Red Line (BART)

 R  Red Line
Trains at Millbrae station in June 2018
Overview
OwnerSan Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
LocaleEast Bay and San Francisco Peninsula
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBay 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 gauge5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
ElectrificationThird rail, 1 kV DC
Operating speed70 mph (110 km/h)[2]
SignallingBombardier CITYFLO 550 fixed block ATC/ATO between San Bruno or Milbrae and SFO[3][4]
Route map
Map Red Line highlighted in red
Richmond Maintenance Yard
Richmond
Amtrak Parking
El Cerrito del Norte
Parking
El Cerrito Plaza
Parking
North Berkeley
Parking
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
Parking
MacArthur
Parking
southbound
transfer
19th Street Oakland
northbound
transfer
12th Street Oakland City Center
West Oakland
Parking
Embarcadero San Francisco Ferry Building
Montgomery Street
Powell Street
Civic Center/​UN Plaza
16th Street Mission
24th Street Mission
Glen Park Parking |
Balboa Park
Daly City
Parking
Colma
Parking
Colma Maintenance Yard
South San Francisco
Parking
Centennial Way Trail
San Bruno
Parking
transfer
Caltrain
to San Francisco
enlarge… San Francisco International Airport
Monorail San Francisco International Airport
Millbrae
Caltrain Parking
Caltrain
to Tamien & San Jose

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference chronology was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BART Sustainable Communities Operations Analysis" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mass transit signalling". Bombardier Transportation. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bombardier Projects in Mass-transit signalling" (PDF). Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "BART schedule change begins 2/14/22, extending service to midnight on Sundays" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 10, 2022.