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Thank you to the more than 6,000 riders who completed a seating layout survey. The survey is now closed. Final Survey Results TEST CAR SEATING LAYOUTS OUTCOME Based on the survey results, BART will be making layout change "A" to 380 cars. In consideration of those who voted against the changes, however, the
West Oakland elevators to close temporarily for earthquake safety work
Dear Customer: As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, work is in progress to strengthen West Oakland Station against earthquakes. We will need to close both elevators temporarily. Westbound, platform #1, and Eastbound, platform #2 elevators at West Oakland Station will be temporarily out of
Weekend track work may cause delays on Pittsburg/Bay Point line
Weekend track work may cause delays on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line the weekends of October 29 - 31, November 5 - 7 and November 12 - 14, 2010. For the next three weekends, BART will need to run northbound Pittsburg/Bay Point line trains on a single track due to ongoing weekend track work for the Central
Electrical work at Downtown Berkeley Station starting Feb. 7
On Thursday, February 7, 2013, we will begin sectioning off areas of the Downtown Berkeley station to do some needed electrical work. Because there is some asbestos dust contamination in the work areas, they will be contained and decontaminated before the work begins. There will be on-site monitoring of the
More parking changes on the Dublin side of Dublin/Pleasanton Station
Effective Saturday, December 17, AvalonBay will close approximately 400 of the 800 parking spaces located in the privately operated surface parking lot located on the Dublin side of the Dublin /Pleasanton BART Station. The area is needed by AvalonBay to construct the residential development on the parking lot
Take a car-free trip to Niles Canyon Rail
On the first and third Sundays of each month through October, a classic fully restored 1950s bus will stop at Fremont BART Station to take train buffs to Niles Canyon Railway, the historical rail service that takes passengers along the route that linked America’s first transcontinental railway. A five minute
Longer loops help shorter straphangers and standees in short-term space solution
A car with modified seating, a short-term fix to increase capacity until new trains are in service, along with longer hand-holding straps to give riders more stability (especially the short ones) By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Short people, rejoice!BART is adding longer hand-holding straps on train
Update on service between Concord and Pleasant Hill stations
Updated at 6:30am, September 7: Service has been restored on both tracks between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations. Trains will continue to run slow in the area so riders should anticipate delays of approximately 10 minutes. Out of an abundance of caution BART will continue to slow down trains in areas
Pride Parade Service Breaks Sunday Ridership Record
The numbers are in and BART has a new record for Sunday ridership due in large part to San Francisco's historic Pride Parade festivities. BART served 292,957 trips on Sunday smashing the previous record. The previous Sunday ridership records were also from Pride Parade days: 2012 Pride Parade- 259,000 trips
Expect some weekend delays on Pittsburg/Bay Point line through July
In June and July we will be doing maintenance work on the track sections between Lafayette, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill and Concord stations. The work will be done on some Saturdays and Sundays and will result in 10 to 15 minute delays on the line when in progress. Work will usually only occur from 8 AM until