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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a heavy rail rapid transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, United States. With average weekday ridership around 162,000 passengers in February 2024, BART is the fifth busiest rapid transit system in the United States.[1][2] BART is administered by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, a special district government agency formed by Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco counties.

Mondays through Saturdays, BART trains run on five principal routes; four are transbay routes connecting San Francisco to Oakland and various destinations in the East Bay, while the fifth, the Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line, runs exclusively in the East Bay. Two of the five routes do not run on nights and weekends, and one is truncated on Saturdays, but all stations remain accessible by transfers via other routes. In September 1972 BART's first route opened: Fremont to MacArthur, extended to Richmond in January 1973. Concord to MacArthur started in May 1973 and Montgomery Street to Daly City began in November 1973. The original system was completed in September 1974 when trains first carried passengers through the underwater Transbay Tube. BART's three routes then were Concord–Daly City, Fremont—Daly City and Richmond–Fremont.

The Concord-Daly City line was extended to North Concord/Martinez in 1995 and to Colma and Pittsburg/Bay Point in 1996. BART's fifth route, the Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City line, began when the branch to Dublin/Pleasanton opened in 1997. The San Mateo County line was extended south from Colma to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae in 2003.[3] BART passengers can reach Oakland International Airport on BART's new automated guideway transit (AGT) system, the Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line.[4][5] The Richmond-Fremont and Fremont-Daly City lines were later extended to Warm Springs/South Fremont in 2017, and then further to Berryessa/North San José in 2020. An extension of BART using diesel multiple unit technology, called BART to Antioch but also known during construction as eBART, opened to Antioch in 2018.[6][7][8]

BART has 50 stations: 20 on the surface, 15 elevated, and 15 underground (i.e. subway).[9] 22 stations are in Alameda County, 12 are in Contra Costa, and 8 are in San Francisco. 6 stations are in San Mateo County and 2 are in Santa Clara County, though neither county is part of the BART special district. Berryessa/North San José is the southernmost station and Pittsburg/Bay Point is the northernmost. As of February 2024, Montgomery Street has the highest ridership and Oakland International Airport has the lowest.[1]

Services

BART system map (weekdays and Saturdays)

BART operates six named and interlined heavy rail services plus one separate automated guideway line. Five of the heavy rail services run through Oakland, and all of those but the Richmond–Warm Springs/South Fremont line and the SFO–Millbrae shuttle go through the Transbay Tube to San Francisco. All six services run on weekdays until the end of the afternoon rush hour; evenings (after about 7:00 pm), nights (after about 9:00 pm), and Sundays have as few as three services operating. Three of the services change terminals at certain times so that all stations are served during all service hours.[10] The eastern segment of the Yellow Line line (between Antioch and the transfer platform east of Pittsburg/Bay Point) uses different rolling stock and is separated from the rest of the line.

Unlike most other rapid transit and rail systems around the world, BART lines are not primarily referred to by shorthand designations or their color names (although the colors used on maps have been constant since 1980). The services are mainly identified on maps, schedules, and station signage by the names of their termini. However, the new fleet displays line colors more prominently, and BART has begun to use color names in press releases and GTFS data.[11][12]

See also: Bay Area Rapid Transit § Lines and services
Route name Color First service Service times
     Orange Line Orange September 11, 1972 Operates during all service hours.
     Yellow Line Yellow May 21, 1973 Through-routed with the Purple Line line on Sundays.
     Green Line Green November 16, 1974 No evening or Sunday service.
     Red Line Red April 19, 1976 Terminates at Millbrae on weekdays and at Daly City on Saturdays; no evening or Sunday service.
     Blue Line Blue May 10, 1997 Operates during all service hours. Some Sunday service terminates at Montgomery Street station.
     Purple Line Purple February 11, 2019 Through-routed with the Yellow Line line on Sundays.
     Oakland Airport Connector Beige November 22, 2014 Operates during all service hours.

