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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
Electrical upgrade construction to begin at Ashby Station
As part of our 34.5KV cable system upgrade project, construction will begin to install electrical auxiliary cables and supports between MacArthur and Ashby stations and along elevated structures in north Oakland. Construction crews will create fenced enclosures to install cables, electrical switchgear and
Earthquake safety work at Daly City Station to affect fare gates
Dear Customer: As part of BART's systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, we have been strengthening structures at the Daly City Station to withstand future earthquakes. Starting early February 2010, construction crews will start work inside the station. We will need to close two fare gates at the south end of
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
Fruitvale Station earthquake safety construction to create one-day detours
As part of the BART systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, construction activity at Fruitvale Station will create additional temporary detours and bus moves in the AC Transit Bus Bay, located on the west side of the Station main entrance. You will see concrete trucks, concrete pump/hose, scissor lifts, drill
Fruitvale Station earthquake safety work to create temporary detours
As part of the BART systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, construction activity at Fruitvale Station will create additional temporary detours and bus moves in the AC Transit Bus Bay, located on the west side of the Station main entrance. You will see concrete trucks, concrete pump/hose, scissor lifts, drill
Boost in visible BPD presence fuels increase in felony arrests
As more officers are patrolling our system, BART police officers have made more felony arrests so far in 2022 than they have in four years. Through September BPD officers made 323 felony arrests systemwide. That’s BPD’s highest year-to-date total since 2018 and is just one shy of the felony arrest total for
Portrait of a meeting: communities glad to have a voice, on issues large and small
By Melissa Jordan BART Senior Web Producer Wind whipped umbrellas inside-out Wednesday night as BART began a series of 17 meetings reaching out to minority, low-income and limited-English-speaking communities – all a part of San Francisco’s diverse Tenderloin neighborhood, where one of the first meetings was
Temporary sidewalk closure at Coliseum/Oakland Airport Station
Beginning Monday, February 11, 2013 and continuing until July 31, 2013, one side of the sidewalk underneath the Hegenberger Road for the Snell Street and access road to the BART parking lot at Coliseum Station will be closed at various times while work is done on columns supporting Hegenberger Road
Ashby Station elevator service out Aug. 4-6 for electrical improvements
From Monday, Aug. 4, through Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, work crews will be interrupting elevator service at the Ashby Station to complete electrical improvements to the elevators. This elevator shutdown will limit access to train platforms at Ashby Station. Passengers who require elevators are advised to plan