Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a heavy-rail public rapid-transit system that serves the San Francisco Bay Area. The system is operated by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (SF BART district), a special government agency in California consisting of three counties: Alameda County, Contra Costa County, and the City and County of San Francisco. Serving over 350,000 passengers a day, BART is the fifth largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of ridership.[1][2]
Out of the five lines currently in service, the Richmond – Fremont line is the oldest, having opened south of MacArthur in September 1972. The Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line (originally Concord – Daly City) opened MacArthur to Concord a year later. The Richmond – Millbrae line (originally Richmond – Daly City) and the Fremont – Daly City line were added to the system in 1980 and 1985 respectively. The first major expansions were in 1995 through 1997, beginning services to Northern Concord / Martinez (1995), Pittsburg (1996), Colma (1996), and Pleasanton (1997), the last of which is served by BART's newest line — the Dublin/Pleasanton – Daly City line. In mid-2003, extensions to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae were completed, bringing BART further south into San Mateo County.[3] In addition, BART connects its Coliseum/Oakland Airport station to the Oakland International Airport with AirBART, a shuttle bus service.[4]
The system has 44 stations: 15 on the surface, 15 underground and 14 elevated.[5] Nineteen stations are in Alameda County, more than any other county. Eleven stations are in Contra Costa County, and eight are in City and County of San Francisco. Six stations are in San Mateo County, although it is not part of the SF BART district. Fremont is the southernmost station of the system, while Pittsburg/Bay Point is the northernmost station. In terms of daily ridership, Embarcadero is the most heavily used station, while North Concord/Martinez is the least.[1]
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Entrance of the North Concord/Martinez station
Station platform of the Glen Park station
A Richmond Station-bound BART train arriving at the Lake Merritt station
Station platform of the MacArthur station (Westbound
State Route 24 is seen in the background)
Exterior view of the Millbrae station
Exterior view of the Pittsburg/Bay Point station
Exterior view of the Pleasant Hill station
East side view of the South San Francisco station
The following table lists all 44 stations currently in service. The ones with mileposts are measured from the Oakland wye: M line from zero at the north end of the wye, A line from zero at the west end of the wye, and C and R lines from zero at the east end of the wye. Each leg of the wye is about 0.25 mile, so (for instance) Concord is 36.17 miles from Daly City, give or take a hundredth or two.
[edit] Stations planned or under construction
- a Where more than one line serves a station, lines are listed in the order of opening.
- b All ridership statistics are monthly average exits on weekdays in November 2011.[1]
- c The Richmond – Millbrae line only operates on weekdays before 7:00 pm to Colma, Millbrae, San Bruno, and South San Francisco stations.[6]
- d The Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO/Millbrae line only operates on weekdays after 7:00 pm and weekends to Millbrae station. Weekdays before 7:00 pm, service terminates at SFO. Passengers traveling between SFO and Millbrae must ride to San Bruno and transfer.[6]
- e The Oakland International Airport connector stations will not use BART trains nor will the rails be connected with BART tracks. They will use their own dedicated people mover tracks, trains, and technology. They will however will be fully integrated into the BART fare system and connect with BART intermodally at the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART station within the paid area.
- f The eBART stations will not use BART trains nor will the rails be connected with BART tracks. The will use their own dedicated heavy rail tracks, diesel multiple unit battery operated trains, and technology. They will however will be fully integrated into the BART fare system and connect with BART intermodally within the Pittsburg/Bay Point BART station within the paid area with a shared platform transfer system.
- g This station will be colocated at the site of a current Caltrain, Capitol Corridor, ACE, and Amtrak station.
- h This station will be colocated at the site of a current VTA light-rail station.
- i This station has been designed and approved but funding is being sought out for its construction along a currently approved extension that is funded.
- j This station is part of the Phase II portion of the San Jose extension and has been approved but funding has not yet been allocated and construction is not currently scheduled.
- k This station will be co-located at the site of an existing ACE train station.
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