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New on BART: demo cars with handstraps and bike spaces

We’ve had some inquiries from customers curious about a couple of new features they’ve noticed on BART cars marked as "demonstration cars." They've asked about the handstraps hanging from the bars at the top of the cars and about the large blue "Bike Space" decals marking a priority space for bikes. Here’s

BART Police to ensure safe and speedy evacuations of stations

Starting Monday, July 21, 2014, BART Police began to focus on its legal obligation to evacuate a station in an emergency from the furthest corners of the platforms in four to six minutes or less as required in the California Building Code Section 433 pertaining to transit systems. Ensuring hallways are not

Celebrate SF Pride 2019 and take BART to the Parade

The 49th annual San Francisco Pride Celebration Parade will be held on Sunday, June 30th and BART will increase service to carry participants to and from the festivities. BART will open at 8am and will run Dublin/Pleasanton trains to Daly City rather than turning them around at MacArthur Station. There will

BART operates longer trains for San Francisco Pride

Longer trains also on Saturday and Sunday for SF Giants, A's Games BART will provide longer trains to accommodate the crowds expected to celebrate the 40th anniversary of SF Pride this weekend. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade and Celebration will be held at San Francisco's Civic Center

BART's Lost and Found tracking system goes online

No matter how carefully you check for your belongings before getting off a BART train, there's always the possibility you might drop your gloves or your keys, or leave an umbrella behind. Now, there's a fast and easy way for you to try to get your lost belongings back. Just visit bart.gov/lostandfound to

BART employees to sell cupcakes for “Shop with a Cop” program

BART employees have teamed up to help underprivileged Bay Area kids go on a holiday shopping spree for toys, clothes and school supplies. To help raise funds to support BART Police’s annual “Shop with a Cop” program, employees are holding a gourmet cupcake sale at the BART headquarters on Thursday, December

BART to Antioch reaches one-millionth rider milestone

The BART to Antioch extension carried its one-millionth rider this week, just five months after the debut of the new service in East Contra Costa County. The milestone was reached on Halloween. By the end of service on Wednesday, October 31, 2018, the BART to Antioch extension had logged 1,001,429 riders

BART proposes enhanced SFO service, airport parking

Enhanced train service to take effect in January 2008 pending BART Board approval BART hopes to double the number of trains for many passengers using the five-station San Francisco International Airport/Millbrae Extension as well as to provide customers with long term airport parking at peninsula stations for

BART again selected as managing agency for Capitol Corridor

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has been selected once again to manage the Capitol Corridor intercity rail service for a five-year term. The 16 member Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority Board represents eight counties along the 170-mile rail corridor serving Placer, Sacramento