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Location | Osgood Road at Washington Boulevard Fremont, California | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 37°31′54″N 121°57′13″W / 37.5318°N 121.9537°W | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Status | design stage | ||||||||||||||
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Opening | 2031 | (proposed)||||||||||||||
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Irvington is a planned Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) infill station in the Irvington District of Fremont, California. [3] As of November 2023 [update], estimates from the city anticipated construction to begin in mid-2026, with the station opening for service in 2031. [4]
The station has been planned since it was studied as part of the Warm Springs extension in 1979, and its construction was approved by the BART board in 1992. [5]
The Warm Springs extension began construction through the Irvington District in 2009, [6] to connect Fremont and Warm Springs. The proposed station at the center of Irvington, once considered optional, was part of the extension. [7] However funding for construction of the station fell through. The station had been envisioned for completion in 2015. [8] Provisions for personnel access and preliminary foundation work were included when track was laid through the site. [2]
The city of Fremont had planned to finance the $140 million station through redevelopment agency bonds in 2009, but the bonds were cancelled when the California State Legislature abolished the redevelopment agency. [9] [10] In 2014, [5] Measure BB and the Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan received voter approval with $120 million listed for the Irvington BART station that was contingent on full definition of the capital project and its inclusion in a future Capital Improvement Program. [11] [12] A reevaluation of the environmental impact study was undertaken by the city in 2017. [13]
The BART Board of Directors confirmed they had voted to authorize the Irvington station in August 2019, [14] with construction to start in August 2022 and complete by August 2026. [15] As of November 2023, the start of construction was pushed back to mid-2026 and the station opening to 2031. [4]
Led by BART, the Design of the Irvington Station is advancing and approaching 90% completion. Construction documents are anticipated to be complete in Winter 2022/2023. Subject to funding availability, and the acquisition of all necessary property, construction could start as early as mid-2024 with the station opening in 2031.
In Fremont, construction is underway on the Warm Springs Extension of the BART light-rail system. Two new stations are in the plans, the first one being the "optional" Irvington Station at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Osgood Road.