Lafayette station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station 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.

Lafayette
An eastbound train at Lafayette station in 2018
General information
Location	3601 Deer Hill Road Lafayette, California
Coordinates	37.893186°N 122.124614°W / 37.893186; -122.124614
Line(s)	BART C-Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Connections	County Connection: 6
Construction
Parking	1,629 spaces
Bicycle facilities	30 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)
Passengers
2020	3,433 (weekday average)[1]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station Orinda toward Millbrae or San Francisco International Airport Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line Walnut Creek toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location

History

Service at the station began on May 21, 1973.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] The station was not accessible from April to July 2021 due to replacement of the hydraulic cylinder in the platform elevator.[5]

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External links

Media related to Lafayette station (BART) at Wikimedia Commons

• BART - Lafayette

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