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 Richmond 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 Alameda County San Francisco County Transbay Tube I-80 ( San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge ) Embarcadero Cable Car Montgomery Street Union Square/Market Street (MUNI) 2018 Powell Street Cable Car Civic Center / UN Plaza 16th Street Mission 24th Street Mission Glen Park I-280 Balboa Park transfer San Jose & Geneva (MUNI) 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  Millbrae 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 weekends.

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. "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.