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BART has completed its preliminary investigation into a Sept. 16 incident in which a large 1000 volt arc of electricity adjacent to a train entering Civic Center Station created smoky conditions and required the evacuation of the train and the station. Based on preliminary findings, the BART System Safety

Image: BART’s Eric Matthews talks to children on summer youth tour Story and Photos By SINDHU ANANTHAVELBART Communications Intern “Does BART stand for Bay Area Rapid Train?” Bryce, a chatty first-grader, asked, peering around the Embarcadero BART Station curiously. Eric Matthews, a Transportation Operations

BART customers will be able to get to the world famous Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco on Sunday, May 19, 2019, because we’ll open early and run longer trains. All BART stations will open early with service starting at approximately 6am Sunday so racers can get to the race well before the race begins at

Gio Garrett with his mom, Dianne Linares; they are from Lafayette By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer Gio Garrett is only 11, yet he knows the BART system by heart and his favorite thing to do is ride trains. On Friday, thanks to the overwhelming public response to a social media post by his mom, he got

BART customers are likely to see law enforcement officers from other agencies patrolling BART parking lots and stations as the nation’s transit agencies continue their vigilance following the death of Osama bin Laden. BART Police Chief Kenton W. Rainey, at the request of Transit Security Administration, has

Labor Negotiations Process Starts Today with BART Unions As a result of the 2009 labor contract, having met a series of economic conditions and calculations, BART employees will receive a 1 percent salary increase effective July 1, BART officials announced as the transit system begins labor negotiations for a

The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has announced that it is awarding $107 million to BART for the purchase of more Fleet of the Future railcars. Adding additional Fleet of the Future cars is a critical part of BART’s Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program, which will eventually allow BART to

Fei Liu of BART's Office of Civil Rights, right, talks with a conference attendee By MELISSA JORDANBART Senior Web Producer At the Small Business Construction Expo in Oakland on Friday, dozens of small business owners stopped by the BART table to learn more about how to get a foot in the door for BART

BART customers are likely to see law enforcement officers from other agencies patrolling BART parking lots and stations today as part of the nationwide transit safety preparedness training initiative, "Operation RAILSAFE." BART Police Chief Kenton W. Rainey has asked law enforcement agencies surrounding BART

BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger and BART Police Chief Gary Gee announced today that BART Police detectives have completed their initial investigation into the tragic shooting death of Oscar Grant on New Year’s Day and have provided the results of that investigation to Alameda County District Attorney Tom