Read some of our favorite BART love stories
Photo courtesy of Anya McInroy Photography.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner (and so is our Valentraine speed dating event ) and, well, there is just something romantic about trains!
So many people have found love on BART.
Read some of our past BART meet cute stories:
Former BART attorney met the love of her life on San Francisco-bound train
Meet Crystal and George, who met each other on the Lake Merritt Station platform.
On her daily trips to Embarcadero Station, Crystal began noticing a man on the Lake Merritt platform. The two often rode on the same train car, through the Transbay Tube and into the city.
“I probably saw him for a month, every day, waiting on the same platform,” said Crystal.
With only a few months in the Bay under her belt, Crystal was on the hunt for friends and community – “Definitely not a boyfriend,” she said. In fact, Crystal already had a significant other.
So, one day, Crystal decided to gather her courage and introduce herself to the mysterious, well-dressed man on the train.
“BART Guy” and “BART Girl” find love on an empty Embarcadero platform
Thanksgiving Day morning, 2001. Embarcadero Station platform. Gene and Stefani are the only two people waiting for a train. Both are heading to see their families. They make small talk. Gene's train pulls up, and he boards the train. Before the doors close, Gene stepped off.
“It was a split-second decision,” said Gene. “I never thought, ‘oh, that’s my future wife’. It was more a thought of ‘I’ll never see her again, what a shame’. That compelled me to step off the train...I was so embarrassed, and I was asking myself ‘what have I done?’.”
BART Connects: A transit wedding happened naturally for these newlyweds
Photo courtesy of Anya McInroy Photography.
Mahalia LeClerc and Benjamin Frisbey never set out to have a transit wedding. It just kind of happened that way...
“We were never like, let’s make sure we include BART in the wedding,” the bride said.
"[But] we value public transit. And though we didn’t plan it that way, our experiences using it naturally led us to having a transit wedding.”
Read the story here.
Couple who met on BART tie the knot with whimsical BART-themed wedding at Fairyland
Photo courtesy of Katie Weinholt Photography.
Seven years ago, Marylee and Armin met on a BART train. In May at Oakland's Fairyland, they tied the knot with a BART-themed wedding.
"I don’t believe in soulmates, but I do believe in the right people at the right time...You were exactly the right person at BART to talk to."
They chatted in the Transbay Tube in 1983. This fall, they celebrate their 41st wedding anniversary
It was 1983. BART was pretty new to the Bay Area and so was 23-year-old Cindy when she stepped onto a BART train that would change her life.
The train was packed that evening, and Cindy – her feet aching from too many hours squished into heels – couldn't find a seat.
“Why didn’t I bring flat shoes today?” she said aloud, speaking more to the universe than any person in particular.
But then a human voice responded. It belonged to a young man hanging onto the strap beside Cindy.
The two struck up a casual conversation as the train began its underwater journey through the Transbay Tube.
Read the story here.