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Bathrooms at underground BART stations were closed after the September 11 attacks due to security concerns. The bathroom at Downtown Berkeley station reopened on June 30, 2023, after a renovation, with an attendant on duty during all operating hours. [14]
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including eBART, a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connector, a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport.
The bicycles are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to anyone who purchases a membership, with three options, annual fee of US$150, US$29 for a month or US$15 for 24 hours. [14] Any rider may take unlimited trips of up to 30 minutes, as measured from the time the bike is withdrawn from a dock to the time it is returned.
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (occasionally abbreviated in early years to BARTD) was created in 1957 [3] to provide a transit alternative between suburbs in the East Bay and job centers in San Francisco's Financial District as well as (to a lesser extent) those in Downtown Oakland and Downtown Berkeley.
With average weekday ridership around 165,000 passengers in June 2024, BART is the fifth busiest rapid transit system in the United States. [1] [2] BART is administered by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, a special district government agency formed by Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties.
The station site is approximately at the historic location of Berkeley Branch Railroad's Newbury station, which opened after 1876. [6] The BART Board approved the name "Ashby Place" in December 1965. [7] The three stations in Berkeley were originally planned to be elevated, but the City of Berkeley paid extra tax to have them built underground.
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The BART Board approved the name "North Berkeley" in December 1965. [4] Service at the station began on January 29, 1973. [5] Pursuant to a law passed by the state of California in 2018, the City of Berkeley and BART plan to replace the surface parking lots with transit-oriented housing. [6]