BART Closes Station Entrances in SF and Oakland
Starting Monday April 13, BART will temporarily close several entrances at the four downtown San Francisco stations as well as additional entrances at the 12th & 19th Street stations in Oakland.
The closures will help us focus our cleaning efforts and to improve safety for our employees and riders during times of record low ridership and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Downtown San Francisco station details:
All entrances on the north side of Market Street will remain open, while all entrances on the south side of Market will be closed.
We prioritized the north of Market Street entrances after careful analysis of a number of factors including where the majority of riders are currently entering and exiting, ADA access, and known hot spots for illegal behavior. The north side of Market is where the elevators are located.
Downtown Oakland station details:
The 12th Street Station will be accessible from the Williams Plaza and De Lauer’s News Stand at the center of the station, and 11th and Broadway (south end of station near the Marriott).
The 19th Street Station will be accessible from 17th and 20th Streets on the south side of Broadway.
Starting Monday, April 13, BART will temporarily close several entrances at the four downtown San Francisco stations and at the 12th & 19th Street stations in Oakland.
— SFBART (@SFBART) April 10, 2020
The entrance closures will help focus our cleaning efforts and to improve safety for our employees and riders.
All stations remain ADA accessible and signs in multiple languages will be posted at the closed entrances noting others remain open to avoid confusion.
Closing entrances will allow us to focus our resources including station agents, cleaners, and police on the open entrances and fare gates. BART Police Chief Ed Alvarez has assigned police officers to a “fixed post” during specific hours of the day to each of the open entrances.
