On Sept. 11, 2022, BART celebrated fifty years since its 1972 opening. It’s an auspicious milestone for an organization that provides so much more than transportation to a region it’s now served for five decades.
In September, we celebrated our 50th anniversary with multiple events and happenings, including:
- A 50th Birthday Party and Family Fun Festival at Lake Merritt Station (Read about the fun-filled day here)
- The opening of a time capsule from 1992 (Curious what's inside? Click here)
- Free-to-play vintage arcade games at Powell St. Station
- Free live music at stations in September and October
- The BART Lines Short Story Contest (To view the finalists, click here)
- A station "domination" that saw Lake Merritt's ad space transform into a walk through BART history
- 50% off BART fares all of September
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