Lake Merritt  | |||||||||||||||||||
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 A southbound train at Lake Merritt station in June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 800 Madison Street Oakland, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°47′52″N 122°16′00″W / 37.79777°N 122.26659°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | BART A-Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  AC Transit: 18, 62, 88, 96 ACMC Highland Shuttle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 207 spaces | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks, 84 lockers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Yuill-Thornton, Warner & Levikov[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | September 11, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2,760 (weekday average)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lake Merritt station is an underground Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located east of Downtown Oakland near the eponymous Lake Merritt. The station is served by the Orange, Green, and Blue lines. It is the nearest BART station to Chinatown, Laney College, and Jack London Square station.
- ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
- ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.