Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line

Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line

Pittsburg/Bay Point station, the eastern terminus
of the Pittsburg/Bay Point line.
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Bay Area Rapid Transit
Locale California Delta
East Bay
San Francisco Peninsula
Counties: Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo
Cities: Pittsburg, Bay Point, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae
Termini Pittsburg/Bay Point
San Francisco International Airport
(weekdays before 8pm)
Millbrae
(weekdays after 8pm, weekends)
Stations 26
Operation
Opened May 21, 1973 (1973-05-21)
Operator(s) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Technical
Line length 55.2 miles (88.8 km) (SFO/Millbrae)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
(Indian gauge)
Electrification Third rail, 1000 V DC
Operating speed 36.0 mph (57.9 km/h) (SFO/Millbrae)
Highest elevation at grade, elevated, underground, underwater (Transbay Tube)
Route map

Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae
Legend
eBART 2018
Pittsburg/Bay Point
Diablo Range
SR 4
North Concord / Martinez
Concord
 
Concord
Train Yard
 
Iron Horse
Regional Trail
Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre
Contra Costa Canal
Walnut Creek
I-680
SR 24
Lafayette
Orinda
Contra Costa County
Alameda County
Berkeley Hills Tunnel
SR 24
Rockridge
Richmond–Fremont
Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae
MacArthur
southbound
transfer
I-580
I-980 / SR 24
19th Street Oakland
northbound
transfer
12th Street Oakland City Center
 Richmond–Fremont 
Fremont–Daly City
Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City
I-880
West Oakland
Amtrak Amtrak
Alameda County
San Francisco County
Transbay Tube
I-80 (
San Francisco–Oakland
Bay Bridge
)
Embarcadero
Cable
Car
San Francisco Ferry Building
Montgomery Street
Union Square/Market Street (MUNI) 2018
Powell Street
Cable
Car
Civic Center / UN Plaza
16th Street Mission
24th Street Mission
Glen Park
I-280
Balboa Park transfer
San Jose & Geneva (MUNI)
San Francisco County
San Mateo County
Daly City
Saturday
terminus
Colma
Colma Maintenance Yard
SR 82 (El Camino Real)
South San Francisco
Centennial Way Trail
San Bruno transfer
 Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae 
US 101
S.F. Int'l Airport AirTrain San Francisco International Airport
Millbrae Caltrain
evenings/
weekends

The Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs from Pittsburg/Bay Point station to the SFO and Millbrae stations. It has 26 stations in Pittsburg, Bay Point, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae.

BART colors this line yellow on maps but does not refer to it by color. It is commonly called the Pittsburg/Bay Point line, or alternatively the Concord line for its original terminus.

This line runs to Millbrae station after 8pm on weekdays and all day on weekends when the Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line terminates at Daly City or is not running. At other times, SFO–Millbrae passengers can transfer between the Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line and this line at San Bruno station.

The Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line was the second of BART's five lines to open. Service from Concord to MacArthur began on May 21, 1973. The line was extended to Daly City when the Transbay Tube opened on September 16, 1974. The North Concord/Martinez, Colma, and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations were added in 1995-1996.[1]

This line has BART's longest average train length with many ten-car trains on weekdays and eight/nine-car trains on evenings and weekends. It is BART's only line with short turn trains that augment the regular 15-minute-interval full-distance trains. Each weekday during peak hours, 15 short turn trains per direction terminate at Daly City, 24th St., or Montgomery to the west and Pleasant Hill or beyond to the east.

In March 2016, mysterious electrical surges caused several cars to be taken out of service on the tracks north of North Concord/Martinez station. On March 16, 2016, BART halted service to Pittsburg/Bay Point station and established a bus bridge between North Concord and Pittsburg/Bay Point.[2] Limited service to Pittsburg/Bay Point resumed on March 21[3] and full service resumed on April 2.[4]

SFO/Millbrae extension service

When the SFO/Millbrae extension opened on June 22, 2003, BART extended the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line to Millbrae but bypassed SFO. BART rerouted this line to SFO in place of the Dublin/Pleasanton line on February 9, 2004, with service extended to Millbrae outside of weekday peak hours. San Mateo County is not a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, so SamTrans funded the county's BART service. When the extension's lower-than-expected ridership caused SamTrans to accrue deficits, BART agreed to SamTrans' request to operate only the Dublin/Pleasanton line south of Daly City effective September 12, 2005.

