform is just south of 20th Street; the northbound (terminating) platform is between 17th Street and 19th Street. History thumb|left|A 1960s model of the station thumb|left|The 2015-built canopy at the 20th Street entrance 19th Street Oakland station, along with 12th Street old and Daly City stations, was designed by Gerard McCue and Associates.Cerny Susan An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area 2007 Gibbs Smith 978-1-58685-432-4 501–502 https://books.google.com/books?id=FkVQx6MWa8MC&pg=PA501 By August 1965, the city wanted to called the station "Oakland Downtown North", while BART preferred "Oakland-19".https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328927/ Differences On Transit Stop Names Oakland Tribune August 24, 1965 50 Newspapers.com In October 1965, a BART committee recommended "19th Street".https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328585/ A Name For BART Station? Oakland Tribune October 20, 1965 16 Newspapers.com The BART Board approved 19th Street Oakland as the name that December.https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328970/ Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay Oakland Tribune December 10, 1965 10 Newspapers.com The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the first section of BART to open; service was extended to Richmond the next year. Service to Concord was added on May 21, 1973, and extended to San Francisco through the Transbay Tube on September 16, 1974. Richmond–San Francisco service was added on April 19, 1976. The station was initially built without an elevator between the mezzanine and street level because the city of Oakland refused to allow elevator kiosks on the sidewalks.https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143721612/ BART Board Gives Nod To Oakland Station Job Harre W. Demoro Oakland Tribune November 7, 1973 6 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143718399/ Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations Oakland Tribune September 10, 1972 36 Newspapers.com In March 1972, BART reached an agreement with The Bank of Tokyo for an easement to build an elevator in the building the bank was constructing at 1750 Broadway.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/144128158/ BART Pay Hike Delay The San Francisco Examiner H.W. Kusserow March 10, 1972 14 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143723159/ Harre W. Demoro Transit Elevator Plan Threatened Oakland Tribune March 8, 1972 39 Newspapers.com Harre W. Demoro The bank building and elevator opened on April 30, 1973; a remote teller window at the mezzanine level opened soon afterwards.https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144133111/ [Advertisement] Oakland Tribune Bank of Tokyo April 30, 1973 40 Newspapers.com The station initially had one side platform on each level, with one track on the east side of each platform. The KE Track project, begun in 1980 and completed on March 17, 1986, converted the upper platform to an island platform with a new west track (Track CX).https://archive.org/details/bayarearapidtran1985sanf/page/2/mode/2up Annual Report 1985–86 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Internet Archivehttp://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1985/1006/1006-007.pdf Track Rehabilitation and New Construction in An Operating Environment at BART Vincent P. Mahon Transportation Research Record 1006 45–54 The new track was originally used for peak hour service (southbound towards San Francisco in the morning, and northbound in the evening).http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/566/40046/july-1986-page-40 BART Pacific RailNews July 1986 Frank Marino 40 https://web.archive.org/web/20211215165441/http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/566/40046/july-1986-page-40 December 15, 2021 Schedule changes on June 22, 1992, introduced timed cross-platform transfers between Richmond–Fremont line (now the Orange Line) and Concord–Daly City line (now the Yellow Line) trains. Oakland City Center/12th Street was the transfer point for northbound trains, while MacArthur station was the transfer point for southbound trains.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64209805/the-san-francisco-examiner/ More, faster service slated by BART San Francisco Examiner June 12, 1992 Steven A. Chin Newspapers.com 35 On September 13, 2010, the northbound transfer point was changed to 19th Street Oakland station.http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2010/news20100825 Minor BART schedule changes on Monday, September 13 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District August 25, 2010 The Telegraph Avenue entrance was closed from October 14, 2013, to September 30, 2014, for renovations by the City of Oakland.July 1, 2014 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District CITY OF OAKLAND TO IMPROVE 17TH STREET GATEWAY ENTRANCE AT 19TH STREET STATION https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/10%209%2013%2017th%20Street%20Access%20Closure%20at%2019th%20Street%20Station%207_1_2014%20Update.pdf The work included the installation of a kinechromatic sculpture, Shifting Topographies, by Dan Corson. The artwork consists of topographic contour layers of high-density foam coated with a color-shifting paint, which changes hue based on the sun angle and viewing angle.https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/current-public-art-projects Current Public Art Projects City of Oaklandhttp://dancorson.com/shifting-topographies Shifting Topographies Dan Corson The entrance was closed again from February 3 to March 6, 2015, for the installation of colored glass panels covering vent shafts adjacent to the entrance.17th St. entrance to 19th Street Station closed until March 6, 2015 https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20150128 January 28, 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Shifting Topographies was damaged by fire on March 8, 2020.https://web.archive.org/web/20200919124135/https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/public-art-in-oakland September 19, 2020 https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/public-art-in-oakland Public Art in Oakland City of Oakland In 2013, BART began design of a prototype glass canopy for the station entrance on the northeast corner of 20th Street and Broadway. The canopy would protect the escalator from weather damage, improve lighting, and allow the escalator to be fully closed off when the station is not open.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2013/news20130627 BART designing prototype escalator canopy to protect customers, employees and machinery June 27, 2013 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District The BART board voted to construct the canopy in January 2014; it was completed in March 2015 and includes real-time train arrival information screens at street level.