Lafayette station (BART)

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in the San Francisco Bay Area}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Lafayette | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Eastbound train at Lafayette station, April 2018.JPG | image_caption = An eastbound train at Lafayette station in 2018 | address = 3601 Deer Hill Road | borough = [[Lafayette, California]] | coordinates = {{coord|37.893186|-122.124614|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | line = [[BART C-Line]] | structure = Elevated | platform = 1 [[island platform]] | tracks = 2 | connections = {{bus icon}} [[County Connection]]: 6 | parking = 1,629 spaces | bicycle = 30 lockers | accessible = Yes | architect = Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby<br />[[Joseph Esherick (architect)|Joseph Esherick & Associates]]<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|LAFY}} | opened = {{start date|1973|05|21}} | passengers = {{BART ridership|Lafayette}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART|line=Yellow|left=Orinda|right=Walnut Creek}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''Lafayette station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[metro station|station]] in [[Lafayette, California]]. The station consists of one [[island platform]] in the [[Central reservation|center median]] of [[California State Route 24|State Route 24]] just south of the [[Lafayette Hillside Memorial]]. It is served by the [[Yellow Line (BART)|Yellow Line]].

==History== [[File:Ramp structure at Lafayette station, April 2018.JPG|thumb|left|The ramp structure in 2018]] The BART Board approved the name "Lafayette" in December 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/144328970/ |title=Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=December 10, 1965 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.<ref name=history>{{BART History}}</ref> The fare lobby includes three columns covered in tile mosaics, which were designed by Helen Webber and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas. Webber originally planned to use a purple background, but switched to blue due to local objections related to purple's association with the controversial [[People's Park (Berkeley)|People's Park]].<ref name=bartart>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/how-bart-got-art |title=How BART got ART |publisher=Eichler Network |first=Dave |last=Weinstein |magazine=CA-Modern |page=4}}</ref>

[[AC Transit]] began operating local bus service under contract in central Contra Costa County in the 1970s after the coming of BART. Service funded by [[Moraga, California|Moraga]] and [[Orinda, California|Orinda]], which also served Lafayette station began on September 13, 1976.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.actransit.org/website/uploads/History-of-Lines-by-Line.pdf |pages=5, 12 |title=History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960 |publisher=Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District) |date=July 17, 1978}}</ref> The service was transferred to [[County Connection]] on June 7, 1982.<ref name=phantom>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/146314686/ |title=Will extra miles dim the smiles of genial county service? |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |date=June 1, 1982 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In October 2011, BART was criticized for spending $2 million on a wheelchair ramp at the south entrance to the station without adding curb cuts or accessible parking there. However, the ramp was primarily built to connect to a path to the Lafayette business district to the south, and BART was already preparing to add curb cuts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/2-million-bart-station-ramp-lacks-wheelchair-access/ |title=Wheelchair Access Issues Remain Despite $2M Ramp At Lafayette BART |newspaper=CBS San Francisco |date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507140619/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/2-million-bart-station-ramp-lacks-wheelchair-access/ |archive-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> The station was not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the [[hydraulic cylinder]] in the platform elevator.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2021/news20210414 |title=Lafayette Station elevator out of service |date=April 14, 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>

{{As of|2024}}, BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for [[transit-oriented development]] to replace surface parking lots at the station.<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=16 |date=March 2024 |title=BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> {{clear left}}

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== External links == {{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.bart.gov/stations/lafy/ BART - Lafayette]

[[Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Contra Costa County, California]] [[Category:Stations on the Yellow Line (BART)]] [[Category:Lafayette, California]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1973]] [[Category:1973 establishments in California]]