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BART bomb dog plays key role in weapons bust in Walnut Creek

Walnut Creek Police Credit BART Dog for Playing "Significant Role" in Discovering Weapons Stash The Walnut Creek Police Department is crediting the discovery of illegal firearms and explosives to one of BART's bomb sniffing dog teams. Walnut Creek Police asked BART Police Officer Jason Ledford and his

BART train operator brings a sense of humor to the afternoon commute

Train operators are a critical part of the team that keeps BART moving around the Bay. The system may be automated but the operators are the eyes and ears of the trains. It’s an important job but a sense of humor can still come in handy. In our latest edition of “Hidden Tracks: Stories from BART” we take a

BART responds to hundreds of citizen emails and letters in shooting case

February 2, 2009Dear BART Rider/Bay Area Resident: BART has received hundreds of letters and emails about the shooting of Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day at the Fruitvale BART Station. While we would like to provide a more personal response to everyone who took the time to communicate with us, the number of

Lessons of 2010 help BART plan extra service for 2012 Giants parade

BART’s highest-ridership day ever was the 2010 Giant’s World Series victory parade with 522,198 riders. Now it’s 2012 and the Giants are World Series champions again. This time the parade comes on a day that would typically have high ridership already – Oct. 31, Halloween, when many people take BART for

Sharp-eyed BART customer and Station Agents foil bike thieves

A customer reported suspicious activity to the Station Agents at MacArthur Station Monday, April 11th at 11am. It appeared that some men were using tools to cut the locks on bikes parked there. When the men saw that they’d been spotted, they tried to get rid of their tools in a nearby garbage can. BART Police

BART offers event trains with limited stops for SF Giants night games

BART will be providing additional trains serving limited stops after regular BART service ends for fans departing San Francisco Giants night games. The special service begins June 25 for the Bay Bridge series against the Oakland A’s and will continue for every night game until August 2, 2021, when midnight

BART to Antioch: What riders need to know about our new service

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What is eBART and BART to Antioch? eBART is the project to build a new rail system that continues transit service from BART's Pittsburg/Bay Point Station to Antioch. This rail system uses standard gauge (4’-8 ½”) track with state-of-the art Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) Vehicles. Once opened, the service became