Bicycle facilities 30 Lockers Bike lockers 30 Lockers Owner Bay Area Rapid Transit | Tracks 2 Disabled access Yes Ridership 4,120 exits/day Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location 6699 Fairmount AvenueEl Cerrito, CA 94530 Connections AC Transit: Routes 25, 71, 72, 72M, 72R*† (local); 667, 668, 675, 684 (school days only); 800* (All Nighter); G*†, L/LC*† (Transbay)* - Buses on this route stop nearby (either on San Pablo Avenue or Fairmount Avenue)† - Route operates weekdays onlyBear Transit: RFS Address El Cerrito, CA 94530, United States Parking spaces 761 spaces- Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1/day), Midday (free after 3pm), Extended Weekend (free), Carpool and Long Term Similar | ||
Bart el cerrito plaza station san francisco bay area california
El Cerrito Plaza is one of two elevated BART stations located in El Cerrito, California. It primarily serves southern El Cerrito, northern Albany, and Kensington, along with nearby areas of Berkeley and Richmond. Outside of the station is the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center.
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The station hosts the first BART trial of bikelink on-demand electronic bicycle lockers (traditional BART lockers are leased by the year, and are almost always fully booked). These are the same lockers used by C-TRAN of Vancouver, Washington, as funded by the US EPA.
Service at this station began on January 29, 1973.
In 1998, the Pacific East Mall opened and is within walking distance of the station via the trail to Point Isabel Regional Shoreline.
On February 3, 2008, UC Berkeley music professor Jorge Liderman committed suicide by jumping in front of an incoming Richmond-bound train at this station.
On June 8, 2009, Everret Carey, a four-month-old boy, died as a result of hyperthermia after being left unattended inside his father's car earlier in the day. The infant was discovered later in the afternoon by the mother, who notified BART police.