History
BART's Coliseum/Oakland Airport station opened as part of BART's initial service on September 11, 1972, connecting the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and the Coliseum Arena via a pedestrian bridge going above then-existing railroad tracks which were later used by Capitol Corridor, beginning with the service's inception in 1991.
In 2002, CCJPA, in conjunction with Caltrans and the City of Oakland, decided to build a Capitol Corridor station there. The new station, officially named "Oakland Coliseum" station, opened on May 25, 2005, and included a new connection to the original BART-Oakland Coliseum pedestrian bridge, thus enabling transfers between the two services.
There are currently plans to develop the area around the two stations.
In October 2009, Oakland City Council voted its approval for a 3.2 mile extension of BART to Oakland International Airport. Preliminary construction began in late 2010; the project is projected to be completed in Spring 2014.
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