Rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area
"BART" redirects here. For other uses, see BART (disambiguation).
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Train in southern San Francisco in July 2023
Overview
Locale
San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties)
Transit type
Rapid transit (main system)
Light rail (eBART)
AGT (Oakland Airport connector)
Number of lines
5 rapid transit lines (1 with diesel light rail extension)
1 AGT line
Number of stations
50 (7 planned/proposed)
Daily ridership
160,400 (weekdays, Q4 2023)[1]
Annual ridership
48,119,400 (2023)[2]
Chief executive
Robert Powers[3]
Headquarters
2150 Webster Street Oakland, California
Website
bart.gov
Operation
Began operation
September 11, 1972 (1972-09-11)
Operator(s)
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Character
Fully grade separated with at-grade, elevated and underground sections
Number of vehicles
789 total, with 618 legacy cars and 171 new cars in service;[4] with 8 DMU vehicle sets (eBART);[5] and 4 AGT vehicle sets
Train length
6–8 cars[6] (10 cars, 710 feet (216 m) max)
2-car married pair (DMUs)
3 cars (AGT)
Headway
20 mins (by line)[7]
Technical
System length
131.4 mi (211.5 km)[5]
Track gauge
Main system: 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)[5]
eBART: 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)[5]
Minimum radius of curvature
120 m (394 ft)
Electrification
Third rail, 1 kV DC[5][8]
Average speed
35 mph (56 km/h)[5]
Top speed
80 mph (130 km/h) (maximum)
70 mph (110 km/h) (typical)[9]
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Legend
eBART Maintenance Yard
Antioch eBART
Pittsburg Center
Pittsburg/Bay Point YeBART
⇋
Diablo Range
North Concord/Martinez
Concord
Richmond Maintenance Yard
RO Richmond
Concord Train Yard
El Cerrito del Norte
Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre
El Cerrito Plaza
Walnut Creek
Contra Costa County
Alameda County
North Berkeley
Lafayette
Downtown Berkeley
Orinda
Ashby
Berkeley Hills Tunnel
Contra Costa County
Alameda County
Rockridge
MacArthur
⇋ southbound
19th Street Oakland
⇋ northbound
12th Street Oakland City Center
Oakland Wye
Lake Merritt
West Oakland
Oakland Shop
Fruitvale
Alameda County
San Francisco
Transbay Tube
Coliseum OAK
⇋
San Leandro Creek
Muni Metro
to 4th & King
Doolittle Maintenance and Storage Facility
Embarcadero
OAK Airport OAK
Montgomery Street
San Leandro
Powell Street
Bay Fair
⇋
Civic Center/UN Plaza
Castro Valley
Muni Metro
to West Portal
San Leandro Hills
16th Street Mission
West Dublin/Pleasanton
24th Street Mission
Dublin/Pleasanton B
Glen Park
San Lorenzo Creek
Hayward
⇋
Balboa Park
South Hayward
San Francisco
San Mateo County
BG Daly City
Hayward Maintenance Complex
Union City
Alameda Creek
Colma
Fremont
Colma Maintenance Yard
Lake Elizabeth tunnel
Irvington
proposed
South San Francisco
Warm Springs/South Fremont
Colma Creek
Alameda County
Santa Clara County
San Bruno
Calaveras
proposed
Milpitas
(via )
SFO Airport
Berryessa/North San José GO
RY Millbrae
San Jose extension
28th Street/Little Portugal
2036
Downtown San José
2036
2036
Santa Clara
Diridon
2036
Newhall Maintenance Facility
All stations are accessible
5 ft 6 in gauge, third rail, 1,000 V DC
Standard gauge DMU (eBART)
Market Street subway
Muni Metro on upper level
Cable Liner AGT (OAK)
⇋Transfer between lines
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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, which uses diesel multiple unit vehicles, and a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport. With an average of 160,400 weekday passengers as of the fourth quarter of 2023 and 48,119,400 annual passengers in 2023, BART is the seventh-busiest rapid transit system in the United States.
BART is operated by the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District which formed in 1957. The initial system opened in stages from 1972 to 1974. The system has been extended several times, most recently in 2020, when Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José stations opened as part of the under construction Silicon Valley BART extension in partnership with the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).[10]
^"Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^"Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^Fracassa, Dominic; McBride, Ashley (July 25, 2019). "BART selects Robert Powers as new general manager". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
^"New Train Car Project". San Francisco Bay Area. December 29, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
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^"Sizing Trains for Safety and Efficiency" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
^"BART unveils reimagined schedule starting in September aimed at increasing ridership" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit. August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
^"BART – Car Types". Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
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^Glover, Julian (May 19, 2020). "BART announces service start date for long-awaited Milpitas, San Jose Berryessa stations". ABC7 News. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
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