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Rail maintenance requires Sunday morning single tracking between Pleasant Hill and Concord (3/13/2022)
BART track crews will be working in Contra Costa County to resurface heavily worn rail. The work will impact service from around 7am -- before the system opens at 8am -- until noon. To provide safe space for workers BART service between the Concord and North Concord/Martinez stations will be reduced to one
Real world testing to determine fate of poles, bike racks in new trains
In a move to allow for real world public testing of the remaining design options for BART’s new train cars, the Board of Directors today voted to have the manufacturer build two different train car interiors with floor to ceiling poles and bike racks to be tested during revenue service in late 2016. In the
Investigation of spikes in voltage on Pittsburg/Bay Point line continues
*Updated 11 am, April 15th, 2016 NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES On April 2nd, normal train service resumed between Pittsburg/Bay Point and North Concord/Martinez. After swapping out the generation of train cars most prone to damage (our "C" cars) to help establish regular service again, the spikes in voltage along
For engineering interns, a focus on safety, reliability and innovation
Armen Chouldjian demonstrates web app he and Anuj Shah developed By MELISS A JORDANBART Senior Web Producer When Armen Chouldjian returns to UC Berkeley in the fall, he’ll ride BART knowing his summer job helped increase safety and reliability for all the transit system’s riders. Chouldjian is one of 11
Weekend track work may cause delays on Pittsburg/Bay Point line
Weekend track work may cause delays on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line the weekends of October 29 - 31, November 5 - 7 and November 12 - 14, 2010. For the next three weekends, BART will need to run northbound Pittsburg/Bay Point line trains on a single track due to ongoing weekend track work for the Central
Electrical work at Downtown Berkeley Station starting Feb. 7
On Thursday, February 7, 2013, we will begin sectioning off areas of the Downtown Berkeley station to do some needed electrical work. Because there is some asbestos dust contamination in the work areas, they will be contained and decontaminated before the work begins. There will be on-site monitoring of the
More parking changes on the Dublin side of Dublin/Pleasanton Station
Effective Saturday, December 17, AvalonBay will close approximately 400 of the 800 parking spaces located in the privately operated surface parking lot located on the Dublin side of the Dublin /Pleasanton BART Station. The area is needed by AvalonBay to construct the residential development on the parking lot
Take a car-free trip to Niles Canyon Rail
On the first and third Sundays of each month through October, a classic fully restored 1950s bus will stop at Fremont BART Station to take train buffs to Niles Canyon Railway, the historical rail service that takes passengers along the route that linked America’s first transcontinental railway. A five minute
West Oakland elevators to close temporarily for earthquake safety work
Dear Customer: As part of our systemwide Earthquake Safety Program, work is in progress to strengthen West Oakland Station against earthquakes. We will need to close both elevators temporarily. Westbound, platform #1, and Eastbound, platform #2 elevators at West Oakland Station will be temporarily out of
42 parking spaces at San Leandro Station to be closed--UPDATED
Update: 7/30/2015 The new start date is August 12, 2015 Starting August 12, 2015 BART will begin electrical improvements for the San Leandro Electrical Substation in the BART parking lot located under the tracks near Davis Street. The project will renovate the electrical substation by replacing most of the