Pittsburg Center station

Pittsburg Center
Pittsburg Center
	Westbound train at Pittsburg Center in May 2018
General information
Location	2099 Railroad Avenue; Pittsburg, California
Coordinates	38°01′06″N 121°53′25″W / 38.018227°N 121.890178°W
Owned by	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)	BART E-Line (eBART)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Tri Delta Transit: 380, 381, 391
Construction
Structure type	Trench cut
Parking	262 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	May 26, 2018
Passengers
2024	490 (weekday average)
Services
Location
Location

Pittsburg Center station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the Yellow Line.^[4] It is located at the Railroad Avenue overpass of Highway 4 in Pittsburg, California and serves the downtown area of about one mile (1.6 km) away via connecting buses provided by Tri Delta Transit. There is no reserved parking available at this station.^[2]

History

Construction of the station was uncertain at the time of eBART's approval due to lack of available funds.^[5] The station was originally known as Railroad Avenue during planning.^[6] The city later chose Pittsburg Civic Center, which BART rejected because of its similarity to Civic Center/UN Plaza station. In January 2015, the city accepted BART's proposal of Pittsburg Center.^[7]

Funding for the station was secured in early 2015 and was estimated at $11.9 million (equivalent to $16 million in 2023). Construction commenced on July 27, 2015,^[8] and was opened with the rest of the line on May 26, 2018.^[5]

As of June 2024^[update], Pittsburg Center was the least-used station on the BART system, with 490 daily boardings.^[3] As of 2024^[update], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow transit-oriented development on the surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s.^[9]