Bay Bridge Closure Prompts 24-Hour BART Service This Weekend
Due to the Bay Bridge being closed over the weekend, BART will run on a 24-hour schedule for Friday and Saturday. According to BART.gov:
BART will offer 24-hour service if the Bay Bridge remains closed on Friday and Saturday nights. If the bridge remains closed from Friday night into Saturday morning BART trains will run hourly to the 14 selected stations below during the overnight hours.
Those stations are:
East Bay
- Bay Fair (parking available)
- Downtown Berkeley
- Coliseum/Oakland Airport (parking available)
- Concord (parking available)
- Dublin/Pleasanton (parking available)
- El Cerrito Del Norte (parking available)
- MacArthur (parking available, timed BART transfer point)
- Oakland City Center/12th St. (timed BART transfers, AC Transit transfer point)
- Walnut Creek (parking available)
San Francisco and Peninsula
- 24th Street Mission)
- Daly City (parking available))
- Embarcadero)
- Powell Street)
- San Francisco International Airport)
BART goes on to say:
If the bridge is still closed Saturday night into Sunday morning, then BART trains will once again run hourly, overnight service to those 14 selected stations. If the bridge reopens before Saturday night, BART will return to its normal schedule, which means service will end around midnight. BART does not plan to run overnight service from Sunday night into Monday morning.
Visit BART.gov for more details on this weekend's 24-hour schedule.
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