RICHMOND STATION (CALIFORNIA)

:''"Richmond Station (Amtrak)", "Richmond (Amtrak station)", and "Richmond (BART station)" redirect here. For other places, see Richmond Station.''
'Richmond Station' is an at-grade Bay Area Rapid Transit and Amtrak station located in Richmond, California. Each system is served by an island platform. The Capitol Corridor stops here, providing connections to BART. The San Joaquins, another Amtrak route, also has a stop at this station. The station is currently being completely rebuilt. The Richmond Transit Village is adjacent; directly north of the station is a BART rail yard. Richmond serves as the northern terminus for the Richmond Line with the Richmond - Daly City Line which operates Monday-Saturday during the daytime and the Richmond - Fremont Line which operates at all times during regular BART service.
BART service at this station began on January 29 1973.[1]
The station is served by two bus agencies. AC Transit provides a variety of local and regional service. Buses connect the station to various locations such as Contra Costa College, Hilltop Mall, El Cerrito del Norte BART Station, which is a regional bus hub with connecting services to the North Bay, and Richmond Parkway Transit Center. Routes 70, 71, 72M, 74, and 76 provide a mixture or local intra-city service and also feeder service into the BART and Amtrak systems. They link to Richmond neighborhoods and neighboring communities of Marina Bay, Belding Woods, Point Richmond, Atchison Village, Hilltop, El Sobrante, El Cerrito, East Richmond, North Richmond, Rollingwood, and Pinole. Routes 376 and 800 both provide late night service. The former is a late night circulator combing the most popular portions of the local lines running until 2 AM while the 800 runs a route which emulates the BART's Richmond-Daly City line between Richmond and downtown San Francisco during the hours that BART is closed. It is the main route in the All Nighter regional Bay Area network. Route 42 is a link between the Golden Gate Transit service area in Marin County and the AC Transit area in Contra Costa County, the line connects San Rafael Transit Center a major GGT hub in San Rafael with Richmond and El Cerrito del Norte BART stations.

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★ List of Bay Area Rapid Transit stations

External links

★ BART - Richmond Station Overview

★ Capitol Corridor - Richmond Station Page

★ Amtrak Station Information Page