El Cerrito Plaza (BART)

El Cerrito Plaza
Commuters exiting station, walking past bicycle lockers
Location	6699 Fairmount Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530
Coordinates	37°54′10″N 122°17′56″W / 37.902694°N 122.298968°W / 37.902694; -122.298968Coordinates: 37°54′10″N 122°17′56″W / 37.902694°N 122.298968°W / 37.902694; -122.298968
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont   Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: Routes 71, 72, 72M, 72R*, 79, 80 (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 only Bear Transit: RFS
Construction
Parking	761 spaces- Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1/day), Midday (free after 3pm), Extended Weekend (free), Carpool and Long Term
Bicycle facilities	30 Lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973 (44 years ago)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	5,131 exits/day  3.82%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station El Cerrito del Norte toward Richmond Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae North Berkeley toward Millbrae (Daly City on Saturdays) Richmond–​Warm Springs/South Fremont North Berkeley toward Warm Springs/South Fremont

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.

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.