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September 6 update:

The closure has been extended to Sunday, September 15 due to unforeseen complications. We thank you for your patience.

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BART’s escalator contractor will close the Embarcadero Station entrance located at Davis and Market (stairway and escalator) this Friday, August 30 to Sunday, September 8.  This full entrance closure is necessary to complete installation of panels at the entrance. 

Please note there will be two entrance closures at the Embarcadero Station during this 10-day period.  A map below shows the open entrances and elevator location.  Wayfinding signs will be installed on the barricades inside the station and on the street level to detour pedestrian traffic from this entrance. 

BART crews are busy working on the single largest contract for escalator replacement in BART history.  The Market Street Escalators Renovation Project team is working to install and replace 41 escalators at Embarcadero, Montgomery, Powell, and Civic Center stations.  Of the escalators to be replaced, 23 are street to concourse level and 18 connect concourse with station platforms.  Project completion is expected to be in 2026. You can view the four downtown station maps for escalator and canopy progress at: https://www.bart.gov/about/planning/sf-escalators

BART will begin the installation of Next Generation Fare Gates on Friday, October 11 at San Francisco International Airport Station. The station has a total of four sets of fare gates, two on the upper level and two on the lower level. Workers will replace one set on each level of the station simultaneously. While this work is being done, a set of the old gates will remain open for riders on each level. There will be signage to direct riders to the open gates. There will also be additional staff on site to help direct riders. Once the installation of the first two sets of new gates is complete, work will begin on replacing the third and fourth arrays.

A temporary barrier will be installed to provide a safe workspace for the installation team as well as to protect riders from construction. Each new array is expected to take up to two weeks to install. The latest work comes after BART successfully installed Next Generation Fare Gates at 24th Street Mission, Antioch, Civic Center, Fruitvale, Oakland International Airport, Richmond, and West Oakland stations. 

All BART stations will have new fare gates by the end of 2025. You can learn more about BART’s Next Generation Fare Gate project here.

BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially hazardous trees in advance of severe winter storms will next focus on San Francisco and Daly City. To provide crews with enough room to safely do the work, free buses will replace trains between Glen Park and Daly City stations the first weekend in December, Saturday December 2, and Sunday December 3. Riders in the area should anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes. If the weather should interfere with the work on December 2-3, then the tree removal will be rescheduled for the following weekend, December 9-10. 

Riders in the area on the work weekend will have to get off their train at Glen Park or Daly City and then board a free bus to get to the next station in their direction of travel to continue their trip. Some buses will run directly between Glen Park and Daly City while others will stop at Glen Park, Balboa Park, and Daly City. 

Service from the East Bay to Downtown San Francisco

The Yellow and Blue lines will serve the downtown San Francisco stations. The Blue line will turn back at the 24th Street/Mission and the Yellow line will turn back at Glen Park. Blue Line riders traveling beyond 24th Street/Mission will need to walk across the platform and take the Yellow line train to the bus bridge at Glen Park.

Green line service will be cancelled on both days of the track shutdown. 

To provide some increased transbay frequency, BART will run some Red line Richmond to Montgomery and Montgomery to Richmond trains between 11:00am and 6pm. 

Service between Daly City and SFO/Millbrae and Millbrae/SFO to Daly City

BART will run only one line between Daly City and SFO/Millbrae and Millbrae/SFO to Daly City with service every 20 minutes. Each train will make all stops including SFO and Millbrae. These trains departure times will not match our normal timetable, but will run every 20 minutes. Riders traveling beyond Daly City will need to board the bus bridge.

Late Night Cancelled Train

The last northbound train of the night normally scheduled to leave Millbrae at 11:52pm and SFO at 12:00am will be cancelled both evenings of the track shutdown. Riders instead should plan to catch the 11:40pm departure from Millbrae that leaves SFO at 11:48pm.

BART will make the most of the weekend when this segment of the system will be closed by also working on trackway improvements. You can learn more about BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially dangerous trees on the project page.

You can keep up with the latest updates for trackway repair projects that impact service by going to our Alerts and Advisories page. BART’s Trip Planner has been improved to show the full customer journey including bus bridges. You can also check Real Time Departures for your station of choice.

Update 10:00am, September 13:

The final Sunday of scheduled work for this project between Balboa Park and Daly City has been cancelled. BART will now run its normal service on Sunday, September 24 instead of reducing service to one track.

On three non-consecutive Sundays in August and September BART will be cutting back and removing trees that could pose a hazard to the trackway between Balboa Park and Daly City stations. To ensure safe conditions for workers, service will be reduced from two to one track on the following Sundays:

*August 27
*September 10
*September 24

Riders in the area on those workdays should anticipate delays of 10-15 minutes. Also, all Green Line trains will be cancelled.

