Lafayette station is a
Bay Area Rapid Transit
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(BART)
station
Station may refer to:
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in
Lafayette, California. The station consists of one
island platform in the
center median of
State Route 24 just south of the
Lafayette Hillside Memorial.
History
Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.
The fare lobby includes three columns covered in tile mosaics, which were designed by Helen Webber and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas. Webber originally planned to use a purple background, but switched to blue due to local objections related to purple's association with the controversial
People's Park.
In October 2011, BART was criticized for spending $2 million on a wheelchair ramp at the south entrance to the station without adding curb cuts or accessible parking there. However, the ramp was primarily built to connect to a path to the Lafayette business district to the south, and BART was already preparing to add curb cuts. The station was not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the
hydraulic cylinder in the platform elevator.
Notes
External links
BART - Lafayette
Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Contra Costa County, California
Stations on the Yellow Line (BART)
Lafayette, California
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1973
1973 establishments in California
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