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BART Getting More Trains Starting Sept. 14

Trains now coming every 15 minutes during peak commute times on several lines.
By - posted 9/10/2020 No Comment

Starting next Monday, September 14th, BART will run an updated schedule. The new schedule calls for more frequency during peak weekday commute hours on several lines, creating more hours with 15-minute frequencies.

Service hours remain the same: 5 am-9 pm weekdays, 8 am-9 pm weekends. Read the full article.

Commute trains at 15-minute frequencies will be added to most lines as well as other adjustments to the schedule including 30-minute frequencies on Saturday and Sunday to reflect current ridership levels.

Three lines will have 15-minute frequencies during the busiest commute hours on weekdays in the peak direction of travel: Antioch-SFO (Yellow); Richmond-Millbrae (Red); Berryessa-Daly City (Green). Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City (Blue) and Richmond-Berryessa (Orange) Lines will not have added trains but riders can expect to benefit from the increased service and be able to spread out.

All other weekday times will continue to run 30-minute frequencies.

Antioch-Daly City (Yellow)

  • A total of 4 added trains weekdays to further expand 15-minute frequencies, in addition to the 6 trains that were added in June.
  • 15-minute frequencies will now be provided weekdays from 5 am-7:45 am (with the last 15-minute interval train departing Pittsburg Bay Point at 7:46 am and arriving at SFO at 9:13 am) and 3:10 pm-5:40 pm (with the last 15-minute interval train departing Daly City at 5:40 pm and arriving at Pittsburg/Bay Point at 6:50 pm).
  • Antioch and Pittsburg Center riders will benefit from the increased service in the peak direction of travel with BART to Antioch trains meeting all added BART trains at the transfer platform.

Richmond-Millbrae (Red)

  • A total of 4 added trains weekdays.
  • Two trains will be added weekdays between Richmond and Daly City in the morning commute providing 15-minute frequencies from 6:11 am-7:11 am, with the last 15-minute interval train leaving Richmond at 7:11 am and arriving at Daly City at 8:06 am.
  • Two trains will be added weekdays between Daly City and Richmond in the evening commute providing 15-minute frequencies from 4:32 pm-5:32 pm, with the last 15-minute interval train leaving Daly City at 5:32 pm and arriving at Richmond at 6:25 pm.

Berryessa/North San José-Daly City (Green)

  • A total of 4 added trains weekdays.
  • Two trains will be added weekdays between South Hayward and Daly City in the morning commute providing 15-minute frequencies for this section of the Green line between 6 am-7 am, with the last 15-minute interval train leaving South Hayward at 7 am and arriving at Daly City at 7:40 am.
  • Two trains will be added weekdays in the evening commute running between Daly City and Berryessa/North San José providing 15-minute frequencies between 4:12 pm-5:12 pm, with the last 15-minute interval train leaving Daly City at 5:12 pm and arriving at Berryessa at 6:36 pm.

Dublin-Daly City (Blue)

  • No added weekday trains at this time as ridership data show the current service level provides for 6 feet social distancing. However, Dublin riders will benefit from the increased service provided to the Green line as riders will be more spread out between Bay Fair and Daly City since there will be more trains serving that section.
  • Saturday and Sunday service will now run every 30 minutes (currently 20 minutes on Saturday and 24 minutes on Sunday); the first weekend trains of the morning have new departures times, some earlier and one later.
  • On Sunday single tracking days, this line will now extend to 24th Street/Mission station, currently, it terminates at Montgomery requiring a transfer.

Richmond-Berryessa/North San José (Orange)

  • No added weekday trains will be added to orange line as ridership data shows the current service level provides for 6 feet social distancing.
  • On weekdays the first train out of South Hayward will now depart a few minutes earlier, with earlier departure times down the line.
  • On Saturdays, the first trains departing Berryessa will be at 7:30 am compared to 7:56 am and 15-minute frequencies will be available for the first two morning trains; 30-minute frequencies will be provided for the remainder of the day (compared to 20-minute frequencies currently). On Saturday, the 7:48 am Berryessa (Orange) line train out of Richmond does not have a lengthy transfer window to the Yellow line train and riders may not be able to transfer in time and will need to wait 15 minutes for the next Yellow line train.  
  • On Sundays, the first trains departing on this line will begin 10-15 minutes earlier and service will be 30-minute frequencies (compared to 24-minute frequencies currently).

BART allows real-time train departures for riders to follow at https://bart.gov/schedules/eta or using the Official BART App on smartphones. Plan ahead your next ride using the BART Trip Planner at https://bart.gov/planner. PDF timetables are available at https://bart.gov/schedules/pdf