On those three dates BART will also perform tree removal work in southern Alameda County. That work will happen on both Saturdays and Sundays on those three weekends and will require free buses to replace train service between Union City and Fremont stations. You can learn more about the work in Alameda County here. You can also get more details about BART’s systemwide safety initiative to remove potentially hazardous trees at the project page.

Work is scheduled to begin the week of April 29, 2024, on the installation of new segments of Class IV bicycle lanes at Ashby Station. Once completed, the new bicycle facility will provide a connection between Adeline Street and Martin Luther King Jr Way through the BART parking lot, formalizing bicycle circulation in and out of the Adeline Street driveway. Curb ramps on Adeline Street at the driveway will also be upgraded. 

Construction impacts will include the following:

• The Adeline Street exit driveway will be temporarily closed.
• The 13 parking spaces at the south end of the parking lot will be blocked. 
• Parking spaces for GetAround will be temporarily relocated.
• Pedestrians traveling north-south on the west side of Adeline will be routed around the work area with barriers, ADA-compliant ramps, and temporary wayfinding signage.
• When the project is completed, the south driveway on Martin Luther King Jr Way will be converted to inbound vehicle movements only.

Most work will be carried out between 7 am and 5 pm on weekdays. The work is expected to last 3-4 months.

In addition to BART’s project, City of Berkeley is currently designing additional bicycle improvements between the BART driveway and Woolsey to the east and between the BART driveway and Prince Street to the west.

Thank you for your patience as we complete this important work.

BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially hazardous trees in advance of severe winter storms will next focus on Contra Costa County. To provide workers with enough room to safely do the work, free buses will replace trains between Pleasant Hill and Concord stations on 2 non-consecutive weekends in October. The work dates are October 14-15 and October 28-29. Riders in the area should anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes on work weekends. Riders in the area on work weekends will have to get off their train at either Pleasant Hill or Concord and then board a free bus provided by County Connection to the next station in their direction of travel to continue their trip.

San Francisco-bound riders who want to avoid the bus bridge should start their trips at Pleasant Hill. On each night of the weekend shutdowns the last scheduled departure from Antioch to Concord that normally leaves at 11:48 pm will be cancelled. Riders traveling westbound from Antioch must catch the earlier train at 11:28 pm each night.

BART will make the most of the time when this segment of the system will be closed by also working on trackway improvements. You can learn more about BART’s safety initiative to remove potentially dangerous trees on the project page.

You can keep up with the latest updates for trackway repair projects that impact service by going to our Alerts and Advisories page. BART’s Trip Planner has been improved to show the full customer journey including bus bridges. You can also check Real Time Departures for your station of choice.

UPDATE March 4. 2024

There will be a short construction phase at Fremont that will affect bus locations for two AC Transit lines from Monday 3/4 to Wednesday 3/6. 

During this time, the following bus lines only will move: 

• AC Transit line 251 will be in bay C2
• AC Transit line 212 will be in bay C3

All employer shuttles will be in bays C4 and C5. On 3/7, they will return to their regular locations: 

• Line 251 will return to bay B4 
• Line 212 will return to bay B5 

UPDATE December 29, 2023

The next phase of work at Fremont will start on January 15th and will last 2-3 weeks. Buses will move locations on January 19th. During construction, all pedestrian detours will be accessible (see map below). 

On the West side of the station: 

• The central portion of the passenger loading zone on the station side of the roadway will be closed for construction and pedestrian detours around the construction. 
• Accessible loading will be located on the side farther from the station entrance. 
• A temporary crosswalk will be installed on the south side of the loading zone providing an accessible path to the temporary accessible loading and parking. 
• A portion of accessible parking south of the station will also be closed for construction. 
• A temporary accessible parking area is be installed in the small parking area next to the passenger loading area. This will remain for all phases of construction.  

On the East side of the station:  

• The passenger loading zone will be closed for construction. Passenger loading will take place just north of this. 
• An accessible pedestrian detour will be provided at the location of the stairs to the lower plaza and station entrance. 
• There will be no construction in the bus area during this phase. Buses will return to their normal locations.     Please check signs and/or the list below for the location of your bus. 

AC Transit/Stanford Marguerite Buses: 

• Line 99: B2 (B1 overflow)
• Line 200: A3 (A2 overflow)
• Line 212: B5
• Line 215: A1
• Line 216 (Union City  BART): A5
• Line 216 (Silliman Recreation Center): A6 
• Line 217: A4
• Line 232: A8
• Line 239: A7
• Line 251: B4
• Line 707: A4
• Line 801: A3
• Line U and Stanford Marguerite Lines AE-F, EB: C1

Employer shuttles: C5

UPDATE December 11, 2023:

The next phase of work at Fremont will start on December 12th and will last approximately 3 weeks.

During construction, all pedestrian detours will be accessible. 

