THE STATION was designed
to incorporate art within the
structure.
B ONE OF the key components of
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debuted its latest rail extension
leading to the Warm Springs
station in Fremont. Th e BART
WSX extension required
combined work between the
stakeholders and contractors
to create a rail line that used
aerial, subway and rail tracks
that were designed at-grade.
Paul A. Medved, P.E., group/
project manager, BART Warm
Springs Extension, said that one
of the most innovative features
of the project was the station design
itself. “It is designed to really
make people want to be there.
Th at part of Fremont has not been
a particularly in-demand location.
It has light industry around
it, a little agricultural land a little
undeveloped land, so we had to
be very careful about place-making.
We tried to create a station
that would ultimately be the centerpiece
of a lot of development
around it,” explained Medved. “It
needed to look good, it needed to
be unique, it needed to accommodate
access by all kinds of modes
from all directions and it was intended
to make BART look like a
21st century transit system.”
Medved said that the design of
the station had an almost “airport”
look to it. Within the design, Medved
explained that they worked to
take advantage of all the space. Th e
station works to be energy effi cient
by incorporating solar panels and
electric car charging — the station
itself is powered by solar energy.
BART worked collaboratively
with WSP USA and HNTB.
Anko Chen, principal architect,
HNTB, said, “I would say that
the most important feature of the
station design is focused on the
passenger experience. In the past,
most of the stations are focused
on the core operations to keep the
trains running and if the system is
running, we are happy with that.
Now I think that we need to push
it one step beyond, the passenger
the station was sustainability.
By the
Numbers
5.4
miles
7/8 of
a mile
length of tunnel
3/25/17
opened for service
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