The Red Line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs between Richmond station and Millbrae station via San Francisco International Airport station. It has 24 stations in Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae. The line shares tracks with the four other mainline BART services.
As of February 14, 2022, the line runs until 9 pm every day. At other times, service along the route is provided by the Orange and Yellow Lines, with timed cross-platform transfers at 19th Street Oakland and MacArthur stations.[5]
Service history
editThe Red Line was the fourth of BART's five primary rapid transit lines to open. A few trains a day began running between Richmond and Daly City in April 1976, and all-day service began on July 7, 1980, after BART reduced train spacing through the Transbay Tube.[1]
Citing increased ridership, BART extended weekday service on the line from 7pm to 8pm starting September 10, 2012.[6] BART further extended service until 9pm on weekdays starting September 14, 2015.[7]
SFO/Millbrae extension service
editWhen the SFO/Millbrae extension opened on June 22, 2003, the Red Line continued to terminate at Daly City. BART extended the Red Line to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae during weekday peak hours on February 9, 2004. San Mateo County is not a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, so SamTrans funded the county's BART service. When the extension's lower-than-expected ridership caused SamTrans to accrue deficits, BART agreed to SamTrans' request to operate only the Blue Line south of Daly City effective September 12, 2005.
SamTrans and BART reached an agreement in February 2007 in which SamTrans would transfer control and financial responsibility of the SFO/Millbrae extension to BART, in return for BART receiving additional fixed funding from SamTrans and other sources.[8]
Beginning March 22, 2021, Red Line trains were interlined with the Purple Line, while Saturday service was discontinued.[9] On August 2, 2021, the Red Line began operating on weekdays and Saturdays until 9 pm, with all trains extended to SFO.[10] On February 20, 2022, the line began operating on all days until 9 pm. On some Sundays between February 20 and September 12, 2022, when power cable replacement work took place in San Francisco, the Yellow Line ran to Millbrae all day to replace the Red Line.[5]
On March 6, 2022, a break in a power cable near Berkeley caused Red Line service to be temporarily discontinued. On March 8, a shuttle service began operating between SFO and Millbrae.[11] Red Line service resumed with 5-car trains on March 22.[12] Normal 10-car trains resumed service in early May.[13] A similar cable break near Richmond on June 17, 2022, resulted in two days of cancelled Red Line service. Limited Red Line service resumed on June 20, with Orange Line service reduced and supplemental SFO–Millbrae shuttle service added.[14]
Effective September 11, 2023, Red Line trains operate between Richmond and Millbrae via SFO.[15]
| Date of change | Service pattern |
|---|---|
| June 22, 2003 | none[16] |
| February 9, 2004 | Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[17] SFO station served only by northbound trains |
| September 13, 2004 | Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[1] |
| September 12, 2005 | none[18] |
| January 1, 2008 | Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays)[19] |
| August 2, 2021 | Daly City–SFO via Millbrae (weekdays and Saturdays)[10] |
| February 14, 2022 | Daly City–SFO via Millbrae[5] |
| September 11, 2023 | Daly City–Millbrae via SFO[15] |
Stations
edit| Station | Jurisdiction | County | Opened | Other BART lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | Richmond | Contra Costa | January 29, 1973 | O Orange Line |
| El Cerrito del Norte | El Cerrito | |||
| El Cerrito Plaza | ||||
| North Berkeley | Berkeley | Alameda | ||
| Downtown Berkeley | ||||
| Ashby | ||||
| MacArthur | Oakland | September 11, 1972 | O Orange Line Y Yellow Line | |
| 19th Street Oakland | ||||
| 12th Street Oakland City Center | ||||
| West Oakland | September 16, 1974 | B Blue Line G Green Line Y Yellow Line | ||
| Embarcadero | San Francisco | May 27, 1976 | ||
| Montgomery Street | November 5, 1973 | |||
| Powell Street | ||||
| Civic Center/UN Plaza | ||||
| 16th Street Mission | ||||
| 24th Street Mission | ||||
| Glen Park | ||||
| Balboa Park | ||||
| Daly City | Daly City | San Mateo | ||
| Colma | Colma | February 24, 1996 | Y Yellow Line | |
| South San Francisco | South San Francisco | June 22, 2003 | ||
| San Bruno | San Bruno | |||
| San Francisco International Airport | SFO | |||
| Millbrae | Millbrae | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c d "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
- ^ "BART Sustainable Communities Operations Analysis" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "Mass transit signalling". Bombardier Transportation. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Bombardier Projects in Mass-transit signalling" (PDF). Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c "BART schedule change begins 2/14/22, extending service to midnight on Sundays" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Richmond-Millbrae Line weekday service to be expanded starting Sept. 10" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 7, 2012.
- ^ "BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 10, 2015.
- ^ "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2009.
- ^ "BART schedule change begins March 22, 2021" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "BART returns to near-regular service starting 8/2/21" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Orange Line only between Richmond and MacArthur, Red line suspended (transfers available)" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 8, 2022.
- ^ "Red line service now restored with 5-car trains" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 21, 2022.
- ^ "Normal Red Line service now restored with up to 10-car trains" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. May 6, 2022.
- ^ "Red line service (Richmond to Millbrae) impacted by power cable issue" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 19, 2022.
- ^ a b "BART unveils reimagined schedule starting in September aimed at increasing ridership" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. April 27, 2023.
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael (April 18, 2003). "BART to link to SFO June 22 / After many delays, latest date is firm, transit officials say". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Cabanatuan, Michael (February 7, 2004). "BART changing schedule so more go to SFO / Peninsula ridership below expectations, needs a boost". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Murphy, Dave (August 11, 2005). "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Gordon, Rachel (December 9, 2007). "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle.