Pittsburg Center station

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in San Francisco Bay Area}} {{Distinguish|Pittsburg/Bay Point station|Antioch–Pittsburg station}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox station | name = Pittsburg Center | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Pittsburg Center station with eBART train, May 2018.JPG | alt = A railcar at a railway station in the center of a highway | caption = Westbound train at Pittsburg Center in May 2018 | address = 2099 Railroad Avenue | borough = [[Pittsburg, California]] | coordinates = {{Coord|38.018227|-121.890178|display=inline,title}} | owned = [[Bay Area Rapid Transit District|San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District]] | line = [[BART E-Line]] ([[eBART]]) | structure = Trench cut | platforms = 1 [[island platform]] | tracks = 2 | connections = {{bus icon}} [[Tri Delta Transit]]: 380, 381, 391<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=System Map |url=https://trideltatransit.com/local_bus.aspx |access-date=January 5, 2023 |website=Tri Delta Transit |language=en}}</ref> | parking = 262 spaces<ref name="Reserved">{{Cite news |last=Coetsee |first=Rowena |date=January 5, 2018 |title=Signups for reserved eBART parking in Antioch start Jan. 16 |agency=East Bay Times |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/01/05/signups-for-reserved-ebart-parking-in-antioch-start-jan-16/ |access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> | bicycle = Yes | accessible = Yes | code = {{BART code|PCTR}} | opened = {{start date|2018|05|26}} | passengers = {{BART ridership|Pittsburg Center}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART|line=eBART|left=Pittsburg/Bay Point|right=Antioch}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''Pittsburg Center station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] station on the {{lnl|BART|Yellow}}.<ref name="eb">{{Cite web |year=2010 |title=East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART) |url=https://bart.gov/about/projects/ecc/ |access-date=April 2, 2013 |publisher=BART}}</ref> It is located at the Railroad Avenue overpass of [[California State Route 4|Highway 4]] in [[Pittsburg, California]] and serves the downtown area of about {{convert|1|mi|spell=in}} away via connecting buses provided by [[Tri Delta Transit]]. There is no reserved parking available at this station.<ref name="Reserved" />

== History == [[File:EBART test DMU idling at the central Pittsburg transfer point.jpg|thumb|left|The station under construction in 2016]] Construction of the station was uncertain at the time of eBART's approval due to lack of available funds.<ref name="open2018" /> The station was originally known as '''Railroad Avenue''' during planning.<ref>{{Cite book |last=PBS&J |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/ecc/environmental |title=East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART) Draft Environmental Impact Report |date=September 2008 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> The city later chose '''Pittsburg Civic Center''', which BART rejected because of its similarity to [[Civic Center/UN Plaza station]]. In January 2015, the city accepted BART's proposal of '''Pittsburg Center'''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 9, 2015 |title=Pittsburg BART station name back in council's hands |work=East Bay Times |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2015/04/09/pittsburg-bart-station-name-back-in-councils-hands/}}</ref>

Funding for the station was secured in early 2015 and was estimated at $11.9 million (equivalent to ${{inflation|US|11.9|2013}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}). Construction commenced on July 27, 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2015 |title=Pittsburg Center BART Station Groundbreaking |url=http://4eastcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Pittsburg-Center-Station-Groundbreaking-Invite.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144032/http://4eastcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Pittsburg-Center-Station-Groundbreaking-Invite.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=April 21, 2016 |publisher=BART and Contra Costa Transportation Authority}}</ref> and was opened with the rest of the line on May 26, 2018.<ref name="open2018">{{Cite news |last=Gartrell |first=Nate |date=January 22, 2015 |title=Pittsburg secures last piece of funding for eBART, expect new station in 2018 |work=[[Contra Costa Times]] |publisher=Digital First Media |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27367240/pittsburg-secures-last-piece-funding-ebart-expect-new |access-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref>

{{As of|{{BART ridership|month}}}}, Pittsburg Center was the second-least-used station on the BART system, with {{BART ridership|Pittsburg Center|no}} daily boardings.<ref name=BARTridership /> {{As of|2024}}, BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow [[transit-oriented development]] on the surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.<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=17 |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 == *[https://www.bart.gov/stations/pctr BART – Pittsburg Center] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTtkBT_SmFw Pittsburg Center Station Walkthrough Animation (YouTube)]

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[[Category:Pittsburg, California]] [[Category:Stations on the Yellow Line (BART)]] [[Category:Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Contra Costa County, California]] [[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2018]] [[Category:2018 establishments in California]] [[Category:Bus stations in Contra Costa County, California]]