Richmond station (California)

Richmond
The main entrance to Richmond station in April 2018
General information
Location	1700 Nevin Avenue Richmond, California United States
Coordinates	37°56′12″N 122°21′11″W / 37.9368°N 122.3531°W / 37.9368; -122.3531
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit Union Pacific Railroad (Amtrak platform)[1]
Line(s)	UP Martinez Subdivision[2] BART R-Line
Platforms	1 island platform (Amtrak) 1 island platform (BART)
Tracks	3 (Amtrak) 2 (BART)
Connections	AC Transit: 70, 71, 72M, 74, 76, 376, 800 Flixbus
Construction
Parking	768 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks and 32 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Maher & Martens[3]
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: RIC
History
Opened	January 29, 1973 (1973-01-29) (BART)[4] October 30, 1977 (Amtrak)
Rebuilt	October 18, 2007[1]
Passengers
2024	2,358 (weekday average)[5] (BART)
FY 2023	154,239[6] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Emeryville Terminus California Zephyr Martinez toward Chicago Berkeley toward San Jose Capitol Corridor Martinez toward Auburn Emeryville toward Oakland San Joaquins Martinez toward Bakersfield      Coast Starlight does not stop here Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station El Cerrito del Norte toward Berryessa/​North San José Orange Line Terminus El Cerrito del Norte toward Millbrae Red Line
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Emeryville toward Los Angeles Coast Starlight 1978–1996, 2013–2020 Martinez toward Seattle Oakland-16th Street toward Los Angeles Spirit of California 1981–1983 Martinez toward Sacramento Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station Stege toward Oakland Pier Overland Route San Pablo toward Ogden Shasta Route San Pablo toward Portland
Track layout Legend Amtrak to Auburn, Bakersfield, Chicago to Richmond Yards pedestrian tunnel parking garage BART to Berryessa/​North San José, Millbrae Amtrak to Emeryville, San Jose, Oakland This diagram: view talk edit
Location

Richmond station (officially the Richmond Transit Center) is an Amtrak intercity rail and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located in downtown Richmond, California. Richmond is the north terminus of BART service on the Orange Line and Red Line; it is a stop for Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and California Zephyr routes. The accessible station has one island platform for the two BART tracks, with a second island platform serving two of the three tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad Martinez Subdivision for Amtrak trains. It is one of two transfer points between BART and Amtrak, along with Oakland Coliseum station.

The Southern Pacific (SP)-controlled Northern Railway opened through what is now Richmond in 1878. A flag stop at Barrett's Station was established by the mid-1880s; it was renamed Richmond in 1902 during the town's rapid growth. The SP constructed a new station at Richmond in 1904 and again in 1914–15. The SP station was demolished around 1968, though passenger continued until the formation of Amtrak in 1971.

The modern station opened on January 29, 1973, as the northern terminal of BART service. Controversies during planning included the station location and the design of the concourse. Amtrak service to the station began on October 30, 1977. A new Amtrak platform was built in 2001, followed by a renovation of the whole station completed in 2007. A parking garage replaced the surface parking lot in 2013.