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BPD releases new information on robbery suspect
Update 10/12/2017: The suspect, 37-year-old Fredachi Stone, was arrested by Fremont police early Thursday morning (10/12) after he was stopped for jaywalking at 3am. BART police are asking for the public’s help to locate a suspect who robbed a woman aboard a BART train the morning of September 11 th. The
Immediate repair work begins on traction power cables between El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito del Norte stations
BART has expanded our repairs to failed electrical lines that are critical for maintaining train service to now include the area between El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito del Norte station. This critical infrastructure work along the Richmond line was started in January 2021 at the North Berkeley station. This
Proposed budget focuses on passenger capacity & on-time performance
BART Preliminary Budget for the next fiscal year, presented to the Board of Directors tonight, pumps money into efforts to increase passenger capacity, improve on-time performance and to address concerns raised by customers in the latest customer satisfaction survey. “We know our riders are feeling more
Lafayette track rebuilding project update and time-lapse construction video
Work resumes this weekend on a critical track rebuilding project near the Lafayette Station. There will be a track shutdown between the Orinda and Walnut Creek stations on Saturday, September 28 and Sunday, September 29. Free buses will replace trains between those stations and riders should anticipate delays
Security grille replacement Bay Fair Station Dec. 2014
Starting the first week of December, 2014 we will remove and replace the security grilles at the entrance to Bay Fair station. The replacement work will be done on one entrance at a time. The entrance will be closed for approximately two weeks while the work is completed. We realize that this will be
Escalator and canopy program update
The BART Board’s Operations, Safety, and Workforce Committee today heard an update (presentation linked to below) on plans to renovate or replace escalators at some of the system’s busiest stations as well as install protective canopies in downtown San Francisco. The plan represents the first major overhaul
Rockridge Tree Replacement
In 2017, BART conducted a Rockridge Station Hazard Tree Assessment by Certified Arborists of the International Society of Arboriculture. The Arborist report recommends BART remove hazard-trees adjacent to the parking lots of the station to maintain public safety. The identified hazards include 16 red ironbark
September's skyrocketing ridership: 3 weekdays of 400,000-plus riders
Riders drawn by BART’s 95% or better on time performance standard are flocking to the transit system in September, pushing weekday ridership past the 400,000-plus milestone for the third time this month, including more than 415,000 trips Monday, September 10. “Record ridership is great for the Bay Area. It
Next phase of eBART/State Route 4 Widening Project celebrated with groundbreaking
State, regional and local officials joined BART, Caltrans, and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) Friday, Oct. 5, to celebrate the next phase of the State Route 4 Widening Project and “eBART,” BART’s new rail service to eastern Contra Costa County. The ceremonial event marked the ground-breaking