Search

Register on Eventbrite 

Small Business Summit event flyer [pdf] 

BART’s Office of Civil Rights is hosting a free, in-person Small Business Summit on Thursday, May 21, from 8:30am to noon, on the first floor of BART HQ (2150 Webster St., Oakland, near 19th St. Oakland Station). The event will be held during BART’s Small Business Week, beginning May 19, and will include a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Small Business certification workshop in light of the significant changes to certification requirements under the recent Interim Final Rule (IFR). 

In light of recent changes to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, BART recognizes that small businesses may be navigating new requirements and uncertainties. While that process plays out, BART remains committed to actively supporting and connecting small businesses with opportunities. This event is a reflection of that commitment. 

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet BART buyers, prime contractors, discover small purchase opportunities, connect with other small businesses, and access valuable resources. You’ll also hear directly from small business owners who have successfully been awarded BART contracts!  

Participating BART departments include the Office of Civil Rights, Infrastructure Delivery, Procurement, Planning and Development, BART Police Department, and System Safety. 

Schedule

• 8:30am to 9am: Registration 
• 9am to 9:30am: Opening remarks 
• 9:30am to 10:30am: Small business workshops 
• 10:30am to noon: Networking with BART buyers, prime contractors, and small business resources 

For the 9pm FIFA World Cup match on Tuesday, June 16, BART is offering fans special late-night service after midnight to get riders home. These late-night matches will put fans onto trains during a time BART is usually closed. 

BART is also offering this additional late-night service for the 8pm matches on Friday, June 19, and Monday, June 22. 

These special event trains will not stop at all BART stations. Fans who plan to park at BART should leave their cars at these key Easy Bay stations for the return trip: Bay Fair, Dublin, MacArthur, El Cerrito del Norte, and Pleasant Hill. Note: Powell St. Station in Downtown San Francisco will be served but does not have parking.

Bay Area transit agencies are coordinating efforts and scheduling to ensure a world-class transportation experience and to have service available for all fans regardless of when matches end. 

Unlike many rail systems around the country, BART will not be implementing surge pricing for FIFA. Riders will pay the regular fare. Use Tap and Ride to pay directly at the fare gate by tapping your credit/debit card or mobile payment. Each person needs their own phone/card. No transit card/ticket is required. 

BART is bolstering our staff and security presence and running longer trains. BART will also deploy extra lighting at key station parking lots to enhance safety for fans returning from evening matches. 

Find BART’s comprehensive guide to FIFA World Cup 2026 transportation, including directions for taking transit to fan zones, watch parties, and other events, at bart.gov/fifa  

Special limited-express, late-night service for 8pm (June 19 and 22) and 9pm (June 16) matches

The last scheduled BART train that stops at all stations systemwide leaves Milpitas at 11:53pm towards the East Bay and San Francisco. The last scheduled BART train to Berryessa Station is 1:47am.  

BART will add the following special event trains after midnight that will be timed with the last VTA trains coming from the stadium. There is not a timetable for these departure times because it depends on how long it takes to clear the stadium and get to BART on VTA. But overall, they will likely depart Milpitas every 30 minutes between 12:30am-1:40am.   

These special event trains WILL NOT STOP AT ALL BART STATIONS. The trains will only serve Bay Fair, Dublin, MacArthur, El Cerrito del Norte, Pleasant Hill and Powell St stations.   

People taking BART to the stadium and driving to park at BART must leave their cars at these key Easy Bay stations for the return trip: Bay Fair, Dublin, MacArthur, El Cerrito del Norte and Pleasant Hill. Note, Powell St Station in downtown San Francisco does not have parking.   

Specific service of the special limited-express trains:  

El Cerrito del Norte- and Dublin-Bound Trains  

Two limited-stop-express Orange Line trains for 8pm matches and three trains for 9pm matches will be bound for El Cerrito del Norte. They will leave Milpitas and will stop at Bay Fair, where riders can exit the station, and Dublin-bound riders can transfer to another train to Dublin. The train will then stop at MacArthur where riders can exit. And then the last stop is El Cerrito del Norte.  

