Richmond–Fremont line

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Richmond-Fremont Line
Info
Type	rapid transit
System	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Locale	East Bay including Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City and Fremont by county: Contra Costa and Alameda
Terminals	Richmond Fremont
No. of stations	18
Operation
Opened	September 11, 1972
Operator(s)	BART
Technical
Gauge	5' 6" (broad)
Electrification	third rail
Highest elevation	underground, elevated, at grade
Line map Richmond Amtrak Interstate 80 El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza North Berkeley Downtown Berkeley Ashby Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO MacArthur 19th Street/Oakland Oakland City Center-12th Street Richmond-Millbrae, Pittsburg/Bay Pt-SFO Fremont-DC, Dubln/Pleasntn-Millbrae Lake Merritt Fruitvale Coliseum/Oakland Airport Amtrak San Leandro Bay Fair Dublin/Pleasanton-Millbrae Interstate 238 Hayward South Hayward Union City Fremont

The Richmond-Fremont Line of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States consists of 18 metro stations from to Richmond to Fremont. It passes through El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, and Union City. Throughout its journey, it shares its tracks with other lines. This was the first of BART's lines to begin regular service; on September 11, 1972, the first revenue-service trains began running between Fremont and MacArthur stations [1]. It is also the only line of the entire BART network that does not serve the city of San Francisco.

BART lines are usually not referred to by the color that identifies them on official system maps, so this line is rarely called the Orange Line, and this term is never used by BART officials. Although it is the only line that serves only the East Bay, it is also rarely called the "East Bay Line" but is almost invariably called "Richmond-Fremont Line," to avoid confusion with all the other lines that provide service to various parts of the East Bay sub-region.