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The installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin Friday, April 18 at Lake Merritt Station. 

The installation process is expected to take approximately two weeks to complete for each of the station’s two sets of gates, which are on opposite sides of the station. During construction, there will be a barrier installed around the set of gates being replaced and along a path to travel to the opposite set of gates. There will be a 3’ x 6’ rug at each end of the path. The first set of faregates to close will be closest to the west side entrance, near 8th Street. The second phase will close the east side gates near 9th Street.  There will be signage and additional BART staff to direct riders to the open gates.

The work will not affect 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 25 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.

On Monday, April 7, 2025, the south entrance to the Lake Merritt BART Station will be closed for the day to support the construction of affordable housing on the former BART parking lot.

The entrance being closed for the day is at the corner of Oak St. and 8th St. (see map). The elevator at this location will remain open. All other entrances to Lake Merritt Station will remain open.

For more information about the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) project, visit:

bart.gov/about/business/tod/lakemerritt 

Work is scheduled to begin the week of April 29, 2024, on the installation of new segments of Class IV bicycle lanes at Ashby Station. Once completed, the new bicycle facility will provide a connection between Adeline Street and Martin Luther King Jr Way through the BART parking lot, formalizing bicycle circulation in and out of the Adeline Street driveway. Curb ramps on Adeline Street at the driveway will also be upgraded. 

Construction impacts will include the following:

• The Adeline Street exit driveway will be temporarily closed.
• The 13 parking spaces at the south end of the parking lot will be blocked. 
• Parking spaces for GetAround will be temporarily relocated.
• Pedestrians traveling north-south on the west side of Adeline will be routed around the work area with barriers, ADA-compliant ramps, and temporary wayfinding signage.
• When the project is completed, the south driveway on Martin Luther King Jr Way will be converted to inbound vehicle movements only.

Most work will be carried out between 7 am and 5 pm on weekdays. The work is expected to last 3-4 months.

In addition to BART’s project, City of Berkeley is currently designing additional bicycle improvements between the BART driveway and Woolsey to the east and between the BART driveway and Prince Street to the west.

Thank you for your patience as we complete this important work.

Installation of Next Generation Fare Gates is scheduled to begin December 13 at Dublin/Pleasanton 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.  The temporary gates are located at each end of the station entrance. The gate to exit the station will be next to the Station Agent Booth and the gate to enter the station will be on the far left at the end of the existing array against the wall. There will be signage and additional staff to help direct riders through the temporary gates. Additionally, a carpet will be installed immediately before the entrance to each temporary gate, to make them easier to locate for riders with visual impairments. 

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

This latest work follows the successful installation of new fare gates at 11 BART stations across the system. All BART stations will have new gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gates at our project page. Riders can provide feedback about the new gates at bart.gov/comments.

BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially hazardous trees in advance of severe winter storms will next focus on San Francisco and Daly City. To provide crews with enough room to safely do the work, free buses will replace trains between Glen Park and Daly City stations the first weekend in December, Saturday December 2, and Sunday December 3. Riders in the area should anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes. If the weather should interfere with the work on December 2-3, then the tree removal will be rescheduled for the following weekend, December 9-10. 

Riders in the area on the work weekend will have to get off their train at Glen Park or Daly City and then board a free bus to get to the next station in their direction of travel to continue their trip. Some buses will run directly between Glen Park and Daly City while others will stop at Glen Park, Balboa Park, and Daly City. 

Service from the East Bay to Downtown San Francisco

The Yellow and Blue lines will serve the downtown San Francisco stations. The Blue line will turn back at the 24th Street/Mission and the Yellow line will turn back at Glen Park. Blue Line riders traveling beyond 24th Street/Mission will need to walk across the platform and take the Yellow line train to the bus bridge at Glen Park.

Green line service will be cancelled on both days of the track shutdown. 

To provide some increased transbay frequency, BART will run some Red line Richmond to Montgomery and Montgomery to Richmond trains between 11:00am and 6pm. 

Service between Daly City and SFO/Millbrae and Millbrae/SFO to Daly City

BART will run only one line between Daly City and SFO/Millbrae and Millbrae/SFO to Daly City with service every 20 minutes. Each train will make all stops including SFO and Millbrae. These trains departure times will not match our normal timetable, but will run every 20 minutes. Riders traveling beyond Daly City will need to board the bus bridge.

