Red Line (BART)

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  R   Red Line
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Trains at Millbrae station in June 2018
Overview
Other name(s)Richmond – Millbrae Line
Owner San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Locale East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula
Termini
Stations24
Service
Type Rapid transit
System Bay Area Rapid Transit
History
Opened
  • April 19, 1976 (1976-04-19) (limited service) [1]
  • July 7, 1980 (1980-07-07) (all-day service) [1]
Last extensionJune 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)
Technical
Line length38.2 mi (61.5 km)
Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Electrification Third rail, 1 kV DC
Operating speed70 mph (110 km/h) [2]
Signalling Bombardier CITYFLO 550 fixed block ATC/ATO between San Bruno or Milbrae and SFO [3] [4]
Route map
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The Red Line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs between Richmond station and Millbrae station via San Francisco International Airport station. It has 24 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 four other mainline BART services.

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As of February 14, 2022, the line runs until 9 pm every day. At other times, service along the route is provided by the Orange and Yellow Lines, with timed cross-platform transfers at 19th Street Oakland and MacArthur stations. [5]

Service history

The Red 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, and all-day service began on July 7, 1980, after BART reduced train spacing through the Transbay Tube. [1]

Citing increased ridership, BART extended weekday service on the line from 7pm to 8pm starting September 10, 2012. [6] BART further extended service until 9pm on weekdays starting September 14, 2015. [7]

SFO/Millbrae extension service

When the SFO/Millbrae extension opened on June 22, 2003, the Red Line continued to terminate at Daly City. BART extended the Red Line to San Francisco International Airport 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 Blue 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. [8]

Beginning March 22, 2021, Red Line trains were interlined with the Purple Line, while Saturday service was discontinued. [9] On August 2, 2021, the Red Line began operating on weekdays and Saturdays until 9 pm, with all trains extended to SFO. [10] On February 20, 2022, the line began operating on all days until 9 pm. On some Sundays between February 20 and September 12, 2022, when power cable replacement work took place in San Francisco, the Yellow Line ran to Millbrae all day to replace the Red Line. [5]

On March 6, 2022, a break in a power cable near Berkeley caused Red Line service to be temporarily discontinued. On March 8, a shuttle service began operating between SFO and Millbrae. [11] Red Line service resumed with 5-car trains on March 22. [12] Normal 10-car trains resumed service in early May. [13] A similar cable break near Richmond on June 17, 2022, resulted in two days of cancelled Red Line service. Limited Red Line service resumed on June 20, with Orange Line service reduced and supplemental SFO–Millbrae shuttle service added. [14]

Effective September 11, 2023, Red Line trains operate between Richmond and Millbrae via SFO. [15]

Red Line's south-of-Daly City service
Date of changeService pattern
June 22, 2003none [16]
February 9, 2004Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours) [17]
SFO station served only by northbound trains
September 13, 2004Daly City–SFO/Millbrae (weekday peak hours) [1]
September 12, 2005none [18]
January 1, 2008Daly City–Millbrae (weekdays) [19]
August 2, 2021Daly City–SFO via Millbrae (weekdays and Saturdays) [10]
February 14, 2022Daly City–SFO via Millbrae [5]
September 11, 2023Daly City–Millbrae via SFO [15]

Stations

StationJurisdictionCountyOpenedOther BART lines
Richmond Richmond Contra Costa January 29, 1973  O   Orange Line
El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito
El Cerrito Plaza
North Berkeley Berkeley Alameda
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
MacArthur Oakland September 11, 1972  O   Orange Line
  Y   Yellow Line
19th Street Oakland
12th Street Oakland City Center
West Oakland September 16, 1974  B   Blue Line
  G   Green Line
  Y   Yellow Line
Embarcadero San Francisco May 27, 1976
Montgomery Street November 5, 1973
Powell Street
Civic Center/​UN Plaza
16th Street Mission
24th Street Mission
Glen Park
Balboa Park
Daly City Daly City San Mateo
Colma Colma February 24, 1996  Y   Yellow Line
South San Francisco South San Francisco June 22, 2003
San Bruno San Bruno
San Francisco International Airport SFO
Millbrae Millbrae

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