Bay Area Rapid Transit District

**Weekday Ridership** | 413,100

**Bay Area Rapid Transit** or **BART** is a rapid transit, heavy rail system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. It links San Francisco with surrounding municipalities in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.

## Historical timeline

### 1950s

* July 25, 1951 - California Legislature creates special Rapid Transit commission to study Bay Area transportation problems.

* June 4, 1957 - California Legislature approves creation of five-county Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

* November 14, 1957 - District officially activated with first Directors meeting

* April 20, 1958 - End of Bay Bridge rail service by Key System Transit Lines

### 1960s

* April 12, 1964 - San Mateo County Supervisors officially withdraw the county from District, citing high property taxes and the existing Southern Pacific commuter line as reasons.

* June 19, 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over groundbreaking of Diablo Test Track.

* January 24, 1966 - Construction starts on downtown Oakland subway.

* July 25, 1967 - Construction starts on Market Street subway, San Francisco.

* April 1969 - Last section of Transbay Tube placed

### 1970s

* July 23, 1971 - Last rail laid outside Lafayette

* September 11, 1972 - Operations begin from MacArthur to Fremont stations (Orange Line).
* September 27, 1972 - President Richard M. Nixon rides BART from San Leandro station to Lake Merritt station.
* October 2, 1972 - "Fremont Flyer" incident: Car 143 overruns end of track at Fremont station, landing in a parking lot.
* October 11, 1972 - Dedication of BART system by Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe at Lake Merritt Station.

* January 29, 1973 - Orange line extended from MacArthur to Richmond.
* May 21, 1973 - Opened Yellow line from Concord to 12th St.
* August 11, 1973 - First train traverses Transbay Tube at 70 mph.
* November 3, 1973 - Opened Montgomery St.-Daly City on Yellow line (shuttle)

* June 16, 1974 - Yellow line thru route from Concord to Daly City (opened Transbay Tube)
* September 16, 1974 - Began Green line Monday-Saturday daytime service from Fremont-Daly City.

* January 1, 1976 - Began Service 6AM - Midnight, Monday-Friday
* April 19, 1976 - Began Red line service Monday-Friday rush hour from Richmond-Daly City.
* June 7, 1976 - Added Red line service Monday-Friday midday and Saturday daytime from Richmond-Daly City.
* May 27, 1976 - Embarcadero Station opens (34th, and last original station)
* July 2, 1978 - Start of regular Sunday 8 A.M. to midnight service.

* January 17, 1979 - Train on fire in Transbay Tube, kills one firefighter and destroys 6 cars.
* April 5, 1979 - Transbay service resumes

### 1980s

* October 25, 1980 - Direct Saturday Richmond-Daly City Service starts

* November 1983 - First Sunday Shoppers Specials, Green and Red line on Sunday (4 departures each line)

* March 17, 1986 - MX/CX Track Opens

* 1987/1988 - Oakland West station renamed to West Oakland

* April 24, 1987 - 3 AM Opening on Sunday for Golden Gate Bridge 50th Celebration

* October 17, 1989 - 24 hour service post Loma Prieta Earthquake/due to Bay Bridge shutdown

* December 3, 1989 - End Owl service
* December 10, 1989 - Sunday opening at 8 AM

### 1990s

* May 2, 1993 - Start of double header weekend service with skip stops

* July 10, 1995 - Began Blue line Monday-Friday rush hour service from Concord-Bay Fair.
* July 24, 1995 - Extended Blue service from Bay Fair to South Hayward
* December 16, 1995 - Yellow line extended from Concord to Martinez and also with Blue line service during Monday-Friday rush hour.

* February 24, 1996 - Yellow line extended from Daly City to Colma and also with Red line service during Monday-Friday rush hour.
* December 7, 1996 - Yellow line extended from Martinez to Pittsburg also with Blue line service during Monday-Friday rush hour.

* May 9, 1997 - Replaced Monday-Friday rush hour Blue line service from Pittsburg to South Hayward with a new route, Dublin to Daly City

* January 14, 1999 - Unveiled the first of its completely renovated transit cars (B2 cars) at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12th St

### 2000s

* June 22, 2003
	+ Blue line extended from Daly City to San Francisco Airport.
	+ Yellow line extended from Daly City to Millbrae.
	+ Began Purple line from Millbrae to San Francisco Airport Shuttle.
	+ Red line cut back from Colma to Daly City during Monday-Friday rush hour.

* February 9, 2004
	+ Yellow line rerouted to San Francisco Airport and extended to Millbrae on Monday-Friday midday, evening and weekends.
	+ Red line extended from Daly City to San Francisco Airport via Millbrae during Monday-Friday rush hour only.
	+ Blue line cut back from San Francisco Airport to Daly City.
	+ Purple line eliminated.

* September 13, 2004
	+ Yellow line extended from San Francisco Airport to Millbrae during Monday-Friday rush hour.
	+ Rerouted Red line during Monday-Friday rush hour to Millbrae via San Francisco Airport.

* September 12, 2005
	+ Yellow and Red lines cut back to Daly City.
	+ Blue line extended from Daly City to Millbrae via San Francisco Airport.

