Walnut Creek (BART station)

Walnut Creek
Parking garage at Walnut Creek station
Location	200 Ygnacio Valley Road Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Owned by	BART
Line(s)	Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	County Connection: 1, 1M, 2, 4, 5, 9, 15, 21, 25, 93X, 95X, 96X, 98X, 301, 311, 321, 601, 602, 609 FAST: 40 SolTrans: 78 WHEELS: 70X
Construction
Parking	2089 spaces - Monthly Reserved, Daily ($1.50/day), Extended Weekend (free), Midday (free after 3pm), Carpool, Long Term
Bicycle facilities	64 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 21, 1973 (44 years ago)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016)	7,138 exits/day  4.53%
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station Lafayette toward SFO (Millbrae on weeknights & weekends) Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre toward Pittsburg/​Bay Point

Walnut Creek is an elevated BART station in Walnut Creek, California, on the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.

Walnut Creek station is in Walnut Creek, a major suburb in the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the largest metropolitan areas of the United States. The station itself is at the intersection of three major roads - Ygnacio Valley Road, Hillside Avenue, Riviera Avenue - and an off-ramp from Interstate 680.

Due to Walnut Creek's high ridership and large catchment area, BART has proposed that the station be the center of a 5.3-acre (2.1-ha) transit-oriented development scheme which includes 440 residential units, 8,700 sq ft (810 m²) of office space, 33,000 sq ft (3,100 m²) of retail space, and 1,373 parking spaces.

Walnut Creek station opened on 21 May 1973 as part of an extension from MacArthur to Concord.

With 7,138 exits each weekday as of 2016, Walnut Creek is the third-busiest in Contra Costa County, surpassed by Pleasant Hill and El Cerrito del Norte stations. In its 2004 comprehensive station plan for Walnut Creek, BART predicted a massive increase in ridership by 2025, estimating that over 18,000 passengers would use the station daily (both entries and exits).

Walnut Creek station is on the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line, the busiest line of the BART system, with trains heading southwest to Oakland, downtown San Francisco, and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and northeast to Concord and Bay Point. During peak hours trains arrive at frequent intervals of up to 4–6 minutes; during off-peak hours this is reduced to 15-20 minutes. Transfers to the Richmond-Millbrae and Richmond-Fremont lines are available at MacArthur and a transfer to the Dublin/Pleasanton line is available at West Oakland.