Concord station is a

Bay Area Rapid Transit 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 on of rapid transit lines, including a spur line in eastern Contra Costa County which uses ...

(BART) station in

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. The station is located between the downtown business district to the west and residential neighborhoods to the east. Concord station has a single elevated

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History

The station opened as the eastern

terminus station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing such ...

of the BART system on May 21, 1973. The station remained a terminus until the line was extended to

North Concord/Martinez station North Concord/Martinez station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station located in the Sun Terrace neighborhood of Concord, California. The station serves the northern area of Concord and nearby Martinez. It is located near State Route 4. ...

in December 1995 and to

Pittsburg/Bay Point station Pittsburg/Bay Point station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in Pittsburg, California, United States, adjacent to the community of Bay Point. It serves northern and eastern Contra Costa County, as well as the Sacramento–San Joaquin Rive ...

a year later. A water feature at the station, installed by

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in 1971 or 1972, was removed in the 1990s.

Bus connections

Concord is a major terminal for

County Connection The County Connection (officially, the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority, CCCTA) is a Concord-based public transit agency operating fixed-route bus and ADA paratransit (County Connection LINK) service in and around central Contra Costa County ...

local bus routes: *Weekday routes: 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 91X, 260 *Weekend routes: 310, 311, 314, 315, 320 The station is also served by

Tri-Delta Transit Tri Delta Transit, formally the Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority, is a joint powers agency of the governments of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley, Brentwood, and Contra Costa County that provides bus service for the eastern area of Contra Cost ...

route 201 and a special-event shuttle to the

Concord Pavilion Concord Pavilion (formerly known as Sleep Train Pavilion and Chronicle Pavilion) is an amphitheatre located in Concord, California. It is owned by the City of Concord and operated by Live Nation. The Pavilion has a capacity of 12,500 people and op ...

. Buses stop on the west side of the station; most routes stop at a two-lane busway north of the station entrance, while several routes stop to the south.

Notes

External links

BART – Concord
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