Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line

Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Locale	East Bay San Francisco Peninsula Counties: Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo Cities: Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae
Termini	Richmond Station Millbrae Station (weekdays) Daly City Station (Saturdays)
Stations	23
Operation
Opened	April 19, 1976 (limited service) July 7, 1980 (all-day service)
Operator(s)	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) (Indian gauge)
Electrification	Third rail, 1000 V DC
Highest elevation	at grade, elevated, underground, underwater (Transbay Tube)
Route map Richmond I-80 El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza Contra Costa County Alameda County North Berkeley Downtown Berkeley Ashby SR 24 Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae MacArthur southbound transfer I-580 I-980 / SR 24 19th St. Oakland northbound transfer 12th St. Oakland City Center Richmond–Fremont Fremont–Daly City Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City I-880 West Oakland I-880 Alameda County San Francisco County Transbay Tube Embarcadero Montgomery St. Powell St. Civic Center/UN Plaza 16th St. Mission 24th St. Mission Glen Park Balboa Park transfer San Francisco County San Mateo County Daly City Saturday terminus Colma SR 82 (El Camino Real) South San Francisco San Bruno transfer Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae Millbrae weekday terminus

The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line from Richmond station to Millbrae station, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has 23 metro stations in Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae. All of its track is shared with other BART lines.

BART maps show this line red, but no one refers to BART lines by color. It is commonly called the Richmond–Millbrae line, or the Richmond line.

The line runs until 8pm on weekdays and until 7pm on Saturdays. At other times, Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae passengers transfer between the Richmond–Fremont line and the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line at MacArthur station for Daly City/Millbrae-bound trips and 19th Street Oakland station for Richmond-bound trips. The line terminates at Daly City station instead of Millbrae station on Saturdays, so the same transfers apply for Richmond–Millbrae passengers on Saturdays.

The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line was the fourth of BART's five lines to open. A few trains a day may have run between Richmond and Daly City starting in 1976, but all-day service didn't start until July 7, 1980 after reduced train headway through the Transbay Tube was approved.

SFO/Millbrae extension service

When BART opened the SFO/Millbrae extension on June 22, 2003, the Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line continued to terminate at Daly City. BART extended this line to SFO and Millbrae during weekday peak hours effective February 9, 2004. Since San Mateo County is not a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, SamTrans was responsible for the costs of the county's BART service. When SamTrans began to accrue deficits due to lower-than-expected ridership, BART agreed to SamTrans' request to operate only the Dublin/Pleasanton line south of Daly City effective September 12, 2005.

SamTrans and BART reached an agreement in February 2007 in which SamTrans would transfer control and financial responsibility of the SFO/Millbrae extension to BART. In return, BART would receive additional fixed funding from SamTrans and other sources. BART has since again increased service south of Daly City, and this line now terminates at Millbrae on weekdays and Daly City on Saturdays.

Richmond–Millbrae line's south-of-Daly City service

Date of change	Service south of Daly City
June 22, 2003	none
February 9, 2004	Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours) SFO station serviced on Millbrae-to-Richmond runs only
September 13, 2004	Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)
September 12, 2005	none
January 1, 2008	Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays)

Stations

Station	Opened	Other BART lines
Richmond	1973
El Cerrito del Norte	1973
El Cerrito Plaza	1973
North Berkeley	1973
Downtown Berkeley	1973
Ashby	1973
MacArthur	1972
19th Street Oakland	1972
12th Street Oakland City Center	1972
West Oakland	1974
Embarcadero	1976
Montgomery Street	1973
Powell Street	1973
Civic Center / UN Plaza	1973
16th Street Mission	1973
24th Street Mission	1973
Glen Park	1973
Balboa Park	1973
Daly City	1973
Colma	1996
South San Francisco	2003
San Bruno	2003
Millbrae	2003

Notes
^a The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line services the Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae stations on weekdays only. The line terminates at Daly City station on Saturdays.