BART announces holiday schedule through new year

(KRON) — Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) said it will be running on special schedules to help locals bring in the holiday season through the new year.

BART said on Christmas Eve, commuters can expect a regular weekday service schedule of 5 a.m. to midnight. Christmas Day trains will run on a Sunday service of 8 a.m. to midnight.

BART confirmed it will extend service by one extra hour, from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. on New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Day, BART will run on its usual 8 a.m. to midnight Sunday schedule.

According to BART, its 1 a.m. extended service will go as follows:

• Three-line special service (Yellow, Blue and Orange only in both directions, for total of six trains for 1 a.m. 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 1:47 a.m. 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 2:16 a.m. 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 1:30 a.m.
• Last southbound train heading toward Millbrae will run through downtown San Francisco at 2:10 a.m.
• 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 1:00 a.m., we will run another set of last trains of the evening to serve 48 out of our 50 stations. The 1 a.m. trains will not serve SFO and OAK airport stations.

Commuters can always check out BART’s Trip Planner to get to where they’re going for the holidays.

​(KRON) — Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) said it will be running on special schedules to help locals bring in the holiday season through the new year. BART said on Christmas Eve, commuters can expect a regular weekday service schedule of 5 a.m. to midnight. Christmas Day trains will run on a Sunday service of […]