Lafayette (BART station)
Encyclopedia
Lafayette is a Bay Area Rapid Transit
station
in Lafayette, California
. The station has of an island platform
in the center median
of State Route 24
.
Service at this station began on May 21, 1973. In 2011 BART was reported to have spent $2 million dollars on a wheelchair ramp at this station that lacked actual access to passengers that use wheelchairs.
This station is in BART District 1 and is represented by Gail Murray
who is also current BART President.
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial
is across the street.
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
station
Metro station
A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....
in Lafayette, California
Lafayette, California
Lafayette is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 23,893. It was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero of the American Revolutionary War...
. The station has of an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
in the center median
Central reservation
On divided roads, such as divided highways or freeways/motorways, the central reservation , median, parkway , median strip or central nature strip is the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic...
of State Route 24
California State Route 24
State Route 24 in the U.S. state of California is a heavily-traveled east–west freeway in the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California that runs from the Interstate 580/Interstate 980 interchange in Oakland to the Interstate 680 junction in Walnut Creek...
.
Service at this station began on May 21, 1973. In 2011 BART was reported to have spent $2 million dollars on a wheelchair ramp at this station that lacked actual access to passengers that use wheelchairs.
Transit connections
- County ConnectionCounty ConnectionThe County Connection is a Concord-based public transit agency operating fixed-route bus and ADA paratransit service in and around central Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area...
bus routes 6, 25(weekdays only) and 250
This station is in BART District 1 and is represented by Gail Murray
Gail Murray
Gail Murray is an elected member of Bay Area Rapid Transit or BART, and a former mayor of the city of Walnut Creek, California. She is from BART district 1 which represents, Alamo, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek and parts of Pleasant Hill and Pacheco...
who is also current BART President.
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial
Lafayette hillside memorial
The Lafayette Hillside Memorial is a collection of crosses, accompanied by a large sign, in Lafayette, California. The crosses are intended to serve as a memorial for United States soldiers killed in the Iraq War, with the sign containing a running total of the death count...
is across the street.