Lake Merritt Station
Points of interest
BART
Ticket machines are located in the underground station concourse. First time riders can purchase a reusable Clipper card from a vending machine before boarding. All riders must pass through the faregates with a valid Clipper card, or mobile device with (Clipper enabled) Apple Pay/Google Pay. Keep the device, or card for the ride and use it to pass through the faregates again when exiting the station.
This station has 4 surface entrances on both sides of Oak St between 8th and 9th streets. Main elevator serving the street and concourse is located at northeast corner of Oak and 8th streets. The concourse has a single paid area with an elevator to the platform located inside the paid area. Riders using the elevator to access platform can process card at the faregate at the concourse.
BART's Customer Service Center, which sells other types of discount tickets not available from ticket machines, is located in the concourse at this station.
This station features center platforms.
Platform 1: to Berryessa, | Platform 2: to Richmond, |
Real time departures: | |
⇓ Next Station: Fruitvale | ⇑ Next Station: West Oakland, Oakland City Center/12th Street |
Bus
Parking
Unreserved spaces (Garage) | Reserved spaces | ||
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Weekdays | before 10am | $3 daily fee | reserved permit required |
10am - 3pm | $3 daily fee | ||
after 3pm | free | ||
Weekends | all day |
To pay the daily parking fee, remember your space number, enter through the faregates into the paid area and pay at an add fare machine or with BART mobile app.
Reserved spaces require:
- BART monthly reserved parking permit - $105
- BART long term airport parking permit - $7
- BART single day reserved permit - $6
To pay the parking fee, remember your space number, enter through the faregates into the paid area and pay at an add fare machine or with BART mobile app. Parking gets full at the station before 7am.
Bicycle Parking
Bike racks and 32 electronic BikeLink lockers are available at this station.
Bay Wheels operates a self-service bike share station near the station.