Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line

Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae line
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Bay Area Rapid Transit
Locale East Bay
San Francisco Peninsula
Counties: Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo
Cities: Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Daly City, Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, and Millbrae
Termini Richmond Station
Millbrae Station (weekdays)
Daly City Station (Saturdays)
Stations 23
Operation
Opened April 19, 1976 (limited service)[1]
July 7, 1980 (all-day service)[1]
Operator(s) San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Technical
Line length 36.5 miles (58.7 km)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
(Indian gauge)
Electrification Third rail, 1000 V DC
Operating speed 31.7 mph (51.0 km/h)
Highest elevation at grade, elevated, underground, underwater (Transbay Tube)
Route map
Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae
Legend
Richmond Maintenance Yard

RichmondAmtrak Amtrak

Richmond Greenway

I-80

El Cerrito del Norte

El Cerrito Plaza
Contra Costa County
Alameda County

North Berkeley
Ohlone Greenway
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
SR 24
Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae
MacArthur
southbound
transfer
I-580

I-980 / SR 24
19th Street Oakland
northbound
transfer
12th Street Oakland City Center
Richmond–Fremont
Fremont–Daly City
Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City

I-880
West Oakland

Amtrak Amtrak

Alameda County
San Francisco County

Transbay Tube

Embarcadero
Cable
Car

San Francisco Ferry Building

Montgomery Street
Central Subway 2019

Powell Street
Cable
Car

Civic Center / UN Plaza

16th Street Mission

24th Street Mission

Glen Park

I-280

Balboa Park transfer

San Francisco County
San Mateo County

Daly City
Saturday
terminus

Colma

Colma Maintenance Yard
SR 82 (El Camino Real)

South San Francisco
Centennial Way Trail

San Bruno transfer

Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae

MillbraeCaltrain
weekday
terminus

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.

Richmond–Millbrae line's south-of-Daly City service
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. 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.
  2. "Richmond-Millbrae Line weekday service to be expanded starting Sept. 10". Bay Area Rapid Transit. September 7, 2012. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  3. "BART schedule change aims to provide some crowding relief". Bay Area Rapid Transit. September 10, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  4. "BART-SFO Settlement Agreement and Release of Claims" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Commission. February 14, 2007.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "PENINSULA / BART to airport to be cut / Weekend trains to be kept on Peninsula". San Francisco Chronicle. August 11, 2005. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
  8. "BART to raise fares, increase train frequency starting Jan. 1". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
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