BART’s schedule will change on August 11, 2025, to improve key transfers

On Monday, August 11, 2025, BART will make minor schedule changes in coordination with the region’s other transit systems as part of a collective effort to sync schedules, reduce impacts, and improve transfers for transit riders in the Bay Area.

Minor Adjustments

Overall, some departure times will shift by a few minutes, and we encourage riders to check the schedule before August 11, 2025, to see if their trip is impacted.

The BART Trip Planner is in the process of being updated with the new schedule so riders can start planning their trips using the date August 11, 2025, and beyond. PDF timetables have also been posted.

Improved Connections

The BART to Antioch connection at the transfer platform will speed up. The wait time will be reduced from seven minutes between arriving on the BART to Antioch DMU train to departing on the BART Fleet of the Future train to four minutes.
BART trains will have a longer dwell time at Millbrae Station for improved reliability of Caltrain and SamTrans connections.
BART trains will have a longer dwell time at Dublin/Pleasanton Station for improved LAVTA Wheels connections, and Wheels made changes to speed up the following trips:
- Riders from East Dublin to Downtown San Francisco will save 17 minutes in the morning peak for riders who take LAVTA’s Wheels #2 and BART.
- Riders from Pleasanton to Downtown San Francisco will on average save 15 minutes in the morning peak for riders who take LAVTA’s Wheels #8 and BART.
- Riders from Livermore to Downtown San Francisco will save 17 minutes in the morning peak for riders who take LAVTA’s Wheels #10R and BART.
BART will have more even train spacing between the Orange & Green lines from Berryessa to Richmond for improved connections with VTA, AC Transit, and Union City Transit bus service. Currently trains run every 7 and 13 minutes toward Berryessa, and it will now be 9 and 11 minutes. Trains heading in the Richmond direction will go from 9 and 11 to 10 and 10.

Transit Coordination – The Big Sync

Bay Area transit agencies have been syncing schedules in a whole new way to make riding transit even faster and improve transfer reliability and timing. Transit agencies from across the region are rolling out new schedules in mid-August in coordination with each other and have now aligned the timing of schedule changes twice each year, once in summer (mid-August) and once in winter (mid-January).

This is the third iteration of a coordinated Big Sync in the Bay Area. Agencies meet several months in advance of each schedule change to share planned changes and to look for opportunities to improve transfers.

Advancing schedule change alignment is a key priority for Bay Area transit general managers who meet on a weekly basis to make transit more rider-focused and efficient.