BART offering special early service with limited stops for 2025 Bay to Breakers (May 18)

BART will provide four trains with limited stops before regular BART service begins for Bay to Breakers on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The special service will get race participants to Embarcadero around 7am. 

The special early morning trains will pick up passengers for an Embarcadero arrival with limited service from the following stations: 16th St. Mission, Bay Fair, Daly City, El Cerrito del Norte, Dublin/Pleasanton, MacArthur, Millbrae, Pleasant Hill/City Center, and West Oakland. 

These four trains will go out of service once they drop riders off at Embarcadero. Riders cannot board a train at Embarcadero.  

Caltrain will be running two limited-stop, pre-race trains to San Francisco that will arrive before the start of the race (more info here), and SF Muni is providing pre- and post-race express service on several rail lines and bus routes (more info here).

Plan your trip using the BART Trip Planner. 

Special Service Details 

  • One train will leave Millbrae at 6:30am, Daly City at 6:42am, 16th St./Mission at 6:52am, and then arrive at Embarcadero at 6:57am. No other stops will be made along the line.  

  • A second train will leave Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre at 6:23am, MacArthur at 6:43am, West Oakland at 6:52am, and then arrive at Embarcadero at 6:58am. No other stops will be made along the line. 

  • A third train will leave Dublin/Pleasanton at 6:18am, Bay Fair at 6:35am, West Oakland at 6:56am, and arrive at Embarcadero at 7:01am. No other stops will be made along the line. 

  • A fourth train will leave El Cerrito del Norte at 6:34am, MacArthur at 6:47am, West Oakland at 6:56am, and arrive at Embarcadero at 7:02am. No other stops will be made along the line. 

Regular systemwide BART service starts at around 8am. 

Tips 

BART parking is free on Sundays. People driving to BART to take the train should park at one of these stations being served: Pleasant Hill, El Cerrito del Norte, MacArthur, Bay Fair, West Oakland, Daly City, Dublin/Pleasanton, and Millbrae. 16th Street Mission does not have a BART parking lot. 

BART has loaded these event trains as special service into BART Trip Planner. The service is demarcated with "-> Limited Stop to Embarcadero" in the planner.  

Once on the platform, these four trains will be labelled as: “Limited Stop to Embarcadero.” 

Load your Clipper card in advance with enough funds for your full trip.  

If you don’t have a Clipper card, add one for free ($3 savings) to your phone’s wallet in advance and use Google Pay or Apple Pay. 

*This article was posted on April 30, 2025.

Bay to Breakers rider guide showing times and stops for special service