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North Berkeley (BART station)
Encyclopedia
North Berkeley is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit
station located on Sacramento Street in Berkeley, California
. The station is bounded by Virginia, Sacramento, Delaware, and Acton Streets to the north, east, south, and west, respectively.
, while an elevator
between the surface and the platform is located at the parking lot's Sacramento Street edge. (The elevator has a dedicated turnstile
; however, an Addfare machine, which is used to add funds to an already-printed BART ticket, is only available inside the main station entrance.)
This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin
.
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 located on Sacramento Street in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
. The station is bounded by Virginia, Sacramento, Delaware, and Acton Streets to the north, east, south, and west, respectively.
Station
The main station entrance sits within a circular building at the center of a parking lotParking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
, while an elevator
Elevator
An elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structures...
between the surface and the platform is located at the parking lot's Sacramento Street edge. (The elevator has a dedicated turnstile
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
; however, an Addfare machine, which is used to add funds to an already-printed BART ticket, is only available inside the main station entrance.)
History
Service at this station began on January 29, 1973.This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin
Bob Franklin (politician)
Bob Franklin is an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors. He represents District 3 which covers the communities of Kensington, Piedmont, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and portions of Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward and Castro Valley. He was elected on November 2, 2004...
.