# Lafayette station (BART)

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Rapid transit station in the San Francisco Bay Area

Lafayette An eastbound train at Lafayette station in 2018 General information Location 3601 Deer Hill Road Lafayette, California Coordinates 37°53′35″N 122°07′29″W / 37.893186°N 122.124614°W / 37.893186; -122.124614 Line BART C-Line Platforms 1 island platform Tracks 2 Connections County Connection: 6 Construction Structure type Elevated Parking 1,629 spaces Cycle facilities 30 lockers Accessible Yes Architect Gwathmey, Sellier & Crosby Joseph Esherick & Associates[1] Other information Station code BART: LAFY History Opened May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21) Passengers 2025 1,780 (weekday average)[2] Services Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Orinda toward SFO or Millbrae Yellow Line Walnut Creek toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point Location

**Lafayette station** is a [Bay Area Rapid Transit](/source/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit) (BART) [station](/source/Metro_station) in [Lafayette, California](/source/Lafayette%2C_California). The station consists of one [island platform](/source/Island_platform) in the [center median](/source/Central_reservation) of [State Route 24](/source/California_State_Route_24) just south of the [Lafayette Hillside Memorial](/source/Lafayette_Hillside_Memorial). It is served by the [Yellow Line](/source/Yellow_Line_(BART)).

## History

The ramp structure in 2018

The BART Board approved the name "Lafayette" in December 1965.[3] Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.[4] 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](/source/People's_Park_(Berkeley)).[5]

[AC Transit](/source/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](/source/Moraga%2C_California) and [Orinda](/source/Orinda%2C_California), which also served Lafayette station began on September 13, 1976.[6] The service was transferred to [County Connection](/source/County_Connection) on June 7, 1982.[7]

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.[8] The station was not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the [hydraulic cylinder](/source/Hydraulic_cylinder) in the platform elevator.[9]

As of 2024[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lafayette_station_(BART)&action=edit), BART anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for [transit-oriented development](/source/Transit-oriented_development) to replace surface parking lots at the station.[10]

## Notes

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)** ["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_4-0)** ["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-bartart_5-0)** Weinstein, Dave. ["How BART got ART"](https://www.eichlernetwork.com/article/how-bart-got-art). *CA-Modern*. Eichler Network. p. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*History of Lines by Line: Major Changes Since 1960*](https://www.actransit.org/website/uploads/History-of-Lines-by-Line.pdf) (PDF). Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District). July 17, 1978. pp. 5, 12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-phantom_7-0)** ["Will extra miles dim the smiles of genial county service?"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/146314686/). *The San Francisco Examiner*. June 1, 1982. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Wheelchair Access Issues Remain Despite $2M Ramp At Lafayette BART"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230507140619/https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/2-million-bart-station-ramp-lacks-wheelchair-access/). *CBS San Francisco*. October 4, 2011. Archived from [the original](https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/2-million-bart-station-ramp-lacks-wheelchair-access/) on May 7, 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Lafayette Station elevator out of service"](https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2021/news20210414) (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. April 14, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2024tod_10-0)** [*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. p. 16.

## External links

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- [BART - Lafayette](http://www.bart.gov/stations/lafy/)

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