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Transit advocacy groups in the Bay Area, such as SPUR, [40] have long promoted larger-scale expansion of the BART system through various capital projects - one identified as a long-term goal in the Metro Vision is the construction of a second, four-bore rail tunnel under San Francisco Bay, increasing connectivity and capacity of the system.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including eBART, a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connector, a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport.
The segment from Burbank to Los Angeles (LA Union Station) is 14 miles (23 km). [39] Non-stop design speed for this segment is about 7 minutes. The one-way fare between Burbank and Los Angeles is expected to cost $26 in 2013 dollars. [15] [40] The Burbank to Los Angeles route was approved in January 2022. [41]
A BART extension to San Francisco International Airport was first proposed in 1970 - before the initial system even opened. [ 8 ] : 4 In 1972, a "trace" — a concrete shell with space for a station — was built into the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) during its construction; it was blocked from use by later construction.
The project was authorized by a 2008 statewide ballot to connect the state's major urban areas and reduce intercity travel times. Phase 1 targets a nonstop travel time of 2 hours and 40 minutes from San Francisco to Los Angeles, compared to about nine hours [6] on the existing Amtrak San Joaquins. California legislative overseers do not expect ...
In January 2008, BART re-extended the line to SFO at all times, and in September 2009, trains were further extended to Millbrae on evenings and weekends. Beginning on February 10, 2020, the Yellow Line again terminated at SFO at all times, and service from SFO to Millbrae was once again provided by the Purple Line. [13]
San Francisco International Airport † Y Yellow Line † R Red Line † SFO: San Mateo County: June 22, 2003: 4,091: 0: San Leandro B Blue Line G Green Line O Orange Line — San Leandro: September 11, 1972: 3,221: 1,224: South Hayward G Green Line O Orange Line — Hayward: September 11, 1972: 1,404: 1,207: South San Francisco R Red Line Y ...
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (occasionally abbreviated in early years to BARTD) was created in 1957 [3] to provide a transit alternative between suburbs in the East Bay and job centers in San Francisco's Financial District as well as (to a lesser extent) those in Downtown Oakland and Downtown Berkeley.