{{Short description|Rapid transit station in Pleasanton, California, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Dublin/Pleasanton | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Dublin Pleasanton station from garage, May 2018.JPG | image_caption = Dublin/Pleasanton station viewed from the parking garage in 2018 | address = 5801 Owens Drive | borough = Pleasanton, California | coordinates = {{coord|37.701663|-121.899232|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | owned = San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | line = BART L-Line | structure = Elevated | platform = 1 island platform | tracks = 2 | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} Amtrak Thruway | {{bus icon}} County Connection: 35, 335, 97X | {{bus icon}} San Joaquin Regional Transit District: 150 | {{bus icon}} Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority: BART Commuter routes | {{bus icon}} Wheels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10R, 14, 20X, 30R, 54, 70X, 580X }} | parking = 2,927 spaces<ref name=newgarage /> | bicycle = 24 lockers | accessible = Yes | architect = Stone, Marraccini & Patterson<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> | opened = {{Start date|1997|05|10}} | passengers = {{BART ridership|Dublin/Pleasanton}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | code = {{BART code|DUBL}}<br />{{Amtrak code|DBP}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART|line=Blue|left=West Dublin/Pleasanton}} | other_services_header = Planned services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{adjacent stations|system=Valley Link|line=Valley Link|right=Isabel}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}
'''Dublin/Pleasanton station''' is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on the border of Dublin and Pleasanton, California. It is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. It is also a major bus terminal served by six providers.
The station consists of an island platform located in the center median of the elevated Interstate 580. A fare lobby is located under the platform; a pedestrian and vehicle underpass connects the station to bus bays, parking lots, a parking garage, and surrounding development. The Iron Horse Regional Trail connects to both the north and south sides of the station.
== History == thumb|left|The 2008-opened parking garage Service at the station began on May 10, 1997. Original plans in the late 1980s called for a station in West Dublin, with an East Dublin station near the Hacienda Business Park to be added later; however, by the early 1990s the order was reversed.<ref name=history>{{BART History}}</ref> The station was initially planned as '''East Dublin/Pleasanton''' during planning to differentiate it from the then-planned West Dublin/Pleasanton station (which ultimately opened in 2011). Since its opening, BART has referred to the station simply as "Dublin/Pleasanton". Wheels bus service formerly used "East Dublin/Pleasanton".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Services to East Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station |url=https://www.wheelsbus.com/services-east-dublinpleasanton-bart-station/ |publisher=Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703175410/https://www.wheelsbus.com/services-east-dublinpleasanton-bart-station/ |archive-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
The station design features a "wave" design motif, most notably in the titanium canopy roof over the passenger platform, which has a silhouette of five curves intended to both echo the shape of the nearby hills in Dublin and "represent the sound waves generated by BART's electric propulsion."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hacienda.org/ho/nw0204_bart5th.html |title=Dublin/Pleasanton BART: Changing the Tri-Valley Commute in Just Five Years |first=Denise |last=Howe |magazine=Hacienda Network |date=April 16, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316232750/http://www.hacienda.org/ho/nw0204_bart5th.html |archive-date=March 16, 2012 |volume=10 |issue=4}}</ref> Installation of second-generation faregates at the BART station took place in December 2024.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2024/news20241206-0 |title=Installation work to begin December 13 for Next Generation Fare Gates at Dublin/Pleasanton Station |date=December 6, 2024 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>
An adjacent transit-oriented development (TOD) on the Dublin side of the station with 240 residential units finished initial construction in 2006.<ref name="dpsp">{{cite web |url=http://bart.gov/docs/planning/Dublin.pdf |title=Dublin/Pleasanton station plan |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414121750/http://bart.gov/docs/planning/DUBLIN.pdf |archive-date=April 14, 2011}}</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 development included a 1,513-space BART parking garage, which opened on May 23, 2008.<ref name=history /> According to its architects, the "external design treatments ... draw the eye away from the height and size", but the San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic John King dismissed the result as "cartoonishly clumsy."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/The-architecture-of-parking-garages-from-ghastly-13465328.php |title=The architecture of parking garages, from ghastly to glorious |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |first=John |last=King |date=December 14, 2018}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for a second phase of TOD on the Pleasanton (south) side of the station, while additional TOD on the Dublin side would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.<ref name=2024tod />{{rp|16, 17}}
