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Trains will skip some stations, plus there will be more police and employees in the systemBART will extend service until 3 a.m. again this New Year's Eve, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010 -- and there will be two other extra efforts to help you arrive at your destination as safely and swiftly as possible. Trains will

Those living in a county with double digit unemployment and one of the worst commutes in the nation just received two pieces of good news today. On Thursday, the BART Board of Directors awarded the second of two major construction contracts that will all but complete the long-awaited 5.4 mile Warm Springs

BART’s General Manager Grace Crunican is renewing a call for action to the federal government to fund the agency’s Transbay Core Capacity Program which is a package of strategic investments that will increase train frequency between San Francisco and Oakland by more than 30% and overall capacity by 45%. The

BART will operate on a Sunday schedule for the Independence Day holiday on Monday, July 4, 2011, with service starting around 8 am. BART is also planning extra trains that evening to accommodate crowds attending the fireworks display along the Embarcadero, as well as longer trains for two baseball games that

Train service continues Friday The leadership of BART’s two largest unions, SEIU and ATU, is taking the District’s latest proposal to save $100 million in labor costs to their membership for a vote next week. BART is expected to provide normal train service for its customers today, Friday, July 10. Contracts

The BART Board of Directors at its meeting on Thursday, January 9th voted to award a $798 million contract to Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc. to design and build a modern Communications Based Train Control System that will dramatically improve future BART service. Replacing the current train control system, which

The BART Police Department is now sharing reports of Part 1 crimes with the website CrimeMapping.com. The site will process the crime data with its advanced mapping engine to show where the crime has occurred within the BART system. The service is free and available to everyone. CrimeMapping.com is a

BART is presenting its position on the state of contract negotiations, current offers to the unions and its financial outlook to Governor Brown's Board of Investigation today in Oakland as part of the process to get a 60 day cooling off period. The District requested the Governor to consider seeking the

Capitol Corridor train passengers who transfer from Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to the Capitol Corridor intercity rail service at the intermodal station in Richmond, CA will now enjoy a more seamless and reliable transition between the two systems. Together, the agencies have installed a “courtesy light” on

Imagine walking into the BART station without needing a ticket -- you just tap your mobile phone against the fare gate to pay your fare. Those posters you see on the platform are "smart" ads -- by pointing your phone at them, you can get a discount to a new movie or directions to a nearby restaurant. That