Richmond station (California)

Richmond Station
BART Rapid transit station Amtrak Inter-city rail station
The remodeled station entry under construction 10 years ago in December 2006.
Location	1700 Nevin Way Richmond, CA 94801
Coordinates	37°56′13″N 122°21′11″W / 37.936811°N 122.353095°WCoordinates: 37°56′13″N 122°21′11″W / 37.936811°N 122.353095°W
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART   Richmond–​Fremont   Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae Amtrak   Capitol Corridor   San Joaquin   California Zephyr
Platforms	1 island platform (Amtrak) 1 island platform (BART)
Tracks	3 (Amtrak) 2 (BART)
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 70, 71, 72M, 74, 76, 376 (local); 608, 684, 674, 667, 668, 675, 684 (school days only); 800 (All Nighter) Golden Gate Transit: Route 42 Richmond Medical Center route BART-Kaiser Shuttle Richmond Circular Shuttle[1]
Construction
Parking	624 spaces- Monthly Reserved, Daily (BART patrons only), Extended Weekend (BART patrons only)[2] no AMTRAK parking[3]
Bicycle facilities	Two Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	RIC (Amtrak)
History
Opened	January 29, 1973 (BART)[4] 1978 (Amtrak)[5]
Rebuilt	October 18, 2007[5]
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2013)	3,898 exits/day[6]  6.55% (BART)
Passengers (FY 2013)	266,237[7]  5.59% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station Terminus Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae El Cerrito del Norte toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Richmond–​Fremont El Cerrito del Norte toward Fremont Amtrak Berkeley toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Martinez toward Auburn Capitol Corridor under construction Hercules toward Auburn Emeryville toward Oakland-Jack London Square San Joaquin Martinez toward Bakersfield San Joaquin under construction Hercules toward Bakersfield Emeryville Terminus California Zephyr Martinez toward Chicago
Location
Location within California

Richmond Station is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Amtrak station located in Richmond, California. Each system is served by an island platform. The Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and California Zephyr stop here and connect to BART. The station was rebuilt and rededicated on October 18, 2007.^[5] The Metro Walk - Richmond Transit Village is adjacent; north of the station is a BART rail yard. Richmond is the north end of BART's Richmond Line; the Richmond - Millbrae Line operates Monday-Saturday during the daytime (although the line does not travel south of Daly City on Saturdays) and the Richmond - Fremont Line operates at all times during regular BART service. This station has been identified as an important hub in the transportation network for metropolitan and statewide planning.^[8]

History

Railway service to Richmond started around 1900 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) opened the western terminus of its line near the port where the rail company ran ferries to take passengers across the bay to the city of San Francisco.^[5] Around that same time the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) opened a station just south of the current station at MacDonald Avenue. BART service at this station began along dedicated tracks that paralleled the SP line on January 29, 1973.^[4] Amtrak service to the station started, using the SP line's tracks, in early 1978.^[5] A station house for the Amtrak service was constructed in 1984.^[5] A transit village and rebuild of the western approach to the station was started in 2007 and a dedication ceremony was held on October 18, 2007.^[5]

A transit store opened at the station in August 2008, joining other major stations in the system.^[9]

The Coast Starlight no longer stops at Richmond as of January 14, 2013.^[10]

Transit connections

The station is served by two bus agencies. AC Transit provides a variety of local and regional service. Buses connect the station to various locations such as Contra Costa College, Hilltop Mall, El Cerrito del Norte BART Station, which is a regional bus hub with connecting services to the North Bay, and Richmond Parkway Transit Center. Routes 70, 71, 72M, 74, and 76 provide local intra-city service and also feeder service into the BART and Amtrak systems. They link to Richmond neighborhoods and neighboring communities of Marina Bay, Belding Woods, Point Richmond, Atchison Village, Hilltop, El Sobrante, El Cerrito, East Richmond, North Richmond, Rollingwood, and Pinole. Routes 376 and 800 both provide late night service. The former is a late night circulator combing the most popular portions of the local lines running until 2 AM while the 800 runs a route which emulates the BART's Richmond-Daly City line between Richmond and downtown San Francisco during the hours that BART is closed. It is the main route in the All Nighter regional Bay Area network. Route 42 is a link between the Golden Gate Transit service area in Marin County and the AC Transit area in Contra Costa County, the line connects San Rafael Transit Center a major GGT hub in San Rafael with Richmond and El Cerrito del Norte BART stations. There is also a free Kaiser Shuttle service to the nearby Richmond Medical Center.

Ridership

Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Richmond was the 16th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or alighting an average of about 773 passengers daily.^[7]

Platforms and tracks

BART	Northbound (Platform 1)	←      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae termination track ←      Richmond–​Fremont termination track
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound (Platform 2)	→      Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae toward Daly City or Millbrae (El Cerrito del Norte) → →      Richmond–​Fremont toward Fremont (El Cerrito del Norte) →
Passageway		Exit/entrance, Faregates, Ticket machines
Amtrak	Northbound	←   Capitol Corridor toward Auburn (Martinez) ←   San Joaquin toward Bakersfield (Martinez) ←   California Zephyr toward Chicago (Martinez)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→   Capitol Corridor toward San Jose (Berkeley) →   San Joaquin toward Oakland – Jack London Square (Emeryville) →   California Zephyr toward Emeryville (Terminus) →
		→ ←      Coast Starlight does not stop here      Coast Starlight does not stop here →

See also

• List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

References

1. "Circular Shuttle". City of Richmond. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
2. "Parking". Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
3. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=RIC
4. "BART History" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
5. "Richmond, CA (RIC)". Great American Stations. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
6. "BART Fiscal Year Weekday Average Exits". Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
7. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
8. Maxwell, Ross M. (November 15, 2002). "Converting a Large Region to a Multi-Modal Pulsed-Hub Public Transport Network" (PDF). Parsons Brinckerhoff. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 7, 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2008.
9. "Ticket Exchange Window Opens at Richmond BART Station". Bay Area Rapid Transit. August 4, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008.
10. "Service Alert - Coast Starlight Trains 11 and 14: Will No Longer Stop at Richmond". Amtrak. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

External links

• BART - Richmond Station Overview
• Capitol Corridor Richmond Station Page
• Amtrak Station Information Page
• Richmond (RIC)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

The Amtrak platform at dusk.