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BART offers extended service for 2022 New Year’s Eve; Avoid lines with Clipper on your phone

For New Year’s Eve we will run standard Saturday service but with an extended closing time and extra event trains.

1 am Service at a Glance:

  • Three-line special service (Yellow, Blue and Orange only- see map below).
  • Trains will be waiting at MacArthur, 12th St and Bay Fair for timed transfers.
  • SFO and OAK airport stations will NOT be served.
  • Last East Bay bound train running through downtown San Francisco will be at around 1:30am.
  • Last southbound train heading toward Millbrae will run through downtown San Francisco at 2:10am.
  • Extra event trains will run during the last hour of service to provide direct service.

We are encouraging riders who need a Clipper card (BART no longer sells paper tickets) to add a digital card to their phone’s mobile wallet and to load round trip funds before arriving to BART. A digital card avoids the $3 plastic card fee and the hassle of waiting in long lines at machines. More details below.

The regular last trains of the evening (Yellow, Blue, and Orange lines) will be dispatched from the end of their lines at midnight and then at 1:00am, we will run another set of last trains of the evening to serve 48 out of our 50 stations. The 1am dispatched trains will not serve the airport stations (OAK and SFO) but will stop at all other stations. These last trains will be timed to easily transfer to other lines to get home.

BART will offer overtime shifts to train operators to run extra event trains, that could potentially provide direct service to Dublin, Richmond and Berryessa, that can be dispatched between the one-hour gap in between the midnight and 1am dispatch.

BART’s Trip Planner has been updated to include the extended service trains. The extra event trains will not appear in the Trip Planner because they will be dispatched based on crowding and availability but will appear on the platform digital signs and real time departures on our app and website.

1am extended service details

Besides the extra event trains which be dispatched as available, only the Yellow line (Millbrae to Antioch) will run transbay. Riders heading from San Francisco towards Richmond, Berryessa, and Dublin will need to transfer. The train will not serve SFO.

Southbound Yellow line (Antioch to Millbrae) trains will run to Millbrae, stopping at all stations except SFO.

The Blue line will operate from Bay Fair to Dublin only. If travelling from San Francisco, Dublin-bound riders need to transfer at 12th Street to a Berryessa (Orange line) bound train and then transfer to a Dublin (Blue line) train at Bay Fair to complete their trip. These transfers will be timed meets to reduce travel time.

The Orange line (Richmond to Berryessa) will also run hourly to coincide with the other trains. Riders coming from San Francisco who need to transfer to a Richmond-bound train will do so at MacArthur; riders who need to transfer to a Berryessa-bound train (or Dublin) will do so at 12th Street. These transfers will be timed meets to reduce travel time. BART to OAK service will not be operating after regular BART hours.

NYE Map

Avoid lines, get Clipper in advance

Each rider 5 and older needs their own Clipper card to pay for BART fare.

For those who already have Clipper, make sure you have your roundtrip fare loaded (lines will be long at the station).

If you don’t already have a Clipper card, save $3 per plastic card, and add Clipper to your phone’s digital wallet for free. No app required. You can instantly load cash value with your Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.

For step-by-step instructions on how to add a new Clipper card to your phone, please go to Clipper's  Apple Pay page or Google Pay page for more information.

Parking

Parking is free on Saturday and Sunday, except at Berryessa/North San Jose and Milpitas stations, which are owned and operated by VTA and parking fees are enforced on 7 days a week, including holidays.

You can leave your car at BART lots overnight if necessary.

Stay Safe

Save these numbers in your phone:

  • 510-200-0992 to text BART Police dispatch to discreetly report criminal activity
  • 510-464-7000 to call BART Police in an emergency (It’s faster than calling 911)

We also offer the free the BART Watch app--a free mobile app available on the App Store and Google Play that allows you to quickly and discreetly report criminal or suspicious activity directly to BART Police.

You can reach the train operator using call buttons in each car. On old cars the button is at the end of the car, on new cars, the call button is by the side doors.

Note your train car number when contacting police or the train operator. The train number is located above the doors on the inside of each end of the train car.

BART will have extra safety staff working on New Year’s Eve to have more staff on trains, on platforms and inside stations. 

Sunday Service on New Year's Day

New Year’s Day, January 1, 2023, will be a regular Sunday schedule with service running 8am until midnight.