South Hayward station

{{Short description|Metro station in Hayward, California, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = South Hayward | style = BART | symbol = yes | symbol_location = bart | image = Southbound Orange Line train at South Hayward station, May 2024.jpg | image_caption = An Orange Line train at the station in May 2024 | address = 28601 Dixon Street | borough = [[Hayward, California]] | coordinates = {{coord|37.634362|-122.057172|region:US_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}} | line = [[BART A-Line]] | connections = {{bus icon}} [[AC Transit]]: 41, 83, 86, 99, [[All Nighter (night bus service)|801]] | structure = Elevated | platform = 2 [[side platforms]] | parking = 1,207 spaces | bicycle = 30 lockers | accessible = Yes | architect = Kitchen & Hunt<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|SHAY}} | opened = September 11, 1972 | passengers = {{BART ridership|South Hayward}} | pass_year = {{BART ridership|date}} | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=BART |line1=Green|left1=Hayward|right1=Union City |line2=Orange|left2=Hayward|right2=Union City|to-left2=Richmond|to-right2=Berryessa }} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}

'''South Hayward station''' is a [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) [[Metro station|station]] located off the Tennyson Road [[Arterial road|arterial]] in [[Hayward, California]]. It is served by the [[Orange Line (BART)|Orange]] and [[Green Line (BART)|Green]] lines.

==History== [[File:South Hayward BART parking lot and TOD, May 2024.JPG|thumb|left|The 2017-completed adjacent development]] The BART Board approved the name "South Hayward" 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 as part of the first segment of the BART system on September 11, 1972.<ref name=history>{{BART History}}</ref> 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 South Hayward, 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]] near the station began in 2015. Two buildings with a total of 357 residential units opened in 2017.<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 anticipates soliciting a developer between 2029 and 2033 for a second phase of TOD.<ref name=2024tod />{{rp|16}} {{clear left}}

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==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *[http://www.bart.gov/stations/shay/BART BART - South Hayward]

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