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UPDATE January 28, 2025:

Work will begin at 8pm on Monday, February 3 so plan for single tracking from then until revenue service ends that night. The planned maintenance (outlined below) will continue from February 4 until February 6.

BART's Oakland Airport Connector will be undergoing planned maintenance on its trackway equipment beginning Tuesday, February 4 until Thursday, February 6. On these days, one track will remain in operation, and trains will arrive every 18 minutes, rather than every 9 minutes during revenue service.

This work is necessary preventative maintenance involving cable repair, which will help ensure that the Oakland Airport Connector remains safe and reliable. 

We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

BART will soon begin a months-long project to replace the platform escalator near the Beale and Pine Street entrances at Embarcadero Station.  There will be no “down” escalator from the concourse to the platform at that end of the station (please see the map below - the escalator is shown in orange). Two sets of stairs will remain open at that end of the station. In addition, a down escalator to the platform will be available at the opposite end of the station. 

A newly-rebuilt escalator near the Main Street entrances is nearing completion and is expected to reopen in the next few days (it is also shown as orange in this map).

The work is all part of the Market Street Escalators Renovation Project, which has already completed 18 newly rebuilt escalators at the four downtown San Francisco stations.  

An entrance to Montgomery Street Station near Sutter and Sansome Streets is scheduled to close October 18th for construction of a new canopy. The entrance is expected to remain closed until Spring 2024. 

Three alternative entrances will remain open, including the entrance at Montgomery and Post Streets where a new canopy has just been completed. 

BART has finished six canopies over station entrances along Market Street and 13 more will be built, including the canopy at the entrance referenced above. The new canopies protect escalators and provide additional wayfinding, lighting, real-time information and security cameras. 

The canopy project is proceeding in conjunction with a program to replace 40 escalators and add one new escalator at the four downtown San Francisco stations. 

For the second time in less than a month, BART riders in downtown San Francisco have a new escalator to enjoy. A completely rebuilt escalator opened this week at Embarcadero Station near the Main Street entrance, about three weeks after a similar unit opened at Powell Street Station. Crews are already beginning work on another escalator at Embarcadero while work also proceeds at Montgomery Street and Civic Center stations. 

The new escalators are designed to be more reliable, energy efficient and longer lasting than the outdated units they replaced.

The escalator replacement project is working in tandem with the station canopy project to transform the rider experience at the four Market Street stations. Crews try to minimize the disruption to passengers by working on one escalator and one canopy at a station at time. 

(January 6 update) The work that had been planned for January 12 has been cancelled because of the progress made by work crews with vegetation management on January 5. BART plans to provide regular Sunday service at South Hayward Station on January 12.

On Sunday, January 12, a work team will be deployed in the trackway near South Hayward Station to manage vegetation that could pose a hazard to service. To ensure the work can be done safely, service through the project area will be reduced from two tracks to one at South Hayward. Riders in the area should expect delays of 15-20 minutes on those work dates. Also, the Green Line will be cancelled for the day. Riders travelling from North San Jose/Berryessa to San Francisco can take an Orange Line, Richmond-bound train and transfer to a Blue Line train at Bay Fair Station.

Article updated 10/12/23 to reflect that construction will begin 10/18, not 10/19

An entrance to Embarcadero Station between Spear and Main Streets, in front of the Federal Reserve Bank, is scheduled to close October 18th for construction of a new canopy. The entrance is expected to remain closed until Spring 2024. 

Four alternative entrances will remain open, including the entrance at Market and Davis Streets where a new canopy has just been completed. 

BART has finished six canopies over station entrances along Market Street and 13 more will be built, including the canopy at the entrance referenced above. The new canopies protect escalators and provide additional wayfinding, lighting, real-time information and security cameras. 

The canopy project is proceeding in conjunction with a program to replace 40 escalators and add one new escalator at the four downtown San Francisco stations. 

Starting Monday, November 18, 2024, signage and maps will be installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station to test new regional transit standards. Construction will take approximately three weeks and is not likely to impact passengers.

This work will include select station identification, elevator, bus stop, and new line diagram signage, as well as new maps.

Once complete, we’ll ask you to share your feedback on these test signs and maps and how we can make them work better for you. Your ideas will help us improve designs to make traveling by transit more intuitive, convenient and fun!

This is part of the Regional Mapping & Wayfinding Project, which will harmonize maps and signs to help people navigate transit throughout the Bay Area. It is led by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in collaboration with BART and all Bay Area transit agencies. 

Learn more about the project at: https://mtc.ca.gov/MappingWayfinding

Notice is Hereby Given That:

A. Documentation used in determining the District’s appropriations limit for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, will be available for public review on and after May 7, 2025.  Please see the links below.

Appropriations Limit Resolution  

Appropriations Limit Attachment 1

Appropriations Limit Attachment 2 

 B. At its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, the Board of Directors will address the District’s appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2026. Any person may appear there and be heard regarding this matter.

Comments may be made at the hearing or should be sent to:
Robert Franklin, District Secretary (Interim)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
[email protected]  

BART workers on the morning of Sunday, November 9, will manage vegetation that could threaten our ability to provide safe and reliable service. Service from 8am to noon will be reduced from two tracks to one between Union City and Bay Fair. Trains will run every 40 minutes between the two stations while the work is happening. There will also be no Green Line service until 1pm. Riders should consider starting their trips at Bay Fair Station, where Blue Line service will still be offered in addition to the Orange Line. Orange, Yellow, Blue, and Red lines will be running, and all 50 stations will be open.

Service must be reduced to one track to provide crews with enough space to finish this essential work safely and as quickly as possible. This work is happening after a tree fell into the trackway on October 15 near Union City Station and interrupted service for several hours. 

Notice is Hereby Given That:

A. Documentation used in determining the District’s appropriations limit for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will be available for public review on and after May 8, 2024 at the Office of the District Secretary, Tenth Floor, 2150 Webster, Oakland, California.

Appropriations Limit Resolution

Appropriations Limit Attachment 1

Appropriations Limit Attachment 2 (revised)

B. At its scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, First Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, the Board of Directors will address the District’s appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 2025. Any person may appear thereat and be heard regarding this matter.

Comments may be made at the hearing or should be sent to:
April Quintanilla, District Secretary
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
2150 Webster Street, 10th Floor
Oakland, California 94612
[email protected]