Stations

An elevated railway platform, with a second platform connected by a walkway
The platforms at Coliseum station in 2017
An arched underground area
The mezzanine level of Downtown Berkeley station in 2018
A silver train at an underground railway station with a wide white platform
A train at Embarcadero station in 2018
An aerial view of an elevated railway station with a surface-level bus plaza
Buses and a train at Fruitvale station in 2018
A cavernous underground railway station with concrete walls and a white platform
The platform level of Glen Park station in 2018
A silver train at an underground railway station with natural light filtering in
A train at Lake Merritt station in 2019
Two railway platforms and four tracks in the median of an elevated highway
MacArthur station in 2019
Two silver trains at a railway station with a a white canopy
Trains at Millbrae station in 2018
An elevated railway station seen from above
Pleasant Hill station in 2018
A silver train at an elevated railway station
A train at San Leandro station in 2018
A blue train at a railway station in the median of a highway
A train at Pittsburg Center station in 2018

BART has 50 passenger stations,[13] of which 47 are high-platform rapid transit stations. Oakland International Airport is served by the Oakland Airport Connector, which uses cable-hauled automated guideway transit (AGT) rolling stock; Coliseum has separate platforms for rapid transit trains and AGT trains. Antioch and Pittsburg Center have low platforms for use with the diesel multiple unit (DMU) trains used on that section of the line. A transfer platform east of Pittsburg/​Bay Point, which does not have street access and is not designated as a unique station, provides cross-platform transfers between the rapid transit and DMU sections of the line.

Seven stations are designated as transfer points between services; timed cross-platform transfers are available between the Orange Line and Yellow Line lines at MacArthur (southbound) and 19th Street Oakland (northbound). Nine stations are the terminal of one or more services. (Two of these terminal stations - Coliseum and San Francisco International Airport - are also transfer stations.) Eight stations have connections available to other rail services - Amtrak, Caltrain, and Muni Metro. All stations are served during all operating hours.

^ Transfer stations within the BART system
^† Transfer stations that are also line termini
† Line termini
Transfer to other system Stations with connections to other rail systems:
Station Line(s) Location Opened[3] Ridership[1] Parking spaces
12th Street Oakland City Center      Orange Line
     Yellow Line
     Red Line		 Oakland September 11, 1972 5,139 0
16th Street Mission      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 5,518 0
19th Street Oakland ^      Orange Line
     Yellow Line
     Red Line		 Oakland September 11, 1972 4,653 0
24th Street Mission      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 5,546 0
Antioch †      Yellow Line † Antioch May 26, 2018 1,661 1,012
Ashby      Orange Line
     Red Line		 Berkeley January 29, 1973 2,008 715
Balboa Park ^ Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 4,258 0
Bay Fair ^      Orange Line
     Green Line
     Blue Line		 San Leandro September 11, 1972 2,441 1,641
Downtown Berkeley      Orange Line
     Red Line		 Berkeley January 29, 1973 5,397 0
Berryessa/​North San José †      Orange Line †
     Green Line †		 San José June 13, 2020 1,527
Castro Valley      Blue Line Castro Valley May 10, 1997 1,147 1,123
Civic Center/​UN Plaza Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 9,608 0
Coliseum † Transfer to other system (Amtrak)      Orange Line
     Green Line
     Blue Line
     Oakland Airport Connector †		 Oakland September 11, 1972 1,955 847
Colma      Yellow Line
     Red Line		 Colma February 24, 1996 1,426 2,238
Concord      Yellow Line Concord May 21, 1973 2,514 2,367
Daly City †      Yellow Line
     Green Line †
     Red Line
     Blue Line †		 Daly City November 5, 1973 4,871 2,068
Dublin/​Pleasanton †      Blue Line † Dublin / Pleasanton May 10, 1997 2,734 2,927
El Cerrito del Norte      Orange Line
     Red Line		 El Cerrito January 29, 1973 3,584 2,198
El Cerrito Plaza      Orange Line
     Red Line		 El Cerrito January 29, 1973 2,044 761
Embarcadero Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco May 27, 1976 14,270 0
Fremont      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Fremont September 11, 1972 1,920 2,030
Fruitvale      Orange Line
     Green Line
     Blue Line		 Oakland September 11, 1972 3,724 1,268
Glen Park Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 3,213 53
Hayward      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Hayward September 11, 1972 2,081 1,473
Lafayette      Yellow Line Lafayette May 21, 1973 1,541 1,629
Lake Merritt      Orange Line
     Green Line
     Blue Line		 Oakland September 11, 1972 2,909 207
MacArthur ^      Orange Line
     Yellow Line
     Red Line		 Oakland September 11, 1972 3,708 602
Millbrae † Transfer to other system (Caltrain)      Red Line †
Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. †		 Millbrae June 22, 2003 1,767 2,900
Milpitas Transfer to other system (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Milpitas June 13, 2020

