BART will run extended service (5am to 1am) on New Year's Eve (Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025)

Description of BART's holiday service for NYE

BART will be running special extended service on New Year's Eve (5am to 1am). On New Year's Day (Wednesday, Jan. 1), BART will run a Sunday schedule (8am to midnight). Find more information below. Plan your trip using BART's Trip Planner. 

For information about BART's Christmas Day schedule (Sunday service, 8am to midnight) and tips for using BART for holiday travel, click here. 

New Year's Eve 1am Extended Service

Our 1am extended service will be as follows:

  • Three-line special service (Yellow, Blue and Orange only in both directions, for total of six trains for 1am extended service). Yellow Line will be the only line running in San Francisco and Peninsula. Blue Line will run between Bay Fair and Dublin/Pleasanton.
  • Trains will be waiting at MacArthur and Bay Fair to complete timed transfers.
    • Yellow Line and Orange Line trains in all directions will be timed to meet at MacArthur Station at 1:47am in a "grand meet." This is the transfer point for riders coming from San Francisco heading toward Richmond or Berryessa or riders coming from the East Bay heading toward San Francisco.
    • Orange Line and Blue Line trains will be timed to meet at Bay Fair Station at 2:16am. Dublin-bound riders can take the Berryessa-bound Orange Line train and transfer at Bay Fair Station.
  • 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.
  • 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 trains will not serve SFO and OAK airport stations.
  • BART’s Trip Planner has been updated to include the extended service trains.
Description of BART's holiday service for NYE

 

Parking at BART on Holidays

Parking is always free after 3pm and on weekends. Parking will also be free on New Year's Day. This applies to all BART stations except for Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose, as they are operated by VTA.

All other parking rules will be enforced.

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 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 located by the side doors on the new trains.

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.