The BART Board approved the name "Bay Fair" in December 1965. The station opened on September 11, 1972, as part of the initial BART operating segment. It became a transfer station on May 10, 1997, with the opening of the
branch to Dublin/Pleasanton; a
flying junction was built south of the station. Thirteen BART stations, including Bay Fair, did not originally have faregates for passengers using the elevator. In 2020, BART started a project to add faregates to elevators at these stations. The new faregate on the platform at Bay Fair was installed in July 2021. , BART anticipates soliciting a developer by 2028 for
transit-oriented development to replace surface parking lots at the station. == References ==