SamTrans and BART reached an agreement in February 2007 in which SamTrans would transfer control and financial responsibility of the SFO/Millbrae extension to BART. In return, BART would receive additional fixed funding from SamTrans and other sources.[5] BART has since again increased service south of Daly City, and this line now terminates at SFO on weekdays, with service extended to Millbrae on evenings and weekends.

Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO line's south-of-Daly City service
Date of change Service south of Daly City
June 22, 2003 Daly City–Millbrae[6]
February 9, 2004 Daly City–SFO (weekday peak hours)
Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (all other times)[7]
September 12, 2005 none[8]
January 1, 2008 Daly City–SFO[9]
September 14, 2009 Daly City–SFO (weekdays)
Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (evenings/weekends)[10]

Expansion plans

As part of BART's East Contra Costa extension project, a new standard gauge stub line, dubbed eBART, will extend service to Antioch station in 2018. A new cross-platform interchange just east of the Pittsburg/Bay Point station will allow transfer between the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line and the eBART line. eBART will run a fleet of Diesel Multiple Unit trains. Current proposals call for eBART to be eventually extended to Brentwood and Byron. This line may be converted to full third rail BART service at a later date.

Stations

Station Jurisdiction County Opened Other BART
lines
Pittsburg / Bay Point Pittsburg / Bay Point Contra Costa 1996 eBART (2018)
North Concord / Martinez Concord 1995
Concord 1973
Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre Contra Costa Centre 1973
Walnut Creek Walnut Creek 1973
Lafayette Lafayette 1973
Orinda Orinda 1973
Rockridge Oakland Alameda 1973
MacArthur 1972          
19th Street Oakland 1972          
12th Street Oakland City Center 1972          
West Oakland 1974               
Embarcadero San Francisco San Francisco 1976               
Montgomery Street 1973               
Powell Street 1973               
Civic Center / UN Plaza 1973               
16th Street Mission 1973               
24th Street Mission 1973               
Glen Park 1973               
Balboa Park 1973               
Daly City Daly City San Mateo 1973               
Colma Colma 1996     
South San Francisco South San Francisco 2003     
San Bruno San Bruno 2003     
San Francisco International Airport SFO 2003
Millbrae[a] Millbrae 2003     

Notes
a The Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line services Millbrae station after 8pm on weekdays and all day on weekends only. The line terminates at SFO station until 8pm on weekdays.

References

  1. "Celebrating 40 Years of Service 1972 • 2012 Forty BART Achievements Over the Years" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  2. Gafni, Matthias (29 March 2016). "BART nearing full restoration of service". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. Steve Rubenstein, "BART restores limited commute service to Pittsburg/Bay Point Station." SFGate, March 21 2016. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-restores-limited-commute-service-to-6930975.php
  4. "BART RESUMES SERVICE AT N. CONCORD AND PITTSBURG/BAY POINT AFTER WEEKS OF REPAIRS." ABC7 News, April 2 2016. http://abc7news.com/traffic/bart-resumes-service-between-n-concord-and-pittsburg-bay-point-/1273495/
  5. "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  6. "BART to link to SFO June 22 / After many delays, latest date is firm, transit officials say". San Francisco Chronicle. April 18, 2003. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  7. "BART changing schedule so more go to SFO / Peninsula ridership below expectations, needs a boost". San Francisco Chronicle. February 7, 2004. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  8. "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle. August 11, 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  9. "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  10. "Off-peak service reductions began Monday, September 14th". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). September 15, 2009. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

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