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Security grille replacement, Downtown Berkeley Station Dec. - Jan.
Starting the first week of December, 2014 and continuing until the second week in January, 2015 we will remove and replace the security grilles at the entrance to the Downtown Berkeley station. The replacement work will be done on two entrances at a time (at opposite ends of the station). The entrances will
Every "Tiny Ticket" counts
It's Tiny Tickets time again! BART and the East Bay Community Foundation are sponsoring a contest to make this the most exciting and productive Tiny Tickets effort yet. Once again, local nonprofits will be asking you to search high and low for all those low value BART tickets taking up space in your purses
Fleet of the Future cars to be assembled in the Bay Area
On June 14, 2019 Bombardier Transportation announced it is opening a rail car assembly site in Pittsburg, California to assemble BART’s Fleet of the Future rail cars. This work, which is currently taking place in upstate New York, will be transferred to the Bay Area over the coming months. The new facility is
New Berkeley Bike Station nearly quadruples bike storage capacity
It's never been easier to bike it, park it and BART it in Berkeley thanks to the newly opened bike station at street level above the Downtown Berkeley Station. The new bike station at 2208 Shattuck Avenue provides safe and secure parking for up to 268 cyclists. It replaces the cramped, outmoded bike parking
Improvements in FY12 budget include cleaner seats, noise abatement, escalator work
Cleaner seats, quieter trains and more reliable escalators are some of the benefits in store for BART riders in the proposed Fiscal Year 2012 budget, which be considered by the Board of Directors on Thursday, June 9. The Board will vote on the 2012 budget resolution, a step in the legal process toward making
Update on 11/19 homicide aboard Warm Springs-bound train
(update 11/20/19 11:55 am) At about 1 pm on Tuesday, November 19th BART Police staff was informed of a confrontation between two adult males on a Warm Springs-bound train. The train was held for officers at the South Hayward Station at approximately 1:05 pm. Hayward Police and BART Police officers both
Bike straps coming to all trains to help with a steadier ride
By SINDHU ANANTHAVEL BART Communications InternA simple but effective idea -- straps attached to the rail in bike spaces on trains -- has proved so popular with riders that the straps are being added to all BART trains. Cyclists can use the straps to secure their bike to the rail, so there’s less chance of
2021 Christmas week schedule and New Year's schedule
This year, Christmas Eve, Friday December 24, 2021, will be a regular weekday schedule (5am-midnight). Christmas Day, Saturday December 25, 2021 will be a Saturday schedule with service running 6am-midnight. There will be no other service adjustments Christmas week. New Year’s Eve, Friday, December 31, 2021
Powell Street Station modernization continues through Sept. 2012
BART is continuing asbestos removal work within the Powell Street BART Station. BART has been removing existing fireproofing material that was applied to the steel beams installed when the station was built nearly 40 years ago. The common fireproofing material from that time contains traces of asbestos. BART
Families can “Trunk or Treat” at Fruitvale and Richmond stations 10/28
Children who visit Fruitvale and Richmond stations from 5 pm - 7 pm on Friday, October 28, 2016, will get a special treat from BART’s Police Department. Officers will host BART’s first Halloween “Trunk or Treat” event, a safer alternative to the house-to-house Halloween trick-or-treating tradition. Candy