San Leandro station

{{Short description|Rapid transit station in San Francisco Bay Area}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = San Leandro | style = BART | image = AC Transit buses and San Leandro station, April 2018.JPG | image_caption = San Leandro station and AC Transit buses in April 2018 | address = 1401 San Leandro Boulevard | borough = [[San Leandro, California]] | coordinates = {{coord|37.72176|-122.16068|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | line = [[BART A-Line]] | structure = Elevated | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | tracks = 2 | connections = {{Unbulleted list | {{bus icon}} [[AC Transit]]: [[Tempo (bus rapid transit)|1T]], 9, 28, 34, 35, [[All Nighter (night bus service)|801]] | {{bus icon}} [[San Leandro LINKS|LINKS]]: North Loop, South Loop | {{bus icon}} [[Kaiser Permanente]] Shuttle }} | parking = 1,224 spaces | bicycle = 28 [[Bicycle locker|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|SANL}} | opened = September 11, 1972<ref name=history>{{BART History}}</ref> | passengers = {{BART ridership|San Leandro}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations |system1=BART |line1=Blue|left1=Coliseum|right1=Bay Fair |line2=Green|left2=Coliseum|right2=Bay Fair |line3=Orange|left3=Coliseum|right3=Bay Fair|to-left3=Richmond|to-right3=Berryessa |system4=AC Transit |line4=Tempo|left4=Downtown San Leandro }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''San Leandro station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[metro station|station]] located off Davis Street ([[California State Route 61|Route 61/122]]) in downtown [[San Leandro, California]]. The station has two elevated [[side platform]]s, with the faregates at ground level. The station is served by the [[Orange Line (BART)|Orange]], [[Green Line (BART)|Green]], and [[Blue Line (BART)|Blue]] lines.

==History== [[File:Marea Alta development in San Leandro, February 2025.jpg|thumb|left|The 2010s development at the station]] The BART Board approved the name "San Leandro" 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> The station opened on September 11, 1972 – part of the first BART line.<ref name=history /> 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 San Leandro, were completed in the months following the opening.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune/143718399/ |title=Strike Delays Elevator Service at Some Stations |newspaper=Oakland Tribune |date=September 10, 1972 |page=36 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/144134431/ |title=Four BART Lines Make The System |newspaper=The Independent |date=February 26, 1973 |page=30 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Construction of [[transit-oriented development]] (TOD) to replace one of the surface parking lots at the station began in late 2014.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2014/news20141105-1 |title=Parking changes at San Leandro Station |date=November 5, 2014 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> The project, which included 200 residential units and {{convert|6000|sqft}} of commercial space, was completed in two phases in 2017 and 2019.<ref name=completedtod>{{cite web |url=https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430010340/https://www.bart.gov/about/business/tod/completed |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |title=Completed TOD projects |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref><ref name=2024tod>{{cite book |url=https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/2024%20BART%20TOD%20Work%20Plan%20Update_Public%20Draft.pdf |date=March 2024 |title=BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref>{{rp|7}} {{As of|2024}}, BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the remaining parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.<ref name=2024tod />{{rp|17}}

On the morning of May 20, 2025, a fire at San Leandro station damaged train control equipment and traction power cables, shutting down service from [[Lake Merritt station]] south.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brekke |first=Dan |date=May 20, 2025 |title=Fire at BART’s San Leandro Station Causes Widespread Service Disruptions |newspaper=KQED |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/12040881/fire-barts-san-leandro-station-causes-widespread-service-disruptions |access-date=May 21, 2025}}</ref> Service resumed south of Bay Fair that evening, and between Bay Fair and Lake Merritt the following morning, though Green Line service remained suspended.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Systemwide BART service will be restored to all 50 BART stations Wednesday morning, May 21 |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2025/news20250520 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District}}</ref> {{clear left}}

== Bus connections == [[File:Tempo bus at San Leandro station, August 2020.JPG|thumb|left|Tempo bus at San Leandro station in 2020]] Like most BART stations, San Leandro station is served by [[AC Transit]] local buses, municipal circulators, and medical shuttles:<ref name=stops /> *AC Transit: [[Tempo (bus rapid transit)|1T]], 9, 28, 34, 35, [[All Nighter (night bus service)|801]] *[[San Leandro LINKS]]: North Loop, South Loop *[[Kaiser Permanente]]: San Leandro Medical Center shuttle A busway is located on the east side of the station.<ref name=stops>{{cite web |title=Transit Stops: San Leandro Station |publisher=Metropolitan Transit Commission |url=http://www.actransit.org/wp-content/uploads/HSP_SANL-stops.pdf |date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> A five-month project to renovate the busway for [[Tempo (bus rapid transit)|Tempo]] [[bus rapid transit]] service began in August 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190830 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904090130/https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2019/news20190830 |archivedate=September 4, 2019 |date=August 30, 2019 |publisher=San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District |title=AC Transit begins work on Bus Rapid Transit modifications at San Leandro Station}}</ref> {{clear left}}

== See also == *[[List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations]] {{clear left}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.bart.gov/stations/sanl BART – San Leandro Station]

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