1,087 || 1,631

Montgomery Street Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 12,670 0
North Berkeley      Orange Line
     Red Line		 Berkeley January 29, 1973 1,719 822
North Concord/​Martinez      Yellow Line Concord December 16, 1995 610 1,977
Oakland International Airport †      Oakland Airport Connector † Oakland November 22, 2014 584 0
Orinda      Yellow Line Orinda May 21, 1973 1,275 1,406
Pittsburg/​Bay Point †      Yellow Line Pittsburg December 7, 1996 1,816 1,992
Pittsburg Center      Yellow Line Pittsburg May 26, 2018 467 262
Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre      Yellow Line Walnut Creek May 21, 1973 2,362 3,011
Powell Street Transfer to other system ()      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 San Francisco November 5, 1973 11,410 0
Richmond † Transfer to other system (Amtrak)      Orange Line †
     Red Line †		 Richmond January 29, 1973 2,332 624
Rockridge      Yellow Line Oakland May 21, 1973 2,365 903
San Bruno ^      Yellow Line
     Red Line		 San Bruno June 22, 2003 1,375 1,083
San Francisco International Airport †      Yellow Line †
Lua error in Module:Adjacent_stations at line 430: "title" is missing from the data page. †		 San Mateo County June 22, 2003 2,985 0
San Leandro      Orange Line
     Green Line
     Blue Line		 San Leandro September 11, 1972 3,120 1,224
South Hayward      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Hayward September 11, 1972 1,394 1,207
South San Francisco      Yellow Line
     Red Line		 South San Francisco June 22, 2003 1,317 3,500
Union City      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Union City September 11, 1972 1,767 1,197
Walnut Creek      Yellow Line Walnut Creek May 21, 1973 2,637 2,089
Warm Springs/​South Fremont      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Fremont March 25, 2017 1,207 2,082
West Dublin/​Pleasanton      Blue Line Dublin / Pleasanton February 19, 2011 1,148 1,190
West Oakland      Yellow Line
     Green Line
     Red Line
     Blue Line		 Oakland September 16, 1974 3,582 156

Future stations

Map of the Silicon Valley extension

The four-station Phase II of the Silicon Valley BART extension will add underground stations at 28th Street/​Little Portugal, Downtown San José, and Diridon in San José, plus the surface-level Santa Clara station; it is planned to open in 2029 or 2030. An infill station on the Warm Springs extension at Irvington is planned to open in 2026. Two additional infill stations–the surface-level Calaveras on the Silicon Valley extension and the elevated Doolittle on the Oakland Airport Connector–are proposed but not yet funded or scheduled. Several of these future stations connect with other rail services in the South Bay region, including Altamont Corridor Express (Altamont Corridor Express), which does not yet have a connection with BART.

Station Line(s) Location Planned opening
Irvington      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Fremont 2026
28th Street/​Little Portugal      Orange Line
     Green Line		 San José 2029–2030
Downtown San José Transfer to other system (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)      Orange Line
     Green Line		 San José 2029–2030
Diridon Transfer to other system (Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak Caltrain Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)      Orange Line
     Green Line		 San José 2029–2030
Santa Clara † Transfer to other system (Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak Caltrain)      Orange Line †
     Green Line †		 Santa Clara 2029–2030
Doolittle      Oakland Airport Connector Oakland
Calaveras      Orange Line
     Green Line		 Milpitas

References

  1. ^ a b c "Monthly Ridership Reports". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. February 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report: Fourth Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 27, 2020 – via Ridership Report page. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
  3. ^ a b "Celebrating 40 Years of Service 1972 • 2012 Forty BART Achievements Over the Years" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  4. ^ "BART to OAK service opens in time for Thanksgiving travel". Bay Area Rapid Transit. November 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  5. ^ "Airport Connections Guide". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  6. ^ https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/ecc/faq
  7. ^ https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/BART-heads-out-to-Antioch-on-a-different-kind-of-12941991.php
  8. ^ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/26/antioch-bart-extension-rolls-with-rave-reviews-on-first-day-of-service/
  9. ^ "System Facts". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2013. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  10. ^ "Schedules". Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  11. ^ "New Train Car Project". Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  12. ^ "February 11 schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 15, 2019.
  13. ^ "Stations". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-13.

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