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Starting at 10:30pm Saturday, August 23, BART workers will need to enter the trackway to replace aging rail between El Cerrito Plaza and Richmond stations. To ensure the work can be done safely, service through the project area will be reduced from two tracks to one between those stations. Riders in the area should expect delays of 30-40 minutes. No delays are anticipated from this work when BART begins its normal Sunday service at 8am.

San Leandro Street will be repaved in front of the Coliseum Station from December 2-3/2024. This work will take place in phases. 

Phase 1 will take place on Monday Dec. 2nd, with the following changes: 

• The east side of San Leandro St. (closest to the BART entrance) will be closed entirely.
• All northbound traffic will be diverted onto 75th Ave, left on Snell St., and left on 69th Ave returning to San Leandro St. 
• Passenger loading (except Accessible Loading) will take place on Snell St. next to the BART entrance
• Accessible Loading and Parking will take place at the Amtrak Station parking lot on 73rd Ave. You can reach it by using southbound San Leandro St. and turning right on 73rd Ave. 
• All buses, for both directions of travel, will stop on Southbound San Leandro Street. 

Phase 2 will take place on Tuesday Dec. 3rd, with the following changes: 

• The west side of San Leandro St. (farther from the BART entrance) will be closed entirely.
• All southbound traffic will be diverted onto 69th Ave, right on Snell St., and right on 75th Ave returning to San Leandro St. 
• Passenger loading, accessible loading, and accessible parking will return to their normal locations on Northbound San Leandro St.
• All buses, for both directions of travel, will stop on Northbound San Leandro St.

Additional work, including signage and roadway striping will take place beyond these dates, but will have minimal impact on getting to and from the station. 

We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

BART crews will work around the clock to advance several trackway improvements near Orinda Station on the weekend of April 27-28. To create a safe environment for the team, there will be no train service between Rockridge and Lafayette stations that weekend. Instead, free buses provided by AC Transit and County Connection will move riders between Rockridge, Orinda, and Lafayette stations. Orinda Station will be closed but buses will still serve the station. Riders can expect delays of 20-30 minutes in the work area on the shutdown weekend of April 27-28.

Bus service for bicyclists

In addition to the original bus bridge service plan, AC Transit will be providing their longer, articulated buses to carry bicyclists to Orinda Station Saturday morning. The longer buses will accommodate any bikes that don't fit on regular County Connection buses. The additional AC Transit buses will operate between Rockridge, Orinda, and Lafayette from 6-7:30am Saturday. There will be both 40 foot and 60 foot buses that will be serving Rockridge and Lafayette all day. Both types of buses will allow bikes inside and on the racks. We will fill the 40 foot buses first because they were already scheduled to go to Orinda. Anytime those fill up and we need more capacity, we will fill a 60 foot bus with bikes and have it make a stop at Orinda. Those buses will be available all day, if necessary.

Additional service impacts

On each night of the weekend shutdowns the last scheduled departure from Antioch to Lafayette that normally leaves at 11:54pm will be cancelled. Riders traveling westbound from Antioch must catch the earlier train at 11:34pm each night.

The work team will make the most of its time in the closed trackway. Crews will replace aging rail, install new equipment to support the traction power system, enhance lighting in the Berkeley Hills Tunnel, and advance other key improvements. The equipment being replaced is decades old and has outlived its design life. Riders will enjoy a smoother, safer, more reliable, and quieter ride once the projects are complete. 

This upcoming work is part of BART’s overall effort to improve the safety and reliability of the 131-mile, 50 station system. There are now more rebuilding projects happening across BART than at any point in its 50-year history. You can learn more about the progress of this work by reading the 2023 Measure RR Annual Report published by the independent Measure RR Bond Oversight Committee.

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.

(This article originally published 3/13/24)

BART crews will be in the Transbay Tube the evening of Saturday, January 17, to replace lights in the tube. The work is scheduled to begin at 10pm and continue into the overnight hours. Riders can expect 20-30-minute delays through the Tube after 10pm as we reduce service from two tracks to one to provide crews with the safe workspace they need. Most of the work will be done during overnight hours when BART trains are not running. The project is not expected to impact service the next day, Sunday, January 18.