Newly rebuilt platform escalator reopens at Powell Street Station

A completely rebuilt escalator is open at Powell Street Station, connecting the platform to the concourse level. This is the fourth platform escalator to reopen with more modern, reliable features at the showcase station; just one more platform escalator remains to be rebuilt at Powell St. and work is already underway.

In fact, one escalator at each of the four downtown San Francisco stations is being replaced simultaneously. The escalator replacement project is BART's biggest investment in this important infrastructure.

Meantime, work continues to build canopies over entrances at the four downtown stations. Once a canopy is complete, escalator crews begin replacing the old escalators with brand new street to concourse units.