Richmond station (California)

Richmond
Bay Area Rapid Transit Amtrak
An overhead view of a semicircular metal canopy at the entrance to a large railway station
The main entrance to Richmond station in April 2018
General information
Location1700 Nevin Avenue
Richmond, California
United States
Coordinates37°56′12″N 122°21′11″W / 37.9368°N 122.3531°W / 37.9368; -122.3531
Owned byBay Area Rapid Transit
Union Pacific Railroad (Amtrak platform)[1]
Line(s)UP Martinez Subdivision[2]
BART R-Line
Platforms1 island platform (Amtrak)
1 island platform (BART)
Tracks3 (Amtrak)
2 (BART)
ConnectionsBus transport AC Transit: 70, 71, 72M, 74, 76, 376, 800
Bus interchange Flixbus
Construction
Parking768 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and 32 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectMaher & Martens[3]
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: RIC
History
OpenedJanuary 29, 1973 (1973-01-29) (BART)[4]
October 30, 1977 (Amtrak)
RebuiltOctober 18, 2007[1]
Passengers
20242,358 (weekday average)[5] (BART)
FY 2023154,239[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
     Coast Starlight does not stop here
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
El Cerrito del Norte Orange Line Terminus
El Cerrito del Norte
toward Millbrae
Red Line
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Emeryville Coast Starlight
1978–1996, 2013–2020
Martinez
toward Seattle
Oakland-16th Street Spirit of California
1981–1983
Martinez
toward Sacramento
Preceding station Southern Pacific Railroad Following station
Stege Overland Route San Pablo
toward Ogden
Shasta Route San Pablo
toward Portland
Location
Map

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.

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  2. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 3.
  3. ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference hist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
  6. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of California" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.