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Daly City station

Coordinates: 37°42′22″N 122°28′08″W / 37.706224°N 122.468934°W / 37.706224; -122.468934
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Daly City
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Two trains at Daly City station in July 2023
General information
Location500 John Daly Boulevard
Daly City, California
Coordinates37°42′22″N 122°28′08″W / 37.706224°N 122.468934°W / 37.706224; -122.468934
Owned bySan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Line(s)BART M-Line
Platforms1 side platform, 1 island platform
Tracks3
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking2,068 spaces
Bicycle facilities20 lockers
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGerald McCue & Associates[1]
Other information
Station codeBART: DALY
History
OpenedNovember 5, 1973 (1973-11-05)
Passengers
20243,969 (weekday average)[2]
Services
Preceding station Bay Area Rapid Transit Following station
Terminus Blue Line Balboa Park
toward Dublin/​Pleasanton
Green Line Balboa Park
toward Berryessa/​North San José
Colma
toward Millbrae
 Red Line Balboa Park
toward Richmond
Colma
toward San Francisco International Airport or Millbrae
 Yellow Line Balboa Park
toward Antioch via Pittsburg/​Bay Point
Location
Map

Daly City station is an elevated Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Daly City, California, just south of the city limits of San Francisco. It is adjacent to Interstate 280 and California Route 1, which it serves as a park-and-ride station. The station is served by the Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue lines; it is the western terminus of the Green and Blue lines.

Station layout

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Muni route 14R bus in the east busway

The station has three tracks with an island platform between the east tracks and a side platform next to the west track. The side platform is used primarily by southbound trains continuing to terminals on the Peninsula. The island platform is used primarily by northbound trains on the east track and by southbound trains terminating at the station (to return northbound) on the center track.

Daly City station is served by a number of SamTrans and Muni bus routes. Most routes use the Niantic Avenue busway on the east side of the station; Muni route 54 and the shuttle routes stop on the west side of the station.[3][4]

San Francisco State University operates the free Daly City BART Express Shuttle, stopping on the west side of the station. Its Campus Loop shuttle also serves Daly City station on a limited number of trips. Seton Medical Center and Skyline College also operate free shuttles to the station.[3][4]

History

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Entrance to the 1990s-built underpass

San Mateo County pulled out of plans for the BART system in 1961. However, BART retained plans for a station at the north edge of Daly City, just over the county line from San Francisco, because it was expected to draw significant revenue. The station would be paid for by taxes in other counties because of San Mateo County's withdrawal.[5] The BART Board approved the name "Daly City" in December 1965.[6] Original plans approved by voters in 1962 called for an elevated station at Daly City.[5] BART later considered an underground station and rail yard at the site. In 1966, facing a budget deficit, BART relocated the yard to Hayward and reverted to plans for a less-expensive elevated station at Daly City.[7]

The Daly City–Montgomery section of the San Francisco line opened on November 5, 1973. Transbay service began the next year.[8] On September 30, 1975, BART began construction on a $3.3 million parking garage, which doubled the existing 800-space parking capacity at the station.[9] Until the extension to Colma station in 1996, Daly City was the southern terminus of BART on the Peninsula and the only station that was not in one of the three base counties of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa.[8] It still serves as the southern terminus for the Green and Blue lines, which do not continue to other San Mateo County stations.

A pedestrian underpass of John Daly Boulevard connecting to additional parking lots opened in the 1990s.[10] Seismic retrofitting of the station and parking garage took place in 2008–2010.[11][12] As of 2024, 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.[13]

Bus service

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SamTrans buses at the station in 1977

Daly City station's position as the terminus of BART on the peninsula led to connecting bus service. The station was initially served by local bus routes operated by the privately-owned Northgate Transit.[14][15] Western Greyhound Lines, which operated commuter-oriented service from San Mateo County to downtown San Francisco, refused to add a Daly City station stop to its Pacifica-San Francisco route.[16][17] Another private operator, ServiCar, operated two commuter routes between Peninsula points and the station from January 31 to February 27, 1974.[18] Muni began serving Daly City with route 91 in April 1975; other routes were gradually added, including the 28 in 1982 and the 14L (now 14R) in 2012.[19]

SamTrans was formed in 1976 as a publicly-owned consolidation of most of the existing private bus systems in San Mateo County. SamTrans began operating a Daly City–San Bruno–San Francisco International Airport bus route in July 1976, though Northgate continued to operate the Daly City-area local routes until they were taken over by SamTrans in early 1977.[20][21] SamTrans also took over Greyhound commuter routes on July 2, 1977. The Pacifica buses were cut back to Daly City station during times that BART operated, and several local routes serving the airport and the El Camino Real corridor were redirected to terminate at the station as well.[22][23] Golden Gate Transit briefly operated a Daly City station–Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza connector route beginning in June 1981.[24]

Construction of a canopy over the bus platform took place from September 1983 to April 1984.[25] Further changes to the busway, including reversing the direction, took place in 1996–1997.[26] A 2017–2018 project replaced the canopy with newer shelters and added a layover area for buses in the upper (east) parking lot.[27]

References

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  1. ^ Cerny, Susan Dinkelspiel (2007). An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area (1st ed.). Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith. pp. 501–502. ISBN 978-1-58685-432-4. OCLC 85623396.
  2. ^ "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Daly City Station: Transit Stops" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 12, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Daly City Station: Schedules & Fares" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. January 12, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Demoro, Harre W. (December 12, 1968). "BART Answers Daly City". Oakland Tribune. p. 46-F – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Names Approved for 38 Rapid Transit Stations Around Bay". Oakland Tribune. December 10, 1965. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ LaPierre, Frank (February 9, 1968). "BART, D.C. Feud On Aerial Design Problem". The Times. p. 51 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
  9. ^ "News Release R-56" (PDF) (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 26, 1975.
  10. ^ Daly City BART Station Access Plan (PDF), San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, December 2002, p. 11
  11. ^ "Earthquake Safety Program Construction Updates (archive)". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2009.
  12. ^ "Earthquake safety work at Daly City Station to affect fare gates" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 26, 2010.
  13. ^ BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2024. p. 17.
  14. ^ "Northgate asks BART service". Enterprise Journal. September 21, 1973. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Peninsulans tell what's good, what's bad about BART". The San Francisco Examiner. November 26, 1973. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "City Asks Greyhound For Service to BART". Pacifica Tribune. November 28, 1973. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "[Untitled]". Pacifica Tribune. December 12, 1973. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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  20. ^ "Questions raised about SamTrans routes". Enterprise Journal. December 1, 1976. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Laird, Johnna M. (June 30, 1976). "Bus service links airport, BART". Enterprise Journal. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Reinka, Janet (June 22, 1977). "SamTrans to expand service over Greyhound system". The Peninsula Times Tribune. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "How New Bus Service to Work". Pacifica Tribune. June 29, 1977. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "More should get their kicks on route 66". The San Francisco Examiner. July 20, 1981. p. A5 – via Newspapers.com.
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  26. ^ Annual Report Fiscal Year 1996/1997 (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. p. 3.
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