Late Night Cancelled Train

The last northbound train of the night normally scheduled to leave Millbrae at 11:52pm and SFO at 12:00am will be cancelled both evenings of the track shutdown. Riders instead should plan to catch the 11:40pm departure from Millbrae that leaves SFO at 11:48pm.

BART will make the most of the weekend when this segment of the system will be closed by also working on trackway improvements. You can learn more about BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially dangerous trees on the project page.

You can keep up with the latest updates for trackway repair projects that impact service by going to our Alerts and Advisories page. BART’s Trip Planner has been improved to show the full customer journey including bus bridges. You can also check Real Time Departures for your station of choice.

A coordinated network of VTA, BART, and Caltrain, transported more than 37,000 passengers to and from the opening FIFA World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland, setting a new ridership record for a major event at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.

Following the match, VTA once again surpassed industry expectations by clearing light rail platforms serving the stadium in less than 90 minutes. The benchmark for clearing crowds after a major event at Levi's Stadium (named SF Bay Area Stadium for the FIFA World Cup) is two hours.

"This was a tremendous success for VTA and our regional transit partners," said VTA General Manager and CEO Carolyn Gonot. "Thousands of fans chose transit to get to and from the match, and together with BART and Caltrain, we provided a seamless travel experience that kept people moving and got them home safely."

A total of 37,642 passengers used VTA service during the event, with post-match crowds exceeding the number of fans who arrived by transit before kickoff. Despite the larger post-game surge, VTA maintained efficient operations and cleared platforms well ahead of the two-hour industry standard. The number is more than 6000 over the transit crowds for Super Bowl LX.

The success was made possible through close coordination among the Bay Area's transit agencies. BART transported passengers from San Francisco and the East Bay to Milpitas Transit Center, where they connected to VTA light rail service for the final trip to the stadium.

“BART saw an increase of more than 160% in ridership at Milpitas Station Saturday compared with the previous weekend,” said BART General Manager Bob Powers. “We’ve worked with our fellow transit agencies to make transfers fan friendly and now the world is seeing how far the Bay Area’s transit network has come.”

Caltrain carried passengers from San Francisco and communities throughout the Peninsula to Mountain View Transit Center, where riders transferred to VTA light rail trains bound for the stadium.

“Caltrain got nearly 7,000 fans to and from the first World Cup match quickly, safely and conveniently,” said Caltrain Executive Director Michelle Bouchard. “With frequent half-hourly service and a great atmosphere onboard with fellow fans, Caltrain is the easiest way to skip traffic, avoid parking costs and get to the World Cup stress-free.” 

Additional trains, coordinated staffing, crowd management measures, and extensive operational planning helped ensure fans experienced a smooth journey throughout the day.

Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) and Capitol Corridor also provided service to the stadium. Capitol Corridor handled nearly 2,400 trips to and from the stadium on match day while ACE carried almost 1,600.

The opening match is the first of six FIFA World Cup matches to be played at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium this summer. VTA will continue operating enhanced service throughout the tournament to support residents, visitors, and soccer fans from around the world.

BART ridership broke records in May 2026, including posting the top four ridership days and highest weekday ridership average since the pandemic. Read more. 

BART crews will be in the trackway between 24th St. Mission and Daly City stations to enable crews to install critical components of a new train control system that will greatly enhance BART’s reliability and capacity for decades to come. 

The work team will be installing equipment for our new Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) system. To ensure a safe workspace for the team, there will be no train service between 24th St. Mission and Daly City stations on the weekend of Saturday, November 14 & Sunday, November 15. The work will also require us to cancel the Green Line for the weekend. 

Bus Bridge Details:

• Full track closure between 24th St. Mission and Daly City stations with a bus bridge to replace train service in that area.
• The bus bridge will feature direct service provided by SamTrans running express between 24th St. Mission and Daly City.
• The bus bridge will also offer hopper service provided by Muni between 24th St. Mission and Daly City that will also stop at Glen Park and Balboa Park stations.
• Glen Park and Balboa Park stations will offer no train service but will be served by the hopper bus service.
• All SamTrans and Muni buses feature front-mounted exterior racks for bicycles.