* September 22, 2005
	+ Extended Red line from Daly City to Colma during Monday-Friday rush hour.

* January 1, 2008
	+ Re-extended Yellow line from Daly City to San Francisco Airport.
	+ Red line extended from Daly City/Colma during daytime and to Millbrae direct during rush hour.
	+ Blue line cut back from Millbrae to Daly City during daytime, with evenings and weekends to Millbrae direct.

* September 14, 2009
	+ Yellow line extended from San Francisco Airport to Millbrae during evenings and weekends.
	+ Blue line cut back from Millbrae to Daly City during evenings and weekends.

### 2010's

* July 1, 2013
	+ BART Strike (7/1-7/4 2013)

* October 18, 2013
	+ BART Strike

* November 21, 2014
	+ Automated guideway opened from Coliseum BART Station to Oakland International Airport.

* March 25th, 2017
	+ Warm Springs/South Fremont Station Opens

* May 26, 2018
	+ eBART opened from Antioch–Pittsburg station to Antioch station

### 2020's

* April 8, 2020
	+ Service reduced to 30 minute headways, all lines.

* June 13th, 2020
	+ BART Extends into Santa Clara County with 2 new stops at Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose.

* January 11, 2021
	+ BART Holds acceptance of new cars

* March 22, 2021
	+ Saturday service reduced to 3 lines (cancelled red and green lines).

* August 3, 2021
	+ Service increased the 15 minute headways, all lines during weekday daytime. Yellow line runs on 15 minute headway on Saturdays.

## Lines/Stations

System Map

 Yellow | Antioch - San Francisco Int'l Airport (Monday-Sunday), extended to Millbrae (Evenings & weekends). Transfer from eBART to regular BART at the Pittsburg/Bay Point Transfer Platform.

### BART Express Lines

* **J** - Hercules/Viewpointe - El Cerrito Del Norte BART
* **JX** - Hercules - El Cerrito Del Norte BART
* **Q** - Pinole - El Cerrito Del Norte BART
* **Z** - Martinez Amtrak - El Cerrito Del Norte BART
* **M** - Martinez Amtrak - Concord BART - Downtown Martinez
* **ME** - Martinez Amtrak - North Concord BART
* **P** -
* **P1** - Pittsburg - Concord BART - Brentwood?
* **PE** - Hillcrest P & R - North Concord BART
* **PE1** - Brentwood P&R - North Concord BART
* **PX** - Concord BART - Antioch/Pittsburg
* **P1X** - Antioch/Pittsburg - Concord BART
* **P2X** - Brentwood P&R - North Concord BART. To Concord BART originally
* **D** - Dublin - Walnut Creek BART - San Ramon/Danville/Alamo
* **DX** - Pleasanton - Walnut Creek BART - Bishop Ranch, Diablo
* **DX1** - Hacienda Business Park - Walnut Creek BART Hwy 680
* **DUX** -
* **U** - Livermore - Hayward BART - Dublin, Pleasanton
* **UL** - Livermore Natl Lab Bay Fair BART
* **UP** - Hacienda Business Park - Bay Fair BART
* **US** - San Ramon via Dublin. Express
* **UX** - Hacienda Park & Ride - Bay Fair BART. Nonstop
* **FX** - Hayward BART - Alameda County Fair Express

## Rail fleet

### Present EMU Fleet

For Rohr Cars before the 1998-2002 rebuilding, see "Historical Rohr Fleet"

### Non-Revenue Rail Fleet

Formerly called Power & Way, currently named Maintenance & Engineering/NRVE. Used only on the conventional BART system.

### Historical Non-Revenue Rail Fleet

* Evaluation of various types of trucks, wheels, propulsion systems, brake systems, couplers, gear boxes, ATC systems, and current collectors
* Car A nicknamed “Agnes,”
* Car B nicknamed “Betsey”
* Car C nicknamed “Claire”/"Clara"
 55,99 |  | 1948/1950
* Abandoned/donated to BART after completion of construction
* Last seen in 1980s, scrapped in 1990s.

## AirBART

AirBART was a shuttle bus service that operates between Oakland International Airport and Coliseum/Oakland Airport station. The wheelchair accessible buses served Terminal 1 and 2 and stops on San Leandro Boulevard at the BART station. AirBART was replaced by the BART Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) line on November 22, 2014.

### Retired Fleet

* *View the series page for detailed disposition info.*

## BART Express

BART Express bus service was provided to Pittsburg/Antioch/Brentwood, Dublin/Pleasanton/Livermore/San Ramon, Martinez, and Hercules/Pinole areas from the 1970s to 1990s. It was contracted to AC Transit (1974?/1975-1989), and Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc. (1989-1997).

There is no relation with the current BART Early Bird Express service, which provides 4:00 AM bus service to select stations in leiu of 4:00 AM rail service.

### Laidlaw Retired Fleet

Allison HTB-748 | * Retired in 1997.
* *View the series page for detailed disposition info.*

## References

1. ↑ BART Fleet List 5.5.4
2. ↑ abc7news.com
3. ↑ books.google.com
4. ↑ www.facebook.com
5. ↑ Rapid Transit Press - 2005-2006 Bus Auction and Sales Report Book