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16th Street/Mission Station will close at 8 pm on Halloween
At the request of San Francisco leaders involved with the "Home for Halloween" organization whose goal it is to control Halloween-related activities in the Castro, we will close the 16th St./Mission BART Station at 8 pm on the evening of October 31, 2007. If you live or work near the 16th St./Mission Station
Final weekend closure for Lafayette track rebuilding project (10/26-27)
There will be a track shutdown between the Orinda and Walnut Creek stations on Saturday, October 26 and Sunday, October 27. This will be the last of four scheduled shutdowns for a critical track rebuilding project near the Lafayette Station. Free buses will replace trains between Orinda and Walnut Creek
Ticket kiosk now open in Walnut Creek Station
BART has opened a new "MyTransitPlus" kiosk at the Walnut Creek Station. Now Contra Costa residents have an added site to exchange a damaged BART ticket, consolidate low value BART tickets or purchase discounted BART tickets. MyTransitPlus accepts cash, debit card or commuter benefit vouchers for payment
Governor rejects "cooling off" period
BART Board of Directors President Thomas M. Blalock is applauding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statement today regarding BART’s contract negotiations. The Governor issued the following statement: "If requested, the Governor will not entertain a 60-day cooling off period at this time in the BART
Holiday service, longer event trains on Labor Day weekend
BART will be busy on Labor Day weekend, providing service during the holiday and getting tens of thousands of Bay Area residents to a number of much anticipated sports and musical events. HOLIDAY SCHEDULE BART will operate on a Sunday schedule on Labor Day, Monday, September 5th. Trains will operate at 20-
Open house May 10 to plan Lake Merritt Plaza redesign, new Transit Operations Facility
BART is starting work on a new Transit Operations Facility and redesign of the Lake Merritt Plaza to support improved & expanded BART operations and create an enhanced multimodal transportation hub and transit plaza that better serves the neighborhood. Our Goals Make Transit Work Create Place Connect to
VTA route changes at Fremont & Warm Springs 10/8
Beginning Monday, October 8, VTA will make the following changes to the bus routes that serve Fremont and Warm Springs Stations because of our extension of the Orange and Green lines to Warm Springs in September. Express Lines 180 & 181VTA Express Bus Lines 180 and 181 will terminate at Warm Springs BART
Juvenile suspect under arrest following fatal shooting
BART Police have arrested a 16-year-old homicide suspect wanted for fatally shooting a 17-year-old female last night outside the West Oakland Station. Shortly before 1 p.m., working in conjunction with BART Police, Oakland Police took the male suspect into custody. The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m. in the
Single Tracking: Service reduced to one track in Orinda on two April weekends due to power cable work
BART crews are doing work in the BART Berkeley Hills Tunnel to ensure trains have a reliable source of power. This includes installing new troughs to safely hold the 34.5kV (kilovolt) cables as well as replacing cables that have been in use for decades and have outlived their design life. Riders traveling in
Board dedicates inflation-based fare increases to new trains; OKs demand-based parking
The BART Board of Directors voted today to continue its inflation-based fare increase program, which is dedicated to paying for new trains and other system improvements needed to continue reliable, safe and clean train service for the Bay Area. The Board also approved a demand-based parking program which