Schedule adjustments:

• The entire Green Line will not run.
• The Red Line will run Richmond to 24th St. Mission only.
• Train service between Daly City and Millbrae stations will run every 15 minutes.
• All other lines will maintain 20-minute service.
• Departure times for all lines will shift up to 3 minutes earlier or later compared to normal schedules because of the complexities of turning trains around at 24th St Mission.
• An extra Orange Line train will depart Berryessa at 5:40 AM on Saturday and 7:40 AM on Sunday to replace the cancelled first Green Line train. 

Delays Expected:

• Riders traveling south of 24th St. Mission Station can expect delays up to 30 minutes during this shutdown weekend.

BART’s Trip Planner will be updated by the end of October to reflect the schedule changes on the work weekend. You can keep up with the latest updates for projects that affect service by going to our Alerts and Advisories page.   
Passenger support staff and interpreters will be at all stations. Temporary wayfinding signage will also be posted at all impacted stations to direct riders to the bus bridge.

This latest work will build on what has been an ongoing effort to install BART’s new CBTC system. The state-of-the-art CBTC system will transform BART service by enabling trains to run closer together. A modernized train control system will enable BART to increase projected transbay capacity to 30 trains per hour per direction in the core system area, up from the current limitation of 24 trains per hour per direction.  
 

Today, Dec. 12, at El Cerrito del Norte Station, BART, Bay Area transit agencies, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) unveiled new test transit maps and signs designed to help make transit journeys easier to understand for both existing and new riders by delivering information that is clear, predictable, and familiar across service areas and county lines. A new comprehensive transit map, which will enable riders to discover key destinations they can reach on the Bay Area's extensive rail, bus, and ferry network, also was released. 

Today’s event kicked off the start of an evaluation period for the Regional Mapping & Wayfinding project, in which BART,  MTC, and transit partners invite Bay Area residents and visitors to share their thoughts about the test signs and maps now installed at El Cerrito del Norte Station. Several “test” prototype signs and other communication materials also will be installed at the Santa Rosa Transit Mall/Downtown Santa Rosa SMART station later this month. Members of the public, including those who are unable to visit one of the test locations in El Cerrito or Santa Rosa, are invited to take this online survey to share their feedback and ideas.

“Transit in the Bay Area and elsewhere is still suffering the effects of the pandemic,” said Sue Noack, vice chair of MTC’s Regional Network Management Committee and Pleasant Hill City Councilmember. “But these maps and signs are tangible examples of the work MTC and the transit agencies are doing together to make the Bay Area’s system simpler, easier to use, and more affordable.”

Said BART General Manager Bob Powers: "This is not just a BART project, but a collaborative effort across regional transit agencies to experiment and innovate together. This project will move away from the disjointed look of the region's current transit signage and maps and make it easier for riders to know how to get from point A to point B, especially those who are new to riding Bay Area transit. I am thrilled that all of our agencies and the MTC have worked together to make this important project happen." 

Transit riders will be able to engage with the test materials during their journeys and share their ideas about how to make new signs and maps work better for them. This public feedback will help inform the next stage of the project in which the new maps and wayfinding materials are expected to be installed at seven additional locations across the Bay Area in 2025 and 2026.

The new maps and signs are part of the larger Regional Mapping and Wayfinding initiative aimed at making it easier to ride transit in the Bay Area. Whether a rider is traveling by bus, rail, ferry, or a combination, the signs, maps, screens and other communication systems will be consistent and easy to identify across all nine Bay Area counties.

The Regional Mapping and Wayfinding Project — led by MTC in partnership with BART and over two dozen Bay Area transit agencies as well as transit riders and Bay Area cities and counties — is the result of a first-of-its-kind effort to redesign and harmonize maps and signage across all nine Bay Area counties to help people navigate transit more easily. This project is just one piece of a broader effort outlined in the Bay Area Transit Transformation Action Plan, which is focused on making Bay Area transit easier and more convenient for riders of all ages and abilities to use.

The Regional Network Management Council includes top executives from BART, MTC, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, AC Transit, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Caltrain, SamTrans and the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, as well as three general managers representing all other transit agencies serving Bay Area communities, including BART General Manager Bob Powers. 

MTC is the regional transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.