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BART is hosting a 50th Birthday Party & Family Fun Festival on 9/10/22

50th Birthday Party and Family Fun Festival
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Lake Merritt Station and Plaza, 11am–4pm
Main stage event begins at noon and will be live streamed on BART's social media accounts.

Join us for a free public celebration. The event will include:

  • Food trucks
  • Music, including Taiko drummers
  • A kid’s zone with games
  • The opening of a time capsule and then putting a new time capsule together (part of main stage event from noon-1:15pm)
  • The BARTmobile
  • BART-Man, your friendly, neighborhood luchador
  • The front of an A car train cab serving as a photo booth
  • 10 feet of train tracks to show people the components and how they work
  • Film archive booth where you can watch historical BART films
  • Transit themed booths and partners - learn more about BART projects, upcoming HO scale model trains, the Western Railroad Museum and more!

At noon, join us at the main stage for special remarks and the time capsule unveiling. This portion will be live-streamed on BART's social media channels: Twitter, Facebook, You-Tube.  

Lake Merritt Station will become a veritable BART museum with areas usually reserved for advertising filled with archival photos, historic BART maps, and a timeline of BART milestones. Be sure to visit both the platform and concourse levels at Lake Merritt to take in displays of BART’s past, present and future. Displays will be posted September 1 through 30.

New Historical Website

In celebration of our upcoming golden anniversary,  we've launched a new history micro-website at bart.gov/50years. On this site, you’ll find a treasure trove of historical documents, photographs, videos, and stories that tie it all together.

50% off BART fares all September

BART is also thanking its riders and encouraging more people to return to the system by offering a 50% discount for the entire month of September. Riders using Clipper will get half off all published BART fares in September. That includes 50% off already discounted fares for youth, senior, Regional Transportation Connection, Clipper Start, and Gator Pass riders.

Exclusive 50th Merchandise

We’re dropping new merchandise so you can show off your BART pride in style. Keep your eyes out for even more 50th-anniversary merchandise soon. All items are available for purchase on railgoods.com.