El Cerrito del Norte, often shortened to simply
del Norte BART, is one of two BART stations in
El Cerrito, CaliforniaEl Cerrito, California may refer to:*El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, city in Contra Costa County*El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, small unincorporated area surrounded by Corona, California...
, just east of the
Cutting BoulevardCutting Boulevard is a major east-west arterial trunk road in the city of Richmond, California it begins in the historic neighborhood of Point Richmond at the base of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and flows through the South Richmond forming the border with that neighborhood and Marina Bay as does...
interchange of
Interstate 80Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States . It connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City. I-80 is the interstate that most closely approximates the route of the Lincoln Highway, the first auto trail to cross the...
. As the name suggests, it serves the northern portion of El Cerrito (El Cerrito del Norte is
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for "north
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"). It is a regional transit hub connecting
AC TransitAC Transit is a regional bus agency serving parts of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the western coastal area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, headquartered in Oakland...
(Alameda and Contra Costa counties: Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito),
WestCATWestCAT is a public transportation service in western Contra Costa County . It is a service of the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority....
(Western Contra Costa County: Hercules, Rodeo, Pinole, Richmond),
Golden Gate TransitGolden Gate Transit is a public transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. It mainly serves Marin and Sonoma Counties, and also provides limited service to San Francisco and Contra Costa County.-Description:...
(Marin County), Fairfield and Suisun Transit (Solano County:
FairfieldFairfield is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, USA . It is approximately from both the city of San Francisco and the city of Sacramento, approximately from Oakland, less than from Napa Valley , 18 miles from the Carquinez Bridge, and...
,
Suisun CitySuisun City is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 26,118 at the 2000 census. The city takes its name from the adjacent Suisun Bay, which in turn is named for the Suisunes, a Native American tribe of the area.-Geography:Suisun City is located at .According to...
), and
Vallejo TransitVallejo Transit or VT is a public transportation service in Solano County, California.-Services:VT provides local, express, and school bus service to the Solano County cities of Vallejo and Fairfield. It also provides express bus service to Contra Costa County, allowing connection to the regional...
(Solano County: Vallejo).
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El Cerrito del Norte, often shortened to simply
del Norte BART, is one of two BART stations in
El Cerrito, CaliforniaEl Cerrito, California may refer to:*El Cerrito, Contra Costa County, California, city in Contra Costa County*El Cerrito, Riverside County, California, small unincorporated area surrounded by Corona, California...
, just east of the
Cutting BoulevardCutting Boulevard is a major east-west arterial trunk road in the city of Richmond, California it begins in the historic neighborhood of Point Richmond at the base of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and flows through the South Richmond forming the border with that neighborhood and Marina Bay as does...
interchange of
Interstate 80Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States . It connects downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City. I-80 is the interstate that most closely approximates the route of the Lincoln Highway, the first auto trail to cross the...
. As the name suggests, it serves the northern portion of El Cerrito (El Cerrito del Norte is
SpanishSpanish or Castilian is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that originated in northern Spain and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile, evolving into the principal language of government and trade in the Iberian peninsula...
for "north
hillockA hillock is a small hill, usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range. Hillocks are similar in their distribution and size to small mesas or buttes. The term is largely a British one...
"). It is a regional transit hub connecting
AC TransitAC Transit is a regional bus agency serving parts of Alameda County and Contra Costa County in the western coastal area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area, headquartered in Oakland...
(Alameda and Contra Costa counties: Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito),
WestCATWestCAT is a public transportation service in western Contra Costa County . It is a service of the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority....
(Western Contra Costa County: Hercules, Rodeo, Pinole, Richmond),
Golden Gate TransitGolden Gate Transit is a public transportation system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. It mainly serves Marin and Sonoma Counties, and also provides limited service to San Francisco and Contra Costa County.-Description:...
(Marin County), Fairfield and Suisun Transit (Solano County:
FairfieldFairfield is a city located in the northeastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California, USA . It is approximately from both the city of San Francisco and the city of Sacramento, approximately from Oakland, less than from Napa Valley , 18 miles from the Carquinez Bridge, and...
,
Suisun CitySuisun City is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 26,118 at the 2000 census. The city takes its name from the adjacent Suisun Bay, which in turn is named for the Suisunes, a Native American tribe of the area.-Geography:Suisun City is located at .According to...
), and
Vallejo TransitVallejo Transit or VT is a public transportation service in Solano County, California.-Services:VT provides local, express, and school bus service to the Solano County cities of Vallejo and Fairfield. It also provides express bus service to Contra Costa County, allowing connection to the regional...
(Solano County: Vallejo).
Service at this station began on January 29, 1973.
The city of El Cerrito is planning and searching for funds to develop the area around the station as a transit oriented development (TOD) similarly to other
transit villageA transit village is a planned development around a transportation hub, such as a train station, with the intent to make it convenient for village dwellers to get to/from work or run errands and travel via a public transportation network....
s.
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