Pleasant Hill- and Dublin-Bound Trains  

Two limited-stop-express Yellow Line trains for 8pm matches and three trains for 9pm matches will be bound for Pleasant Hill. They will leave Milpitas and will stop at Bay Fair, where riders can exit the station and Dublin-bound riders can transfer to another train to Dublin. The train will then stop at MacArthur where riders can exit. And then the last stop is Pleasant Hill.   

The above trains will run back-to-back. If you accidently board the wrong train, there will be chance at MacArthur Station to transfer to the other train for El Cerrito del Norte or Pleasant Hill. There will be signs and staff at Milpitas to help you board the right train.   

Express Trains to San Francisco (Primarily Powell St Station)  

BART will offer limited-stop-express trains from Milpitas into San Francisco for the 8pm and 9pm matches. Specifically:  

8pm matches (June 19 and 22)  

One special event train will depart Milpitas and run without stopping until Bay Fair (where riders can exit or transfer to a Dublin train), then run without stopping until Powell Street Station (the last stop). This train will depart Milpitas after the final VTA train connects riders to BART (this may be as late as 1:40am).  

9pm match (June 16)  

One Green Line train will depart Milpitas and run without stopping until Bay Fair (where riders can exit at Bay Fair or transfer to a Dublin train), then run without stopping until West Oakland where it will then make all stops between West Oakland and Daly City. This train will be in front of the final regularly scheduled Yellow Line train to Millbrae (this train does not stop at SFO). Anyone needing to reach stops between Daly City and Millbrae (except SFO) can transfer to that Millbrae train.     

A second and final special event train will depart Milpitas after the final VTA train connects riders to BART (this may be as late as 1:40am) and will run without stopping to Powell St Station.     

San Mateo County riders should take Caltrain home. 

Muni in San Francisco will be providing supplemental service after normal transit operating hours to ensure reliable transportation options for the late-night matches. The Muni special bus shuttle service will circulate between Union Square, SoMA, BART and Caltrain.  

BART Resources  

System Map  

Trip Planner  

Real Time Departures from each station  

Tap and Ride contactless payment 

Download the BART Watch App  

Text BART Police to report concerns at 510-200-0992 

 BART is testing a new look on fare gates at nine stations as part of an ongoing effort to explore new and creative revenue opportunities as the agency faces a structural deficit starting in Fiscal Year 2027.  

The fare gate advertising pilot will see fare gates at nine stations wrapped with advertising on their clear plexiglass doors and metal consoles to understand how the wrap material will perform in real-world conditions. The wraps have already undergone testing at BART’s fare gate lab to assess the material’s impact on the the surface of the gates.  

This pilot follows the testing of train car wrapping earlier this year, when BART Marketing covered a train car in cheerful BARTy mascots. These pilots will provide BART with a potential new revenue source as BART continues to implement significant cost-cutting measures that have reduced expenses by hundreds of millions of dollars. 

The fare gate advertising pilot is rolling out at nine stations this week: 19th St Oakland, Downtown Berkeley, Dublin/Pleasanton, Concord, Fremont, 16th St Mission, and Daly City stations. Additional wraps will be installed at SFO and OAK stations ahead of the FIFA World Cup, starting June 13. Wraps at Downtown Berkeley will be removed after a month, while others will be left on for varied amounts of time.  

"Fare gate wraps give us a new advertising canvas to work with, and we're excited to see how this pilot performs and potentially expand it throughout the system,” said BART Director of Marketing and Research David Martindale.  

The wraps are designed to allow clear sightlines through the fare gates so BART Police and staff can still see across the fare gate line. BART Marketing also worked closely with BART Police and other internal stakeholders during the planning process to make sure the placement and materials met their standards. 

This will be the first time BART has wrapped fare gates with advertising. In 2025, BART completed installation of new fare gates at all 50 stations, replacing the 50-plus-year-old system's original gates.  

