Irvington station (BART)

{{Short description|Planned infill stop in Fremont, California}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox station | name = Irvington | style = BART | symbol_location = BART | symbol = yes | type = | image = Aerial view of planned Irvington station site, June 2017.JPG | alt = | caption = Aerial view of the planned station site, in June 2017 | address = Osgood Road at Washington Boulevard | borough = [[Fremont, California]] | country = | coordinates = {{coord|37.5318|-121.9537|display=inline,title}} | mapframe=yes|mapframe-zoom=14 | owned = | operator = | line = | platforms = 2 [[side platform]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Meeting 3 Informational Boards |url=https://fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39712/Irvington-BART-Community-Meeting-3---Informational-Boards |publisher=City of Fremont |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102094822/https://fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39712/Irvington-BART-Community-Meeting-3---Informational-Boards |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=BARTApprove /> | tracks = 2 | train_operators = | connections = | structure = At-grade | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = Yes | status = design stage | code = | website = | opening = {{start date and age|2031}} (proposed) | opened = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | electrified = | services = |other_services_header=Proposed services |other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system1=BART |line1=Orange|left1=Fremont|right1=Warm Springs|to-left1=Richmond|to-right1=Berryessa/North San José |line2=Green|left2=Fremont|right2=Warm Springs|to-right2=Berryessa/North San José }} }} '''Irvington''' is a planned [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[infill station]] in the Irvington District of [[Fremont, California]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bart.gov/about/projects/wsx/alignment.aspx |title = Warm Springs Extension Alignment |publisher = [[BART]] |date = December 30, 2009 |access-date = 2010-03-04 }}</ref> {{as of|November 2023}}, estimates from the city anticipated construction to begin in mid-2026, with the station opening for service in 2031.<ref name="bart2022" />

==History== {{Annotated image | image = BART proposed extensions map, 1980.jpg | image-width = 620 <!-- choose any width, as you like it. It doesn't matter the factual width of the image--> | image-left = -390 <!-- crop the left part. Be aware of the "-" minus symbol --> | image-top = -500 <!-- crop the upper part. Be aware of the "-" minus symbol --> | width = 200 <!-- crop the right part. That will be the width of the image in the article --> | height = 170 <!-- crop the below part. That will be the height of the image in the article --> | float = left | annotations = | caption = A 1980 map showing proposed BART extensions, featuring Irvington }} The station has been planned since it was studied as part of the [[Silicon Valley BART extension#Warm Springs extension|Warm Springs extension]] in 1979, and its construction was approved by the BART board in 1992.<ref name=IndiaPost>{{cite news |title=Irvington BART Station in planning phase |url=http://www.indiapost.com/irvington-bart-station-in-planning-phase/ |access-date=28 February 2019 |agency=India Post |date=2 January 2019}}</ref>

The Warm Springs extension began construction through the Irvington District in 2009,<ref name=Bowers_2009 >{{cite news |last1=Bowers |first1=Wes|title=Warm Springs BART link breaks ground in Fremont |url= http://www.mercurynews.com/fremont/ci_13470874 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160804025350/http://www.mercurynews.com/fremont/ci_13470874 |archive-date= August 4, 2016 |work=San Jose Mercury News |date= October 2, 2009 |access-date= July 10, 2016 }}</ref> to connect [[Fremont (BART station)|Fremont]] and [[Warm Springs (BART station)|Warm Springs]]. The proposed station at the center of Irvington, once considered optional, was part of the extension.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Alden |first1=Andrew |title=Gallegos Winery and the Hayward Fault |url=https://www.kqed.org/quest/52555/gallegos-winery-and-the-hayward-fault |website=kqed.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118041320/https://www.kqed.org/quest/52555/gallegos-winery-and-the-hayward-fault |archive-date=2022-11-18 |date=April 18, 2013 |quote=In Fremont, construction is underway on the Warm Springs Extension of the BART light-rail system. Two new stations are in the plans, the first one being the "optional" Irvington Station at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Osgood Road.}}</ref> However funding for construction of the station fell through. The station had been envisioned for completion in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fremont.gov/documentcenter/view/5816 |title=City of Fremont - Legislative Guiding Principles and Priorities 2013 |publisher=[[Fremont, California|City of Fremont]] |page=8 |year=2013 |access-date=2014-02-18 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203836/http://www.fremont.gov/documentcenter/view/5816 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Provisions for personnel access and preliminary foundation work were included when track was laid through the site.<ref name=BARTApprove>{{cite news |title=BART Board approves new and improved plan for future Irvington Station |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190822 |access-date=4 January 2020 |agency=BART |date=22 August 2019}}</ref>

The city of Fremont had planned to finance the $140 million station through [[redevelopment agency]] bonds in 2009, but the bonds were cancelled when the [[California State Legislature]] abolished the redevelopment agency.<ref name="redev">{{cite news |url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_18156863 |title=Irvington BART Station back on track |first=Matthew |last=Artz |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]] |date=May 27, 2011}}</ref><ref name="tricityvoice">{{cite news |url=http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2013-08-27&file=What+the+infrastructure+1502TSP+++TCV.txt |date=August 27, 2013 |title=What the infrastructure is happening in Fremont? |newspaper=Tri-City Voice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905175835/http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2013-08-27&file=What+the+infrastructure+1502TSP+++TCV.txt |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014,<ref name=IndiaPost /> Measure BB and the Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan received voter approval with $120 million listed for the Irvington BART station that was contingent on full definition of the capital project and its inclusion in a future Capital Improvement Program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureBB-v5.pdf |title=Ballot Measure Submittal Form - Measure BB |publisher=Alameda County |format=PDF |date=August 4, 2014 |access-date=2014-10-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.alamedactc.org/files/managed/Document/12934/2014_Transportation_Expenditure_Plan.pdf |title=2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan |publisher=Alameda County Transportation Committee |format=PDF |page=3 |date=January 2014 |access-date=2014-10-18}}</ref> A reevaluation of the [[environmental impact study]] was undertaken by the city in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Geha|first1=Joseph|title=Fremont: Irvington BART site to be re-evaluated for almost $3 million|url=http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/30/fremont-irvington-bart-site-to-be-reevaluated-for-almost-3-million/|access-date=31 March 2017|publisher=East Bay Times|date=30 March 2017}}</ref>

The BART Board of Directors confirmed they had voted to authorize the Irvington station in August 2019,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/travel/resources/transit/article/New-BART-station-slated-for-completion-in-2026-14371867.php |title=New BART station slated for completion in 2026 |author=Bartlett, Amanda |date=August 22, 2019 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref> with construction to start in August 2022 and complete by August 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Plans for Irvington BART Station Move Forward After Board Vote |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/plans-for-irvington-bart-station-move-forward-after-board-vote/2243335/ |access-date=21 May 2020 |agency=NBC Bay Area |date=27 February 2020}}</ref> As of November 2023, the start of construction was pushed back to mid-2026 and the station opening to 2031.<ref name=bart2022>{{cite web |title=Irvington BART Station Project |url=https://www.fremont.gov/government/departments/public-works/public-works-projects/irvington-bart-station-project |website=fremont.gov |access-date=18 November 2022 |quote=Led by BART, the Design of the Irvington Station is advancing and approaching 90% completion. Construction documents are anticipated to be complete in Winter 2022/2023. Subject to funding availability, and the acquisition of all necessary property, construction could start as early as mid-2024 with the station opening in 2031.}}</ref> {{clear left}}

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==External links== * [https://www.fremont.gov/government/departments/public-works/public-works-projects/irvington-bart-station-project City of Fremont - Irvington BART Station Project]

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