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Rockridge (BART station)
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Rockridge is a Bay Area Rapid Transit
station
located in the Rockridge District of Oakland
, California
.
The station has an island platform
in the center median
of State Route 24
at College Avenue west of the Caldecott Tunnel
. Service at this station began on May 21, 1973.
This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin
.
Rockridge BART is in the heart of the Rockridge district of Oakland. Rockridge is home to many shops and restaurants along its corridor. Rockridge BART is near Claremont and College Avenue. Sitting between Keith and Miles Street, Rockridge is the last BART station before leaving to the other side of the Berkeley Hills and the first BART station in the greater East Bay. Rockridge BART features 3 bus lines: A/C Transit No. 49 is a two-way loop bus route serving Claremont, downtown Berkeley, Dwight, 9th and Ashby in the counter-clockwise direction; and serving Ashby, 9th, Dwight, Shattuck and Fulton Street in its clockwise direction. The 51B will runs north into downtown Berkeley and the Berkeley Amtrak station, while the 51A runs into Oakland and Broadway down the less utilized portion of College avenue. The station conveniently sits near several grocery stores. Heading east, Rockridge station is the first station served only by the Baypoint/SFO trains.
BART runs early morning commute Daly City and Montgomery BART trains through this station.
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...
station
Metro station
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located in the Rockridge District of Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
The station has an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
in the center median
Central reservation
On divided roads, such as divided highways or freeways/motorways, the central reservation , median, parkway , median strip or central nature strip is the area which separates opposing lanes of traffic...
of State Route 24
California State Route 24
State Route 24 in the U.S. state of California is a heavily-traveled east–west freeway in the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California that runs from the Interstate 580/Interstate 980 interchange in Oakland to the Interstate 680 junction in Walnut Creek...
at College Avenue west of the Caldecott Tunnel
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is a three bore highway tunnel between Oakland, California and Contra Costa County, California. The east-west tunnel is signed as a part of State Route 24, which is also known as the William Byron Rumford...
. Service at this station began on May 21, 1973.
This station is in BART District 3 and is represented by Bob Franklin
Bob Franklin (politician)
Bob Franklin is an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directors. He represents District 3 which covers the communities of Kensington, Piedmont, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and portions of Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward and Castro Valley. He was elected on November 2, 2004...
.
Rockridge BART is in the heart of the Rockridge district of Oakland. Rockridge is home to many shops and restaurants along its corridor. Rockridge BART is near Claremont and College Avenue. Sitting between Keith and Miles Street, Rockridge is the last BART station before leaving to the other side of the Berkeley Hills and the first BART station in the greater East Bay. Rockridge BART features 3 bus lines: A/C Transit No. 49 is a two-way loop bus route serving Claremont, downtown Berkeley, Dwight, 9th and Ashby in the counter-clockwise direction; and serving Ashby, 9th, Dwight, Shattuck and Fulton Street in its clockwise direction. The 51B will runs north into downtown Berkeley and the Berkeley Amtrak station, while the 51A runs into Oakland and Broadway down the less utilized portion of College avenue. The station conveniently sits near several grocery stores. Heading east, Rockridge station is the first station served only by the Baypoint/SFO trains.
BART runs early morning commute Daly City and Montgomery BART trains through this station.