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2014/news20140109-0 BART to Build New Station Entrance Canopy at 19th Street Station January 9, 2014 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Districthttps://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20150306 BART unveils new glass canopy entrance March 6, 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District The canopy reduced escalator downtime by one-third, prompting the installation of similar canopies at downtown San Francisco stations beginning in 2017.https://www.bart.gov/about/planning/sfentrances SF BART and Muni Escalator/Entrance Project 2017 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Construction of the Oakland–San Leandro East Bay Bus Rapid Transit line (later branded Tempo) began in August 2016.http://www.actransit.org/2016/08/26/ac-transit-announces-the-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-the-east-bay-bus-rapid-transit-2/ AC Transit Announces the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit August 26, 2016 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District December 6, 2020 February 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200204113900/http://www.actransit.org/2016/08/26/ac-transit-announces-the-groundbreaking-ceremony-for-the-east-bay-bus-rapid-transit-2/ dead Original plans had called for the line to use surface stops on 20th Street at the Uptown Transit Center.http://www.actransit.org/wp-content/uploads/Volume_IIa_Part_3_-_Plan_Sheets_Downtown_Oakland_Oakland_Eastlake.pdf Volume IIa, Part 3 – Plan Sheets, Downtown Oakland, Oakland Eastlake OAK-12 January 2012 AC Transit East Bay BRT Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental Impact Report http://www.actransit.org/final-environmental-impact-statementfinal-environmental-impact-report-feisfeir/ Federal Transit Administration Alameda Contra Costa Transit District August 2026 InternetArchiveBot However, with the Berkeley leg on Telegraph Avenue cancelled, the stops were instead built on Broadway. Tempo route 1T service began on August 9, 2020.http://www.actransit.org/2020/08/07/ac-transit-tempo-opens-to-riders-sunday-august-9/ AC TRANSIT TEMPO OPENS TO RIDERS SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 August 7, 2020 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District December 6, 2020 December 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201206094140/http://www.actransit.org/2020/08/07/ac-transit-tempo-opens-to-riders-sunday-august-9/ dead A bike station in a storefront at 19th Street opened in February 2015.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20150225-0 New Uptown Oakland Bike Station now open February 25, 2015 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District By 2017, the station filled on most weekday mornings; construction of a larger station on BART-owned land at 21st Street was recommended. By August 2020, BART had obtained $1.17 million of the estimated $8–9 million cost of the 400-space bike station.https://www.bart.gov/about/planning/station-access/19th-bike-station 19th St Oakland Bike Station December 5, 2020 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District A 2014 study produced a conceptual design for modernization of the station.https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/FINAL%2019th%20Street%20Conceptual%20Design%20Plan%2020141031.pdf Final Report: 19th Street Oakland Station Modernization Program Conceptual Design Plan October 31, 2014 AECOM San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District A $32.7 million contract for a renovation project was awarded in July 2019. The three separate paid areas were consolidated, a new platform elevator added to the north end of the station, and the 2001-closed public restrooms rebuilt and reopened.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190725-0 July 25, 2019 BART Board Moves Forward with Quality of Life Initiatives and Station Modernization San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Districthttps://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2018-03-15%20Website%20Handout.pdf GO Uptown Gateway to Oakland Uptown: 2016 TIGER Grant Project Summary 2016 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District The consolidation placed the elevator to the platforms inside paid area. Several pieces of public art were added as part of the renovation.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2023/news20230403 Art at BART: The stories of the new artworks at modernized 19th Street Station in Oakland April 3, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Construction began on January 25, 2020.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200131-1 January 31, 2020 Construction for 19th Street Oakland Station modernization set to begin San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Several entrances were closed from April 13, 2020, to June 12, 2021, due to low ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200410 BART opens all entrances/exits that were previously closed due to pandemic June 12, 2021 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District The entrance at the northwest corner of 20th Street and Broadway closed on June 15, 2021, for about six months as part of construction work. The Telegraph Avenue entrance was closed prior to this.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2021/news20210527-0 19th St. Station entrance closed for improvements starting June 15 May 28, 2021 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District The remodeled restrooms opened on February 25, 2022.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2022/news20220225 Congresswoman Barbara Lee joins BART in reopening long-closed restrooms at 19th Street/Oakland Station Friday February 25, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completed project was held on January 21, 2023.https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2023/news20230121 Transformation of 19th Street Station celebrated with a ribbon cutting January 21, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District References External links BART – 19th Street Oakland BART – 19th Street/Oakland Station Modernization Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Alameda County, California Category:Stations on the Orange Line (BART) Category:Stations on the Yellow Line (BART) Category:Stations on the Red Line (BART) Category:Railway stations in Oakland, California Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1972 Category:Railway stations located underground in California