Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line
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The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs from Richmond station to Millbrae station. It has 23 metro stations in Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae. It shares all of its tracks with other BART lines. BART colors this line red on maps but does not refer to it by color. It is commonly called the Richmond–Millbrae line, or alternatively the Richmond line.
This line runs until 9pm on weekdays and until 7pm on Saturdays. At other times, Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae passengers can transfer between the Richmond–Fremont line and the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line at MacArthur station for Daly City/Millbrae-bound trips and 19th Street Oakland station for Richmond-bound trips. The line terminates at Daly City station instead of Millbrae station on Saturdays, so the same transfers apply for Richmond–Millbrae passengers on Saturdays.
Service history
The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line was the fourth of BART's five lines to open. A few trains a day began running between Richmond and Daly City in April 1976,[1] 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 this line from 7pm to 8pm starting September 10, 2012.[2] BART further extended service until 9pm on weekdays, starting September 14, 2015.[3]
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 SFO 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, BART would receive additional fixed funding from SamTrans and other sources.[4] BART has since again increased service south of Daly City, and this line now terminates at Millbrae on weekdays and Daly City on Saturdays.
| Date of change | Service south of Daly City |
|---|---|
| June 22, 2003 | none[5] |
| February 9, 2004 | Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[6] SFO station serviced on Millbrae-to-Richmond runs only |
| September 13, 2004 | Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[1] |
| September 12, 2005 | none[7] |
| January 1, 2008 | Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays)[8] |
Stations
| Station | Jurisdiction | County | Opened | Other BART lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | Richmond | Contra Costa | 1973 | |
| El Cerrito del Norte | El Cerrito | 1973 | ||
| El Cerrito Plaza | 1973 | |||
| North Berkeley | Berkeley | Alameda | 1973 | |
| Downtown Berkeley | 1973 | |||
| Ashby | 1973 | |||
| MacArthur | Oakland | 1972 | ||
| 19th Street Oakland | 1972 | |||
| 12th Street Oakland City Center | 1972 | |||
| West Oakland | 1974 | |||
| Embarcadero | San Francisco | San Francisco | 1976 | |
| Montgomery Street | 1973 | |||
| Powell Street | 1973 | |||
| Civic Center / UN Plaza | 1973 | |||
| 16th Street Mission | 1973 | |||
| 24th Street Mission | 1973 | |||
| Glen Park | 1973 | |||
| Balboa Park | 1973 | |||
| Daly City | Daly City | San Mateo | 1973 | |
| Colma[a] | Colma | 1996 | ||
| South San Francisco[a] | South San Francisco | 2003 | ||
| San Bruno[a] | San Bruno | 2003 | ||
| Millbrae[a] | Millbrae | 2003 |
Notes
a The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line services the Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae stations on weekdays only. The line terminates at Daly City station on Saturdays.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (pdf). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2009. pp. 6, 9 and 69. Retrieved 2013-12-07.
- ↑ "Richmond-Millbrae Line weekday service to be expanded starting Sept. 10". Bay Area Rapid Transit. September 7, 2012. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief". Bay Area Rapid Transit. September 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007.
- ↑ "BART to link to SFO June 22 / After many delays, latest date is firm, transit officials say". San Francisco Chronicle. April 18, 2003. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ↑ "BART changing schedule so more go to SFO / Peninsula ridership below expectations, needs a boost". San Francisco Chronicle. February 7, 2004. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ↑ "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle. August 11, 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
- ↑ "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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