The station consists of one island platform in the center median of State Route 24 just south of the Lafayette Hillside Memorial.

[4] The fare lobby includes three columns covered in tile mosaics, which were designed by Helen Webber and constructed by Alfonso Pardiñas.

[5] AC Transit began operating local bus service under contract in central Contra Costa County in the 1970s after the coming of BART.

[7] In October 2011, BART was criticized for spending $2 million on a wheelchair ramp at the south entrance to the station without adding curb cuts or accessible parking there.

However, the ramp was primarily built to connect to a path to the Lafayette business district to the south, and BART was already preparing to add curb cuts.