Antioch (eBART station)
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Antioch is a BART
station under construction east of Pittsburg/Bay Point
, the current terminus of the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line. It will be located at Highway 4 and Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, California
, and is planned to open in 2015.
line, which will extend from the Pittsburg/Bay Point station, passing through an intermediary stop at Pittsburg
. The station will service the central area of Antioch in addition to this bedroom community's residents commuting to job centers in San Francisco and other areas. It will also attract passengers from Oakley
, Brentwood
, and Discovery Bay
, cities that were envisioned as part of the original extension but could not be included due to cost. BART plans to eventually extend service south to Brentwood and if foreseeable upgrade the extension to full BART service while pushing the DMU portion further out.
may have to cooperatively police the station. The lack of full time agents and only sovereign BART police
coverage are controversial anomalies for the BART system at large, as is the fact that it is a diesel battery powered shuttle to BART and not fully integrated rapid transit.
with reconfigured lines that currently feed BART. Rio Vista Delta Breeze
commuter service to BART will run to this station instead of the Pittsburg/Bay Point
BART terminal as it does currently and there may be commuter service from Stockton
from the San Joaquin Regional Transit District
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 under construction east of Pittsburg/Bay Point
Pittsburg/Bay Point (BART station)
Pittsburg/Bay Point is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the town of Bay Point, California. As the terminal station of the Pittsburg/Bay Point - SFO Line, it serves all of northern and eastern Contra Costa County, including the cities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, as well as the...
, the current terminus of the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line. It will be located at Highway 4 and Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, California
Antioch, California
Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County, California. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta, it is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland. The city's population was 102,372 at the U.S...
, and is planned to open in 2015.
Design
It will be the eastern terminus of eBART, BART's first DMUDiesel multiple unit
A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board diesel engines. They may also be referred to as a railcar or railmotor, depending on country.-Design:...
line, which will extend from the Pittsburg/Bay Point station, passing through an intermediary stop at Pittsburg
Pittsburg (eBART station)
Pittsburg eBART station also referred to as Railroad Avenue is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station under construction east of the current system terminus at Pittsburg/Bay Point to be located at Highway 4 and Railroad Avenue in Pittsburg, California it will open in 2015.-History:It will be BART's first...
. The station will service the central area of Antioch in addition to this bedroom community's residents commuting to job centers in San Francisco and other areas. It will also attract passengers from Oakley
Oakley, California
Oakley is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 35,432 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Oakley is part of the East Contra Costa Bicycle Plan, which has existing facilities in Oakley as well as plans for further expansion....
, Brentwood
Brentwood, California
Brentwood is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population is 51,481 as of 2010....
, and Discovery Bay
Discovery Bay, California
Discovery Bay is a census-designated place in extreme eastern Contra Costa County, California in the United States about from San Francisco. As of 2010, its population was 13,352....
, cities that were envisioned as part of the original extension but could not be included due to cost. BART plans to eventually extend service south to Brentwood and if foreseeable upgrade the extension to full BART service while pushing the DMU portion further out.
Security and staffing concerns
Preliminary designs called for a station without an agent present, nor restrooms or escalators. This prompted outrage from the community and the plans were redesigned to add these features, however the station will only have one employee present at any given time, one agent or one maintenance worker at a time. An extra police beat will be added but policing will be slight. This has caused concern among Antioch residents and the Antioch Police DepartmentAntioch Police Department
The Antioch Police Department is a police department serving the East Bay city of Antioch, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.-History:The police department was created in 1872 to handle security and law enforcement in the coal mining town of hundreds that was 19th Century Antioch. By the...
may have to cooperatively police the station. The lack of full time agents and only sovereign BART police
BART Police
The BART Police Department is the police force of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District .The BART Police Department has more than 296 police personnel, of which 206 are sworn peace officers. BART Police officers derive their powers of arrest from Section 830.33 P.C...
coverage are controversial anomalies for the BART system at large, as is the fact that it is a diesel battery powered shuttle to BART and not fully integrated rapid transit.
Transit connections
Local bus service will be provided by Tri-Delta TransitTri-Delta Transit
Tri Delta Transit, also known as Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority, is the local public transportation provider for the eastern area of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, U.S.A.. It provides local bus service in the communities of Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch,...
with reconfigured lines that currently feed BART. Rio Vista Delta Breeze
Rio Vista Delta Breeze
-Service and operations:It offers flex fixed-route local service in the cities of Rio Vista and Isleton in addition to commuter service to Fairfield and Antioch. There was limited twice weekly service to the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART Station in Bay Point until 2010 when it became a regularly...
commuter service to BART will run to this station instead of the Pittsburg/Bay Point
Pittsburg/Bay Point (BART station)
Pittsburg/Bay Point is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in the town of Bay Point, California. As the terminal station of the Pittsburg/Bay Point - SFO Line, it serves all of northern and eastern Contra Costa County, including the cities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood, as well as the...
BART terminal as it does currently and there may be commuter service from Stockton
Stockton, California
Stockton, California, the seat of San Joaquin County, is the fourth-largest city in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. With a population of 291,707 at the 2010 census, Stockton ranks as this state's 13th largest city...
from the San Joaquin Regional Transit District
San Joaquin Regional Transit District
San Joaquin Regional Transit District is a transit district that provides bus service to the city of Stockton, California and the surrounding communities of Lodi, Ripon, Thornton, French Camp, Lathrop, Manteca, and Tracy.San Joaquin RTD operates 36 fixed routes to the Stockton metropolitan area,...