Early indications suggest that due to reduced fare evasion the new fare gates are responsible for BART revenue growing by about $10 million annually. Additionally, crime on BART plummeted 41% in 2025 compared to the previous year, despite the fare gate project being completed in August of that year and a steady increase in ridership.  There was also a 961-hour reduction in corrective maintenance hours related to unwanted behavior in the 6 months post-installation.   

BART has energized three newly constructed substations that are providing tangible benefits to BART riders in the core of the system. The added redundancy helps minimize service disruptions while improving operational flexibility throughout the core of the system. 

New substations at Civic Center/UN Plaza Station, Montgomery St. Station, and near the Oakland entrance to the Transbay Tube, entered service between January and June 2026 as part of BART's Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program.  

This comes as BART's ridership has been increasing and passenger on-time performance has been on the rise. In the latest quarter, BART's Passenger On-time Performance Rate was 94.4%, the best result in more than 10 years outside of the COVID period.  

"Traction power substations are the backbone of the BART system," said Myat San, BART's Chief Infrastructure Officer. "Every train depends on them to receive the power needed to operate safely and reliably. The recently energized substations increase capacity, improve redundancy, and makes our electrical network more resilient, which helps us provide dependable service now and prepare the system for the future." 

The new facilities allow power to be supplied from multiple locations if another substation is taken out of service for planned maintenance or an unexpected outage.  

The substations also increase available power capacity by approximately 20 percent over the baseline capacity on the M-Line through the system's core, improve voltage performance, and reduce stress on older electrical equipment during periods of heavy demand.  

The increase in available power from the new substations will also give BART the future capability to run additional trains through the Transbay Tube as part of BART’s Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program (TCCCP). TCCCP will see the construction of a total of six substations, including the downtown San Francisco substations. These will provide the energy needed to power additional trains, with the objective of running up to thirty ten-car trains per hour in both directions of the Transbay Tube.  

"Modernizing our traction power system gives us greater flexibility to operate under a wide range of conditions," said Gordon Wong, BART Principal Electrical Engineer. "With additional capacity and redundancy built into the network, we can better maintain reliable service while supporting growth in ridership for decades to come." 

BART currently operates 136 traction power facilities throughout its system. Construction on three additional substations (one in Richmond, one in Concord, and one in Oakland) is expected to begin within the next year. 

The majority of the funding for BART’s Traction Power Substation project comes from Measure RR funds, as well as contributions from TCCCP, the Federal Transit Administration and BART funds.

UPDATE: BART Holiday Merch is so popular, we have sold out of our current inventory. 

Fear not: You can still purchase all BART holiday merch -- sweaters, vests, beanies, and scarves -- at an upcoming Railgoods holiday popup shop at select BART stations, which will have limited inventory on hand (see dates and locations below). You also have the option to preorder holiday merch on Railgoods.com here (more info below). 

Railgoods Holiday Popups:

• Wednesday, Nov. 6, 3pm to 6pm, Daly City Station

• Wednesday, Nov. 13, 3pm to 6pm, Pleasant Hill Station

• Wednesday, Nov. 20, 3pm to 6pm, El Cerrito del Norte Station 

• Saturday, Dec. 7, 1pm to 4pm, Sweaterfest at Rockridge Station 

• Thursday, Dec. 12, 3pm to 6pm, Dublin/Pleasanton Station

If you preorder your items on Railgoods.com, at checkout you will have the option to:

• Pick up your order at SweaterFest on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1pm-4pm, at Rockridge Station. More info below. 

• Ship your order for a fee. Items will begin shipping the week of December 9. 

• Pick up your sweater at BART's Customer Services Center at Lake Merritt Station (hours: M-F 8:30am to 4:45pm). If you select this option, you will receive an email when your order is ready. Orders should be available for pickup the week of December 9. 

SweaterFest is back! 

Mark your calendars for Saturday, Dec 7, 1pm to 4pm, at Rockridge Station (College Ave. @ Keith). Wear your BART holiday sweater from any year and enjoy crafts, cookies, music, and more. 2024 BART holiday merch will be on sale at the event. There will also be a booth to pickup preordered holiday merch. 

