El Cerrito Plaza is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in El Cerrito, California, located adjacent to the El Cerrito Plaza shopping center. It primarily serves southern El Cerrito, northern Albany, and Kensington, along with nearby portions of Berkeley and Richmond. Nearly identical in form to El Cerrito del Norte station, El Cerrito Plaza station has two side platforms serving the line's two elevated tracks, with a fare lobby underneath. The Ohlone Greenway runs through the station area.

El Cerrito Plaza
Platforms at El Cerrito Plaza station in 2017
General information
Location	6699 Fairmount Avenue El Cerrito, California
Coordinates	37°54′10″N 122°17′56″W
Owned by	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Line(s)	BART R-Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	AC Transit: 71, 72, 72M, 79, 80, 667, 668, 675, 684, G Bear Transit: RFS
Construction
Parking	761 spaces
Bicycle facilities	30 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	January 29, 1973[1]
Passengers
2020	4,676 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station North Berkeley toward San Francisco International Airport via Millbrae Richmond–Millbrae+SFO line El Cerrito del Norte toward Richmond North Berkeley toward Berryessa/​North San José Berryessa/​North San José–Richmond line
Track layout Legend to Richmond Central Ave. Fairmount Ave. to Millbrae and Warm Springs/South Fremont
Location

The station opened on January 29, 1973.[1] As with El Cerrito del Norte station, the escalator walls feature tile mosaics by Alfonso Pardiñas.[3] UC Berkeley music professor Jorge Liderman committed suicide at the station on February 3, 2008.[4]

The elevators to the platforms are outside of the paid area. BART plans to add a dedicated faregate for each elevator in 2022.[5]

Bus connections

Busways on both sides of the station serve a number of AC Transit bus routes:[6]

• Local: 71, 72, 72M, 79, 80
• Transbay: G
• School: 667, 668, 675, 684

The busways are also used by the Bear Transit RFS route.[6] Several other AC Transit routes — including rapid route 72R, Transbay routes L and LC, and All Nighter route 800 — run on San Pablo Avenue 0.25 miles (0.40 km) to the west.

References

External links

Media related to El Cerrito Plaza station at Wikimedia Commons

• BART - El Cerrito Plaza

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