On the West side of the station, taxis will return to their permanent location, and the north portion of the passenger loading zone and a section of accessible parking will be closed for construction. A temporary accessible parking area will be installed in the small parking area next to the passenger loading area. This will remain for all phases of construction.  

On the East side of the station, construction will close bus bays A1, A2, B1, B3, and B4, and will require the relocation of most bus routes (see map below). Please check signs and/or the list below for the location of your bus. 

AC Transit/Stanford Marguerite Buses: 

• Line 99: C1
• Line 200: A3 (A4 overflow)
• Line 212: C4
• Line 215: B2
• Line 216  (Union City  BART): A5
• Line 216 (Silliman Recreation Center): A6
• Line 217: A8
• Line 232: B6
• Line 239: A7
• Line 251: B5
• Line 707: A8
• Line 801: A3
• Line U and Stanford Marguerite Lines AE-F, EB: C3

Employer shuttles: C5

The Accessibility Improvement Program (AIP) will improve accessibility in and around BART stations to better meet the needs of people with disabilities, including replacement or upgrade of ramps, sidewalks and accessible paths, bus and passenger loading zones, as well as handrails, wall protrusion detection, wheelchair-accessible phones, TTY devices, courtesy phones, and elevator lobby lighting.

The work at Fremont Station will be done in phases with full completion by Spring 2024.

Thank you for your patience as we work to improve access to the BART Station. 

UPDATE November 9, 2023: 

The next phase of work at Fremont will start on November 13th and will last approximately 4 weeks.

During construction, all pedestrian detours will be accessible. On the West side of the station, taxis will be moved to the end of the loading zone on the right as you exit the station and the accessible loading zone will shift slightly. Some accessible parking will be closed, and a temporary accessible parking area will be installed in the small parking area next to the passenger loading area. This will remain for all phases of construction.  

On the East side of the station, construction will close bus bays A3, A4, and will require the relocation of most bus routes. Please check signs and/or the list below for the location of your bus. AC Transit/Stanford Marguerite Buses will be relocated to the following bus bays: 

• Line 99: B2 (no change)
• Line 200: A2
• Line 212: C4
• Line 215: B3
• Line 216  (Union City  BART): A5
• Line 216 (Silliman Recreation Center): A6
• Line 217: A8
• Line 232: C3
• Line 239: A7
• Line 251: B4 (no change)
• Line 707: A8
• Line 801: A2
• Line U and Stanford Marguerite Lines AE-F, EB: C1 (no change)

Employer shuttles: C2, C5, B5 (Check with your shuttle operator)

The Accessibility Improvement Program (AIP) will improve accessibility in and around BART stations to better meet the needs of people with disabilities, including replacement or upgrade of ramps, sidewalks and accessible paths, bus and passenger loading zones, as well as handrails, wall protrusion detection, wheelchair-accessible phones, TTY devices, courtesy phones, and elevator lobby lighting.

The work at Fremont Station will be done in phases with full completion by Spring 2024.

Thank you for your patience as we work to improve access to the BART Station. 

NOTE: The information below was originally posted on October 6, 2023

Construction for the first phase of the Fremont Station Accessibility Improvements Project will begin on Thursday, October 12, 2023 and last for approximately 5 weeks. 

During this first phase, work will take place primarily on the west side of the station. Taxis will be moved to the end of the loading zone on the right as customers exit the station. The accessible loading zone will shift slightly. Some accessible parking will be closed and a temporary accessible parking area will be available in the small parking area next to the passenger loading area (see map). On the east side, sidewalk work will take place in the remote parking lots north of the station entrance.

All pedestrian detours will be accessible and temporary wayfinding signage will be posted to direct customers.

The Accessibility Improvement Program (AIP) will improve accessibility in and around BART stations to better meet the needs of people with disabilities, including replacement or upgrade of ramps, sidewalks and accessible paths, bus and passenger loading zones, as well as handrails, wall protrusion detection, wheelchair-accessible phones, TTY devices, courtesy phones, and elevator lobby lighting.

The work at Fremont Station will be done in phases with full completion by Spring 2024.

Thank you for your patience as we work to improve access to the BART Station. 

Starting September 16, 2024, our exciting project to develop the land around Lake Merritt Station to include affordable and market-rate housing, offices, and retail space will officially begin. To accommodate this Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) project, the parking lot will be permanently closed starting September 16, 2024. 

The lot is available for Daily Fee parking on a first-come, first-served basis until September 15. Daily Fee parking payment is required Monday-Friday, 4am-3pm, except on BART holidays. Pay for Daily Fee parking with the BART Official App or remember your stall number and pay inside the station via cash, credit, or debit. 

Reserved parking is available at Fruitvale Station, MacArthur Station and many other BART locations with parking.

This article was originally posted on August 14, 2024