Lake Merritt station

Lake Merritt
Bay Area Rapid Transit
A southbound train at Lake Merritt station in June 2019
General information
Location800 Madison Street
Oakland, California
Coordinates37°47′52″N 122°16′00″W / 37.79777°N 122.26659°W / 37.79777; -122.26659
Line(s)BART A-Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport AC Transit: 18, 62, 88, 96
Bus transport ACMC Highland Shuttle
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Parking207 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks, 84 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectYuill-Thornton, Warner & Levikov[1]
History
OpenedSeptember 11, 1972
Passengers
20242,760 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
West Oakland
toward Daly City
Blue Line Fruitvale
Green Line Fruitvale
12th Street Oakland City Center
toward Richmond
Orange Line
Location
Map

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.