Antioch station (BART)

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in San Francisco Bay Area}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Use American English|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox station | name = Antioch | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Antioch station overview, May 2018.JPG | alt = A railway platform in the middle of a highway, with a footbridge leading to one side of the highway | caption = A train at the station on the first day of service in May 2018 | address = 1600 Slatten Ranch Road | borough = [[Antioch, California]] | coordinates = {{Coord|37.996281|-121.783404|display=inline,title}} | line = [[BART E-Line]] ([[eBART]]) | structure = At grade | platforms = 1 [[island platform]] | tracks = 2 | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} [[Tri Delta Transit]]: 300, 380, 383, 384, 385, 387, 388, 390, 391, 392, 393, 395, 395 | {{bus icon}} [[County Connection]]: 93X | {{bus icon}} [[Rio Vista Delta Breeze]]: 52 }} | parking = 1,012 spaces | bicycle = Yes | accessible = Yes | code = {{BART code|ANTC}} | opened = {{start date|2018|05|26}} | passengers = {{BART ridership|Antioch}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART|line=eBART|left=Pittsburg Center}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''Antioch station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) station on the {{lnl|BART|Yellow}}. It is located in the median of [[California State Route 4|Highway 4]] at Hillcrest Avenue in [[Antioch, California]]. Antioch station is the eastern terminus of the BART to Antioch ([[eBART]]) section of the line.

== History == [[File:Antioch station headhouse, February 2018.jpg|thumb|left|Antioch station nearing completion in February 2018]] The station is expected to attract passengers from [[Oakley, California|Oakley]], [[Brentwood, California|Brentwood]], and [[Discovery Bay, California|Discovery Bay]], communities that were envisioned as part of the original eBART extension but could not be included due to cost. BART planned to extend service southeast to Brentwood and upgrade the extension to full BART service while pushing the [[diesel multiple unit|DMU]] portion further out.<ref name="eb" /> Initially planned to open in 2016,<ref name="eb">{{cite web |url = http://bart.gov/about/projects/ecc/ |title = East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART) |access-date = February 11, 2013 |date = February 11, 2011 |work = Projects |publisher = [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) }}</ref> the station's service date was delayed<ref>{{cite web |title = eBART East Contra Costa BART Extension |url = http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/eBARTFactSheet_JUNE%2029_15Fr.pdf |publisher = [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) |access-date = August 13, 2015 }}</ref> until May 26, 2018.

Preliminary designs called for a station without an agent present, nor restrooms or escalators.<ref name="popo">{{cite news |url = http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_17851357 |title = BART addresses security concerns for Hillcrest eBART station |first = Paul |last = Bulgarino |website = Contra Costa Times |date = April 14, 2011 |access-date = April 17, 2011 }}</ref> This prompted concern 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.<ref name="popo" /> An extra police beat will be added.<ref name="popo" /> This caused concern among Antioch residents and the [[Antioch Police Department]] may have to cooperatively police the station.<ref name="popo" /> The lack of a full-time station agent has resulted in security issues after opening.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/antioch-bart-attack-leaves-riders-concerned-for-their-safety |title=Antioch BART attack leaves riders concerned for their safety |newspaper=KRON4 |date=January 11, 2020 |first=Michelle |last=Kingston}}</ref> A station agent booth was later added; the station began to be staffed on March 22, 2021.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2021/news20210318-0 |title=BART Board President welcomes Station Agents to Antioch Station |date=March 18, 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> Installation of second-generation faregates at the station began from September 20–30, 2024.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2024/news20240913-1 |title=Installation work to begin September 20th for Next Generation Fare Gates at Antioch Station |date=September 13, 2024 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925201808/https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |archive-date=September 25, 2024 |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |title=New Fare Gates & Station Hardening |date=September 2024 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204064640/https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate |title=New Fare Gates & Station Hardening |date=September 2024 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>

BART anticipated the station would serve 1,575 round trips per day based upon a supposed opening in 2015. Before the proper opening, BART forecasted 2,270 trips per day.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2018/news20181026 |title= BART identifies funding to add over 800 parking spaces at the Antioch Station |date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref> Two weeks following the beginning of service in 2018, ridership was observed to be about 3,000 round trips per day, overloading the station's parking facilities and causing riders to illegally park nearby.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11672057/barts-new-antioch-station-is-very-popular-and-doesnt-have-enough-parking |title=BART's New Antioch Station Is Very Popular -- and Doesn't Have Enough Parking |newspaper=KQED |date=June 1, 2018 |first=Dan |last=Brekke |access-date=June 2, 2018}}</ref> The station has 1,012 parking spaces.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/05/signups-for-reserved-ebart-parking-in-antioch-start-jan-16/|title=Signups for reserved eBART parking in Antioch start Jan. 16|last1=Coetsee|first1=Rowena|date=January 5, 2018|work=East Bay Times|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> Soon after opening, the agency began planning an additional 1,600 parking space facility north of the station site.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Aaron |title=BART scrambling to solve Antioch eBART parking woes |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/06/08/bart-scrambling-to-solve-antioch-ebart-parking-woes/ |access-date=June 30, 2018 |agency=East Bay Times |date=June 8, 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, BART announced plans for a $16.4 million, 800-space lot east of the station, which would open in 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2018/news20181026 |title=BART identifies funding to add over 800 parking spaces at the Antioch Station |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District |date=October 26, 2018}}</ref> In November 2019, the BART board approved a $9.9 million contract for an 850-space lot.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20191121 |title=Antioch Station will get more parking and bike/pedestrian improvements |date=November 21, 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> The new lot opened on November 30, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/11/29/antioch-bart-station-parking-expansion/ |title=850 Additional Parking Spaces To Open At Antioch BART Station |newspaper=KPIX CBS Bay Area |date=November 29, 2021 |access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref>

A 2018 study recommended a footbridge to the south side of State Route 4, as well as improvements to bicycle and pedestrian access.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/NConcord_Antioch_Access_Report_02072018.pdf |title=North Concord to Antioch BART Access Study |date=February 2018 |author=CDM Smith |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District |pages=27, B-49}} ([https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/NConcord_Antioch_Access_Appendices_02072018-web_0.pdf Appendices])</ref> {{As of|2024}}, BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow [[transit-oriented development]] on the surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.<ref name=2024tod>{{cite book |url=https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BART%20TOD%20Work%20Plan%20Update_Public%20Draft.pdf |page=17 |date=March 2024 |title=BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>

== See also == * [[Antioch–Pittsburg station]] (Amtrak)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category-inline}} *[https://www.bart.gov/stations/antc BART – Antioch] *[https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/ecc BART – East Contra Costa Extension]

[[Category:Antioch, California]] [[Category:Stations on the Yellow Line (BART)]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2018]] [[Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Contra Costa County, California]] [[Category:2018 establishments in California]] [[Category:Bus stations in Contra Costa County, California]]