Richmond–Millbrae+SFO line

Richmond–Millbrae + SFO line
Richmond–Millbrae + SFO line
	Two BART trains at Millbrae station in 2018
Overview
Locale	East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula
Termini	Richmond station; San Francisco International Airport station
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Operator(s)	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
History
Opened	April 19, 1976 (limited service); July 7, 1980 (all-day service)
Last extension	June 22, 2003
Technical
Line length	38.2 miles (61.5 km)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Indian gauge
Electrification	1 kV DC Third rail
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h)
Signalling	Bombardier CITYFLO 550 fixed block ATC/ATO between San Bruno or Milbrae and SFO
Route map
	Legend
Richmond–Millbrae+SFO line
	Amtrak
	to Bakersfield/Seattle/Chicago
	Contra Costa County
	Alameda County
	southbound
	transfer
	northbound
	transfer
	■ ■ to Warm Springs/South Fremont
	■ to Dublin/Pleasanton
	Alameda County
	San Francisco
	I-80
	Bay Bridge
	Union Square/
	Market Street
	San Jose/
	Glen Park
	San Francisco
	San Mateo County
	Saturday
	terminus
	SR 82
	El Camino Real
	Caltrain
	to San Francisco
	Caltrain
	to Tamien & San Jose
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The Richmond–Millbrae + SFO line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs from Richmond station to San Francisco International Airport station via Millbrae station. The line is colored red on maps, and BART sometimes calls it the Red Line.^[5] 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 five other mainline BART services.

It runs only on weekdays and Saturdays; the Antioch–SFO + Millbrae line provides Millbrae service on evenings and Sundays. The line will begin running until 9 pm every day (except for some Sundays when maintenance work is performed) effective February 14, 2022.^[6]

Service history[]

The 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 its mandated train headway through the Transbay Tube.^[1]

Citing increased ridership, BART extended weekday service on the line from 7pm to 8pm starting September 10, 2012.^[7] BART further extended service until 9pm on weekdays starting September 14, 2015.^[8]

SFO/Millbrae extension service[]

When the SFO/Millbrae extension opened on June 22, 2003, the Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line continued to terminate at Daly City. BART extended this 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 Dublin/Pleasanton 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.^[9]

Beginning March 22, 2021, Richmond–Millbrae line trains were interlined with the SFO-Millbrae line, while Saturday service was discontinued.^[10] On August 2, 2021, the line began operating on weekdays and Saturdays until 9 pm, with all trains extended to SFO as the Richmond–Millbrae + SFO line.^[11]

Richmond line's south-of-Daly City service
Date of change	Service south of Daly City
June 22, 2003	none^[12]
February 9, 2004	Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)^[13] SFO station served only by northbound trains
September 13, 2004	Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)^[1]
September 12, 2005	none^[14]
January 1, 2008	Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays)^[15]
August 2, 2021	Daly City–SFO via Millbrae (weekdays and Saturdays)^[11]

Stations[]

Station	Jurisdiction	County	Opened	Other BART lines
Richmond	Richmond	Contra Costa	January 29, 1973	Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line
El Cerrito del Norte	El Cerrito
El Cerrito Plaza	El Cerrito
North Berkeley	Berkeley	Alameda
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
MacArthur	Oakland		September 11, 1972	Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line
19th Street Oakland
12th Street Oakland City Center
West Oakland			September 16, 1974	Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line Berryessa/North San José–Daly City line Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City 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	Antioch–SFO+Millbrae line
South San Francisco	South San Francisco		June 22, 2003
San Bruno	San Bruno
Millbrae	Millbrae
San Francisco International Airport	SFO

References[]

^ ^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.
^ "February 11 schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 15, 2019.
^ "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.
^ 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.

External links[]

Route map:

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Richmond – Daly City/Millbrae Schedule

[chronology-1] "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.

[2] "BART Sustainable Communities Operations Analysis" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[3] "Mass transit signalling". Bombardier Transportation. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[4] "Bombardier Projects in Mass-transit signalling" (PDF). Retrieved October 4, 2021.

[impacts-5] "February 11 schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 15, 2019.

[feb2022changes-6] "BART schedule change begins 2/14/22, extending service to midnight on Sundays" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 10, 2022.

[7] "Richmond-Millbrae Line weekday service to be expanded starting Sept. 10" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 7, 2012.

[8] "BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 10, 2015.

[9] "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2009.

[march2021-10] "BART schedule change begins March 22, 2021" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 16, 2021.

[aug2021-11] "BART returns to near-regular service starting 8/2/21" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. July 26, 2021.

[12] 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.

[13] Cabanatuan, Michael (February 7, 2004). "BART changing schedule so more go to SFO / Peninsula ridership below expectations, needs a boost". San Francisco Chronicle.

[14] Murphy, Dave (August 11, 2005). "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle.

[15] Gordon, Rachel (December 9, 2007). "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle.

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