Rockridge station is a
Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in the
Rockridge district of
Oakland, California
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third ...
. Located in the
center median of the elevated
State Route 24 west of the
Caldecott Tunnel
The Caldecott Tunnel is an east–west highway tunnel through the Berkeley Hills between Oakland and Orinda, California. Its four bores carry California State Route 24. Named after Thomas E. Caldecott, former mayor of Berkeley, it opened in 19 ...
, the station has a single
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
serving two tracks.
Service at Rockridge began on May 21, 1973, following the completion of the
Berkeley Hills Tunnel
The Berkeley Hills Tunnel is a tunnel which carries Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) through the Berkeley Hills between Rockridge station and Orinda station.
Design
While the tracks run in the median of California State Route 24 on both sides of t ...
.
The elevator to the platform is outside of the
paid area
In rail transport, the paid area is a dedicated "inner" zone in a railway station or metro station, accessible via turnstiles or other barriers, to get into which, visitors or passengers require a valid ticket, checked smartcard or a pass. A sys ...
. BART added a dedicated faregate for the elevator in 2022.
References
External links
BART - Rockridge
Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Alameda County, California
Stations on the Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line
Railway stations in Oakland, California
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1973
Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in highway medians
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