New escalator opens at Embarcadero Station

For the second time in less than a month, BART riders in downtown San Francisco have a new escalator to enjoy. A completely rebuilt escalator opened this week at Embarcadero Station near the Main Street entrance, about three weeks after a similar unit opened at Powell Street Station. Crews are already beginning work on another escalator at Embarcadero while work also proceeds at Montgomery Street and Civic Center stations. 

The new escalators are designed to be more reliable, energy efficient and longer lasting than the outdated units they replaced.

The escalator replacement project is working in tandem with the station canopy project to transform the rider experience at the four Market Street stations. Crews try to minimize the disruption to passengers by working on one escalator and one canopy at a station at time.