If you preordered a sweater this summer...

If you preordered your holiday merch this summer, your order will arrive shortly. Those who selected the in-store pickup option during the presale should keep an eye out for an alert that their order is ready for pickup.  

You can also win holiday merch from BARTable! Sign up for the BARTable This Week newsletter on bart.gov/bartable to enter holiday sweepstakes and to hear about fun holiday events by BART stations.  

2024 BART Holiday Merch Prices 

Shipping costs vary by weight and location. 

Sweater - $49.99 (limit to 2 sweaters per order)   

Vest - $39.99   

Beanie - $15.99   

Scarf - $19.99 

BART is at the heart of the Bay Area, and we should be proud of the public institutions that make our region merry and bright. Buy some merch and rep your love for BART and the Bay – the ugly sweater way.  

This is the fourth year BART has sold holiday sweaters. Last year, we sold our entire inventory of 3,000 sweaters. Sales exceeded $100,000.   

BART is one of the first transit agencies to sell holiday sweaters. We designed the first sweater in 2021 as a BARTable contest giveaway and ordered just five for the contests. Our inventory proved insufficient after General Manager Bob Powers wore one of the sweaters during a media event about BART’s air filters. People wanted them...badly. A week later, we held a sale for the public, and the sweaters sold out in under an hour.   

Every year since, despite increasing our inventory into the thousands, the sweaters have sold out.

Beginning Monday, March 24, 2025, BART to Antioch train times will shift by several minutes to improve the connection with BART at the transfer platform in Pittsburg. 

We are lengthening the window of time for the regular BART train to connect to the BART to Antioch DMU train to improve the reliability of the transfer. While this will lengthen the total time for trips that include BART to Antioch service, it will significantly cut down on the number of missed transfers, which is currently causing even longer delays for Antioch riders.

This change means departure and arrival times at Antioch and Pittsburg Center stations are shifting by six or seven minutes depending on the direction of travel. We encourage Antioch and Pittsburg Center riders to look up the new train times before the change goes into effect. 

Trips from Antioch and Pittsburg Center toward SFO will leave seven minutes earlier than before. Trips from SFO towards Pittsburg Center and Antioch will arrive six minutes later.

For riders who rely on clock-face schedules, here is an example of the change:

• For the current schedule, trips at Antioch Station start on the 10/30/50 minutes after the hour and trips at Pittsburg Center start on the 17/37/57 minutes after the hour.
• For the new schedule, trips at Antioch Station start on the 03/23/43 minutes after the hour (except for the first three trains of the day) and trips at Pittsburg Center start on the 10/30/50 minutes after the hour.

The times for regular BART trains on the Yellow Line (Pittsburg/Bay Point to SFO) are unchanged. 

View the Yellow Line PDF timetable for weekday service.
View the Yellow Line PDF timetable for weekend service.

The Trip Planner is in the process of being updated, and riders will be able to see their new itineraries by selecting the date of March 24, 2025, and beyond.

“Making this transfer at Pittsburg work for our riders is very important to us,” said BART Board President Mark Foley, who represents BART to Antioch riders. “It is frustrating to riders when they must wait on the transfer platform with little information. The current schedule has too narrow of a window for the regular BART trains and the BART to Antioch DMU trains to line up. This change will improve the transfer. BART to Antioch riders have some of the longest and most expensive commutes, and I am grateful to the BART team for quickly making changes to prioritize this transfer and East Contra Costa County riders.”  

BART ridership continues to grow, with notable gains on weekends as Saturday ridership this September was nearly 20% higher compared to the previous year. More than 5 million trips were taken on BART in September, exceeding expected trips by 5%. Overall, ridership saw a nearly 10% increase over the same month last year.  

The increase in ridership on the weekends, especially Saturdays, demonstrates that people are taking BART for purposes beyond getting to the office. For example, the Japan v. Mexico soccer match on Saturday, September 6, drew 23,000 trips to Coliseum Station, the third-highest ridership day for the station since the pandemic. In fact, ridership for the match was nearly a third higher than the average Saturday ridership for A’s games in 2019.  