The construction of a second 665-space garage, promised by BART in 2002, proved controversial. A $37.1 million design was brought forward in February 2017; local officials were in favor of the garage – noting that existing parking was full by 7:45am on weekdays – but the BART Board rejected it because of cost concerns and a 2016 BART policy to prioritize non-auto access to stations. The Board instead approved a $17.2 million "hybrid" model that included restriping existing parking, improving bus service and Iron Horse Regional Trail connections, and installation of an automated parking system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/15/bart-20-million-for-expanded-parking-at-dublin-station-hinges-on-assemblymember-catharine-baker/ |title=BART: $20 million for expanded parking at Dublin station hinges on Assemblywoman Catharine Baker |newspaper=East Bay Times |date=August 15, 2017 |first=Erin |last=Baldassari}}</ref> In May 2018, local officials announced plans for a $30 million garage entirely on city-owned land and not subject to BART approval. The project will use $20 million in state funds awarded to the Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority plus $10 million in local funds.<ref name=newgarage>{{cite news |last1=Ruggiero |first1=Angela |title=New BART parking garage approved for Dublin/Pleasanton station, without BART approval |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/05/03/new-bart-parking-garage-approved-for-dublin-pleasanton-station-without-bart-approval/ |access-date=May 12, 2018 |newspaper=East Bay Times |date=May 3, 2018}}</ref> A groundbreaking was held in October 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/10/10/construction-begins-for-new-bart-parking-garage-in-east-bay/ |title=Construction begins for new BART parking garage in East Bay |newspaper=East Bay Times |date=October 10, 2018 |first=Angela |last=Ruggiero}}</ref> However, construction was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and bidding did not take place until late 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://patch.com/california/dublin/construction-2nd-dublin-bart-parking-garage-could-begin-soon |title=Construction Of 2nd Dublin BART Parking Garage Could Begin Soon |newspaper=Patch |date=November 2, 2021 |first1=Courtney |last1=Teague |first2=Bob |last2=Porterfield |access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref> Construction began in November 2022.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://gsa.acgov.org/construction-set-to-start-on-dublin-transit-center-garage/ |title=Construction Set to Start on Dublin Transit Center Garage |date=November 2, 2022 |publisher=Alameda County General Services Agency}}</ref>
The Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority plans to construct a rail line, Valley Link, running east from the station to serve Livermore and San Joaquin County.<ref>{{cite web |title=Valley Link Rail Project Phase 1 Project Profile |url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/valley-link-rail-project-phase-1-project-profile |publisher=Federal Transit Administration |date=March 9, 2023}}</ref>
== Bus connections == thumb|left|WHEELS buses at the station in 2018 As the terminus of a BART line, Dublin/Pleasanton station serves as a local and intercity bus hub. A 10-bay bus plaza is located on the north side of the station; several more bus bays are located on the south side of the station. Two local bus providers use these bays for a number of routes that run in the Tri-Valley:<ref name=stops>{{cite web |url=https://www.actransit.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/HSP_DP-stops.pdf |title=Transit Stops: Dublin/Pleasanton Station |publisher= Metropolitan Transportation Commission |date=September 22, 2020}}</ref><ref name=routes>{{cite web |url=https://www.actransit.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/HSP_DP-routes_1.pdf |title=Schedules & Fares: Dublin/Pleasanton Station |publisher= Metropolitan Transportation Commission |date=September 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wheelsbus.com/routes-and-schedules/ |title=Routes & Schedules |publisher=Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority |access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> *County Connection: 35, 335, 97X *Wheels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10R, 14, 20X, 30R, 54, 70X, 580X
Because I-580 is the primary highway from the Bay Area to the Central Valley, the station is the western terminus for several lengthy commuter-based routes from Central Valley cities.<ref name=routes /> Those three routes, plus several daily Amtrak Thruway bus trips connecting with the ''Gold Runner'' train route, stop next to the parking garage north of the station.<ref name=stops /> *San Joaquin Regional Transit District: Route 150 (serving Tracy, Lathrop, and Stockton) *Stanislaus Regional Transit Authority: BART Commuter – Turlock/Patterson, BART Commuter – Modesto
Tri-Delta Transit ran a Delta Express route from Antioch to West Dublin/Pleasanton station via Brentwood and Dublin/Pleasanton station from August 18, 2003, to February 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hacienda.org/ho-connection/ho-cx-2003-tri-delta-transit-begins-express-bus |title=Tri-Delta Transit Begins Express Bus |date=August 5, 2003 |publisher=Hacienda Business Park Owners Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trideltatransit.com/promos/schedule-changes.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209234141/http://www.trideltatransit.com/promos/schedule-changes.aspx |archive-date=February 9, 2012 |publisher=Tri-Delta Transit |title=New Schedule |date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *[http://www.bart.gov/stations/dubl BART – Dublin/Pleasanton]
{{Bay Area Rapid Transit}} {{Dublin, California}} {{Pleasanton, California}}
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