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The installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin Friday, July 11 at Castro Valley Station. The process is expected to take approximately three weeks to complete. 

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gates.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit Castro Valley Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. A carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each temporary gate to make the gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments.

The work will not delay train service, but riders may experience a few extra minutes wait to pass through the temporary fare gates during peak travel hours.

The latest work comes after BART has successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 40 other stations across the system. All 50 BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here.

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin the week of August 11th at Fruitvale Station. The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. This work comes after the successful installation of Next Generation Fare Gates at West Oakland Station.

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gate array.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit Fruitvale Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth, one on each side. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. The gates will work for both directions if needed to clear a line of riders.

Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each fare gate, to make these two gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. The removal of the old gates and installation of the new gates will not impact train service. 

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin January 3 at South Hayward Station. The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete.

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gate array.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit South Hayward Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each temporary gate to make the gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. 

The work will not impact train service, but riders may experience a few extra minutes wait to pass through the fare gates during peak travel hours.

The latest work comes after BART has successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 15 other stations across the system. All 50 BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project at our project page. 

This article was first posted on Tuesday, December 31.

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin February 14 at Orinda Station. The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete for each of the station’s two arrays. 

During construction, there will be a barrier around the gate array being replaced.  Riders can use the two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit Orinda Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each temporary gate to make the gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. 

The work will not impact train service, but riders may experience a few extra minutes wait to pass through the fare gates during peak travel hours.

The latest work comes after BART has successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 18 other stations across the system. All 50 BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here.

The installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin Friday, May 16 at Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station. The process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. 

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gates.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each temporary gate to make the gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. 

The work will not delay train service, but riders may experience a few extra minutes wait to pass through the temporary fare gates during peak travel hours.

The latest work comes after BART has successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 35 other stations across the system. All 50 BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here.

The track shutdown that had been planned for Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18 between Rockridge, MacArthur, and 19th Street stations has been postponed until September. The next shutdown weekend for the replacement of track switches in the core of the system in Oakland will be Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22. 

On the weekend of August 17 and 18, BART will now work on trackway improvements in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel. Service will be reduced from two tracks to one near Orinda Station which will result in delays of up to 10 minutes on both days. Learn more about this work here.

The postponement of the Oakland work will allow BART to further evaluate lessons learned from the first shutdown weekend in June. The goal remains to minimize short term impacts on riders by maximizing work efficiency. Temporary shutdowns of sections of the trackway are necessary for large projects to create a safe workspace for crews while providing a massive boost in productivity thanks to uninterrupted 24/7 work.

It's still anticipated the rebuilding work in Oakland will happen on 18 non-consecutive weekends over the next three years. You can learn more about the project here. The project is part of the Measure RR rebuilding program, which is revitalizing the system’s core infrastructure. This work will benefit riders for decades to come by improving the reliability of the core of BART.

*This article was posted on August 9, 2024

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin the week of October 27th at Coliseum Station. The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. This work comes after the successful installation of Next Generation Fare Gates at eight stations across the system including Fruitvale and West Oakland.

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gate array.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit Coliseum Station.  Both temporary gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your right is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your left is used to exit. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each fare gate, to make these two gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. The removal of the old gates and installation of the new gates will not impact train service, but riders may experience a few minutes wait to pass through the temporary gates during peak travel hours. 

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin Friday, October 4th at 16th Street Mission Station. The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete. This work comes after the successful installation of Next Generation Fare Gates at 24th Street Mission, Civic Center, Fruitvale, Oakland International Airport, and West Oakland stations.

During construction, there will be a barrier around the existing station gate array.  Riders will use two temporary accessible gates to enter and exit 16th Street Mission Station.  Both gates are located next to the Station Agent Booth, one on each side. When facing the booth from the non-paid area of the station, the fare gate to your left is used to enter the station and the fare gate to your right is used to exit. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each fare gate, to make these two gates easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. The removal of the old gates and installation of the new gates will not impact train service. 

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

New temporary directional signs were installed this week at the concourse and street levels of Powell Street Station to determine if they better help guide riders to BART and Muni services. The signs include new standardized modal icons and prominently feature the BART line colors. 

Powell St. Station was selected because of its complex nature: it has three underground levels and provides connections to BART and Muni Metro trains (including the T-third rail line), buses, Muni’s historic streetcars, and cable cars.

 

 

 

 

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These signs are part of a Bay Area-wide test of the Regional Mapping and Wayfinding Project. 

The goal of the project is to unify maps and signs throughout the region, so it is easier for public transit riders to get where they need to go throughout the Bay Area. 

Other test transit maps and signs were previously installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station. They are to deliver information that is clear, predictable, and familiar across service areas and county lines. The new bus stop signs and suite of maps focuses on service frequency and uses standardized colors, line styles, and labels on maps and signs to indicate how often a bus, train or ferry arrives at a particular stop.