Downtown Berkeley station

Downtown Berkeley
Station platform
Location	2160 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704
Coordinates	37°52′11″N 122°16′06″W / 37.869799°N 122.268197°W / 37.869799; -122.268197Coordinates: 37°52′11″N 122°16′06″W / 37.869799°N 122.268197°W / 37.869799; -122.268197
Owned by	BART
Line(s)	Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont   Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 6, 7, 18, 51B (local); 800, 851 (All Nighter); F, FS* (Transbay) Bear Transit: C, H, P, R, RFS * - Route operates weekdays only
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973 (44 years ago)
Previous names	Berkeley (1972-1990s)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	13,748 exits/day  0.03%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station North Berkeley toward Richmond Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae Ashby toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont Ashby toward

Downtown Berkeley is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in Berkeley, California, United States, one of three stations in Berkeley along with Ashby and North Berkeley. It is the second-busiest BART station in the East Bay and the sixth overall, with 13,748 exits each weekday, first being 12th St. Oakland City Center, with 14,403 weekday exits.

Located at the intersection of Shattuck Avenue and Allston Way, Downtown Berkeley station is situated near the center of the City of Berkeley. It is the primary station for those travelling to and from the University of California, Berkeley, which is one block to the east. As a result, it is also used by patrons of events taking place at the University, such as concerts or lectures, and especially football games and other athletic events, including those sponsored by the MyBART service.

Because this station is underground, there is poor cell service unless underneath the center of the station. Cell boosters have not been rolled out in the Berkeley Subway creating a dead zone from Ashby to north Berkeley.

Downtown Berkeley opened on January 29, 1973, as part of an extension from MacArthur to Richmond, with service southward to Fremont until the opening of the Transbay Tube and subsequent service to San Francisco later that year. The station was designed by Maher & Martens of San Francisco in collaboration with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Tudor Construction, and Bechtel.

In the mid-1990s, BART changed the name of the station from simply "Berkeley" to "Downtown Berkeley" in an effort to minimize confusion between this station and North Berkeley. The station is still often referred to as Berkeley in train announcements. The station has been the site of many BART Alert protests in response to occurrences on the political scene.

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