Ridership growth is only part of the solution to BART’s significant financial crisis. To close BART’s $375 million deficit with only fare revenue, current ridership levels would need to more than double; BART’s latest budget forecast estimates a 4% ridership increase in 2026. 

BART’s slow and steady ridership recovery correlates with work from home rates in the region. While individual riders are returning to BART, they’re taking fewer trips, likely due to remote and hybrid work schedules. 

September ridership highlights at a glance:  

• September ridership was 10% higher compared to previous year (5,047,000 total trips).
• Saturdays in September of this year grew 20% over a year ago.
• Highest ridership day: Wednesday, September 10 (220,073).
• BayPass, the region’s all-in-one transit pass, ridership more than doubled over last September, driven primarily by UC Berkeley students voting to expand the program to the entire study body of ~45,000. The BayPass referendum was approved with 90% "yes" votes. Ridership growth at Downtown Berkeley Station has outpaced systemwide growth since the start of the Fall 2025 semester.  
• Tap and Ride usage accounted for approx. 8% of total trips on weekdays and 12% on weekends. SFO Station accounts for nearly 30% of all Tap and Ride trips. Tap and Ride gives riders the ability to pay adult fares at BART fare gates using physical contactless credit or debit cards or mobile payment methods, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay.  
• Usage of Clipper START, the region’s low-income discount fare program, is at an all-time high and accounted for 3.4% of total trips in September. BART has more Clipper START rides than any other agency. 

Additional ridership information is publicly available and posted monthly at bart.gov/about/reports/ridership. 

Batter up, Bay Area!  

On Saturday August 1, BART and AC Transit are stepping up to the plate for Public Transit Night: Ride the Rally at the Oakland Ballers.  

For the third year running BART and AC Transit – proud partners of the Ballers since season one – are joining the Oakland Ballers, the Pioneer League champions, at Raimondi Park for a night that celebrates the Town’s favorite pro baseball team and the public transit systems that take you from home to home plate.  

The first 750 ticketholders to enter will receive a commemorative Transit Night pin.  

Oakland Ballers vs. RedPocket Mobiles 

Date: Saturday, August 1 

Start time: 4:35pm first pitch; Ride the Rally live band pregame in Scrappy Town from 3:30pm to 4:30pm 

Location: Raimondi Park, 1800 Wood St, Oakland, CA 94607 

Buy tickets here 

What to expect 

• 1st 750 ticketholders to enter receive a commemorative pin 
• Giveaways 
• Photos with the BARTmobile 
• Races and games 
• BART Police Honor Guard 
• More transit-themed fun! 

How to get to Raimondi Park 

West Oakland BART station is about 1 mile (about a 15–20 minute walk) from Raimondi Park. Free shuttle buses run between the ballpark and BART station every 20 minutes starting 1.5 hours before game time and a half hour after the game ends. At West Oakland BART, you can also transfer to AC Transit Line 22 for direct service to Raimondi Park.  

Riders also have the option of disembarking at 19th St. BART station and boarding the AC Transit NL bus at the 20th St/Thomas L Berkley Way stop. From there, ride five stops to W. Grand Ave. and Mandela Parkway, which is about .3 miles from the park. 

Parking is free at BART stations on weekends, with the exception of Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose stations, which are operated by VTA. Find the Baller's guide to taking transit, biking and parking here. 

Free transfers: Riders who use more than one transit agency in a single trip, for example BART to AC Transit, will only be charged full fare on the first operator. A transfer discount of up to $2.85 will apply on any additional transit agency the rider uses within a two-hour window. Transfer discounts are calculated automatically using Tap and Ride or Clipper for accounts that have been upgraded to the next generation system (click here to upgrade your card).   

Ballers x BART merch on Railgoods 

Visit Railgoods.com, BART’s official merch store, to buy the BARTxBallers jersey tee (available in youth sizes with BARTy design), a selection of Ballers caps, and Ballers BARTy stickers.