# Fruitvale station

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Rapid transit station in San Francisco Bay Area

For the film, see [Fruitvale Station](/source/Fruitvale_Station).

Not to be confused with [Fruitdale station](/source/Fruitdale_station).

Fruitvale Fruitvale station in May 2025 General information Location 3401 East 12th Street Oakland, California Coordinates 37°46′29″N 122°13′27″W / 37.7748°N 122.2241°W / 37.7748; -122.2241 Line BART A-Line Platforms 2 side platforms Tracks 2 Connections AC Transit: O, 1T, 14, 19, 30, 31, 51A, 54, 62, 706, 801, 851 Construction Structure type Elevated Parking 1,268 spaces Cycle facilities Racks, station, 20 lockers Accessible Yes Architect Neil Smith Reynolds & Chamberlain[1] Other information Station code BART: FTVL History Opened September 11, 1972 Passengers 2025 4,111 (weekday average)[2] Services Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Lake Merritt toward Daly City Blue Line Coliseum toward Dublin/​Pleasanton Green Line Coliseum toward Berryessa Lake Merritt toward Richmond Orange Line Preceding station AC Transit Following station 31st Avenue toward Uptown Transit Center Tempo Station on International Boulevard 39th Avenue toward San Leandro BART Location

**Fruitvale station** is a [Bay Area Rapid Transit](/source/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit) (BART) [station](/source/Metro_station) located in the [Fruitvale District](/source/Fruitvale%2C_Oakland) of [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California), United States. The elevated station has two [side platforms](/source/Side_platform). The station is served by the [Orange](/source/Orange_Line_(BART)), [Green](/source/Green_Line_(BART)), and [Blue](/source/Blue_Line_(BART)) lines.

## History

By August 1965, the city of Oakland's preferred name for the station was "Fruitvale".[3] BART approved the name that December.[4] Service at the station began on September 11, 1972.[5] Due to a national strike that year by elevator constructors, elevator construction on the early stations was delayed. Elevators at most of the initial stations, including Fruitvale, were completed in the months following the opening.[6][7]

Planning for mixed-use [transit oriented development](/source/Transit_oriented_development) (TOD) to replace the surface parking lots beginning in the late 1990s. The first phase included 47 residential units, 37,000 square feet (3,400 m2) of retail, a charter high school, a health clinic, a preschool, a senior center, a public library, and a BART parking garage; it was completed in 2004. BART sold the remaining surface lot to the Oakland Redevelopment Agency in 2010. A 94-unit residential building opened in 2019, followed by a 181-unit building with 6,000 square feet (560 m2) of retail space in 2024.[8][9]: 7 The redevelopment of the station area to a mixed-use "transit village" has served as a model for similar planning elsewhere in the [Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area).[10] As of 2024[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fruitvale_station&action=edit), BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the Derby Avenue parking lot and the busway. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.[9]: 17

Protesters after the 2009 police shooting of Oscar Grant

On January 1, 2009, a BART police officer [fatally shot an unarmed man, Oscar Grant III](/source/Killing_of_Oscar_Grant), at Fruitvale station while responding to reports of a fight on a train.[11][12] Grant's death sparked several protests in Oakland, and was one of several police killings that contributed to the nationwide [Black Lives Matter](/source/Black_Lives_Matter) movement.[13][14] *[Fruitvale Station](/source/Fruitvale_Station)*, a film about the killing, was released in 2013.[15]

[Tempo bus rapid transit](/source/Tempo_(bus_rapid_transit)) service on International Boulevard began on August 9, 2020.[16] The line's Fruitvale station is located about 600 feet (180 m) northeast of the BART station.[17] Installation of second-generation BART faregates at the station took place from August 13–21, 2024.[18][19]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Cerny_2007_1-0)** Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). *An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area* (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-58685-432-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-58685-432-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [85623396](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/85623396).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BARTridership_2-0)** ["Monthly Ridership Reports"](https://www.bart.gov/about/reports/ridership). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Differences On Transit Stop Names"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328927/). *Oakland Tribune*. August 24, 1965. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328970/). *Oakland Tribune*. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_5-0)** ["BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131013054420/http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf) (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf) (PDF) on October 13, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143718399/). *Oakland Tribune*. September 10, 1972. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Four BART Lines Make The System"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/144134431/). *The Independent*. February 26, 1973. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-completedtod_8-0)** ["Completed TOD projects"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240430010340/https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Archived from [the original](https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed) on April 30, 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2024tod_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2024tod_9-1) [*BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update*](https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BART%20TOD%20Work%20Plan%20Update_Public%20Draft.pdf) (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Development without gentrification? Oakland's Fruitvale is the model, report says"](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/29/development-without-gentrification-oaklands-fruitvale-is-the-model-report-says/). *The Mercury News*. March 29, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Tucker, Jill; Zito, Kelly; Knight, Heather (January 2, 2009). ["Deadly BART brawl – officer shoots rider, 22"](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Deadly-BART-brawl-officer-shoots-rider-22-3178373.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-video_12-0)** Bulwa, Demian (January 5, 2009). ["BART appeals for calm as footage shows shooting"](https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-appeals-for-calm-as-footage-shows-shooting-3255505.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Williams, Yohuru. ["You're Nobody 'Till Somebody Kills You: Baltimore, Freddie Gray and the Problem of History"](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yohuru-williams/youre-nobody-till-somebod_b_7167028.html). *[Huffington Post](/source/Huffington_Post)*. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Trayvon Martin. Marissa Alexander. Oscar Grant. Justice for all! #blacklivesmatter"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150524095752/http://blacklivesmatter.tumblr.com/post/56967397099/trayvon-martin-marissa-alexander-oscar-grant). Black Lives Matter. Archived from [the original](https://blacklivesmatter.tumblr.com/post/56967397099/trayvon-martin-marissa-alexander-oscar-grant) on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** Zuckerman, Esther (July 12, 2013). ["Ryan Coogler on Humanizing a Movement for 'Fruitvale Station'"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210226181405/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/07/ryan-coogler-humanizing-movement-fruitvale-station/313366/). *The Atlantic*. Archived from [the original](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/07/ryan-coogler-humanizing-movement-fruitvale-station/313366/) on February 26, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-opens_16-0)** ["AC Transit Tempo Opens to Riders Sunday, August 9"](http://www.actransit.org/2020/08/07/ac-transit-tempo-opens-to-riders-sunday-august-9/) (Press release). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. August 7, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Schedules & Fares: Fruitvale Station"](https://511.org/media/432/show). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. August 14, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Installation work to begin week of August 11th for Next Generation Fare Gates at Fruitvale Station"](https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2024/news20240801) (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. August 1, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["New Fare Gates & Station Hardening"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240925201808/https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 2024. Archived from [the original](https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/fare-gate) on September 25, 2024.

## External links

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- [BART – Fruitvale](https://www.bart.gov/stations/ftvl)

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