Richmond–Millbrae line

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 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.

Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line
Two BART trains at Millbrae station in 2018
Overview
LocaleEast Bay and San Francisco Peninsula
TerminiRichmond station
Millbrae station (weekdays)
Daly City station (Saturdays)
Stations24
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBay Area Rapid Transit
Operator(s)San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
History
OpenedApril 19, 1976 (limited service)[1]
July 7, 1980 (all-day service)[1]
Last extensionJune 22, 2003
Technical
Line length36.5 miles (58.7 km)
Track gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
ElectrificationThird rail, 1000 V DC
Operating speed70 mph (110 km/h)[2]
Route map

Richmond – Daly City/Millbrae
Richmond Maintenance Yard
Richmond
El Cerrito del Norte
El Cerrito Plaza
North Berkeley
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
MacArthur
southbound
transfer
19th Street Oakland
northbound
transfer
12th Street Oakland City Center
West Oakland
Embarcadero
Montgomery Street
2021
Powell Street
Civic Center / UN Plaza
16th Street Mission
24th Street Mission
Glen Park |
San Jose /
Glen Park
Balboa Park
Daly City
Saturday
terminus
Colma
Colma Maintenance Yard
South San Francisco
Centennial Way Trail
San Bruno
transfer
Millbrae
weekday
terminus

The line is colored red on maps, and BART has begun to call it the Red Line[3] It runs until 9 pm on weekdays and until 7 pm on Saturdays. Saturday service terminates at Daly City station rather than Millbrae; the SFO–Millbrae line provides service to Millbrae at times that the Richmond line does not.

Service history

The Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae 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,[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.[4] BART further extended service until 9pm on weekdays starting September 14, 2015.[5]

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 for BART receiving additional fixed funding from SamTrans and other sources.[6] BART has since again increased service south of Daly City, and this line now terminates at Millbrae on weekdays and Daly City on weekends.

Richmond–Millbrae line's south-of-Daly City service
Date of change Service south of Daly City
June 22, 2003none[7]
February 9, 2004Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[8]
SFO station served only by northbound trains
September 13, 2004Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours)[1]
September 12, 2005none[9]
January 1, 2008Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays)[10]

Stations

Station Jurisdiction County Opened Other BART lines
RichmondRichmondContra CostaJanuary 29, 1973     Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond
El Cerrito del NorteEl Cerrito
El Cerrito Plaza
North BerkeleyBerkeleyAlameda
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
MacArthurOaklandSeptember 11, 1972     Berryessa/​North San José–​Richmond
     Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
19th Street Oakland
12th Street Oakland City Center
West OaklandSeptember 16, 1974     Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
     Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City
     Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
EmbarcaderoSan FranciscoMay 27, 1976
Montgomery StreetNovember 5, 1973
Powell Street
Civic Center/​UN Plaza
16th Street Mission
24th Street Mission
Glen Park
Balboa Park
Daly CityDaly CitySan Mateo
Colma[a]ColmaFebruary 24, 1996     Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
South San Francisco[a]South San FranciscoJune 22, 2003
San Bruno[a]San Bruno
Millbrae[a]Millbrae     SFO–Millbrae

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. "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. "February 11 schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 15, 2019.
  4. "Richmond-Millbrae Line weekday service to be expanded starting Sept. 10" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 7, 2012.
  5. "BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 10, 2015.
  6. "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2009.
  7. 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.
  8. Cabanatuan, Michael (February 7, 2004). "BART changing schedule so more go to SFO / Peninsula ridership below expectations, needs a boost". San Francisco Chronicle.
  9. Murphy, Dave (August 11, 2005). "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. Gordon, Rachel (December 9, 2007). "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle.

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