Castro Valley station

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in San Francisco Bay Area}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Castro Valley | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Eastbound train at Castro Valley station, May 2018.JPG | image_caption = An eastbound train at Castro Valley station in 2018 | address = 3301 Norbridge Drive | borough = [[Castro Valley, California]] | coordinates = {{coord|37.69075|-122.07568|region:US-CA_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | line = [[BART L-Line]] | structure = Embankment | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | tracks = 2 | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} [[AC Transit]]: 28, 93 | {{bus icon}} [[California State University, East Bay|Cal State East Bay]] shuttle }} | parking = 1,123 spaces | bicycle = [[Bicycle parking rack|Racks]], 32 BikeLink [[Bicycle locker|lockers]], 20 lockers | accessible = Yes | architect = Group 4<br />[[ICF International|ICF Kaiser Engineers]]<ref name="Cerny 2007">{{Cite book |last=Cerny |first=Susan Dinkelspiel |title=An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area |publisher=Gibbs Smith |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-58685-432-4 |edition=1st |location=Layton, UT |pages=501–502 |language=en-US |oclc=85623396}}</ref> | code = {{BART code|CAST}} | opened = May 10, 1997<ref name="history" /> | passengers = {{BART ridership|Castro Valley}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART|line=Blue|left=Bay Fair|right=West Dublin/Pleasanton}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''Castro Valley station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[metro station|station]] located in the [[Central reservation|center median]] of [[Interstate 580 (California)|Interstate 580]] in [[Castro Valley, California]]. The entrance plaza, parking lots, and bus transfer area are located on the north side of the highway; a tunnel under the westbound lanes connects the entrance to the fare lobby, which is located under the [[island platform]]. The station is served by the [[Blue Line (BART)|Blue Line]].

A 96-unit [[transit-oriented development|transit-oriented]] apartment complex was built on the northwest corner of the station site in 1993 while the station was under construction. The project included the restoration of a historic Victorian house.<ref name=completedtod>{{cite web |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430010340/https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |title=Completed TOD projects |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref><ref name=2024tod>{{cite book |url=https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BART%20TOD%20Work%20Plan%20Update_Public%20Draft.pdf |date=March 2024 |title=BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>{{rp|7}} The station opened on May 10, 1997, as part of the extension to [[Dublin/Pleasanton station]].<ref name=history>{{BART History}}</ref> It was the eastern terminus of AC Transit route M, which provided transbay service to Hillsdale over the [[San Mateo–Hayward Bridge]], from March 2003 to March 2010.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.actransit.org/news/articledetail.wu?articleid=0c8ac45b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050205045143/http://www.actransit.org/news/articledetail.wu?articleid=0c8ac45b |archive-date=February 5, 2005 |date=December 21, 2004 |title=Line M a Success |publisher=AC Transit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314155034/http://www2.actransit.org/riderinfo/march2010/march2010changes.htm |archive-date=March 14, 2010 |url=http://www2.actransit.org/riderinfo/march2010/march2010changes.htm |title=AC Transit Service Changes, March 28, 2010 |date=January 18, 2010 |publisher=Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow development on the surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.<ref name=2024tod />{{rp|17}}

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== External links == {{commons category-inline}} *[https://www.bart.gov/stations/cast BART - Castro Valley]

[[Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Alameda County, California]] [[Category:Stations on the Blue Line (BART)]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1997]]