Prepare yourselves, BART riders who expect to travel south of San Francisco between July and October. If you're headed out on a weekend, you should expect delays, disruptions, and more, as BART will be shutting off service between Glen Park and Daly City for at least seven weekends this summer and fall.
The shutdown, BART says, is so the transit agency can "perform critical track safety repairs between those stations as well as station improvements at Balboa Park Station."
During the closures, crews will be working arounf the clock "to replace worn rail, remove deteriorating rail ties and make other vital repairs in and around the trackway and at Balboa Park Station," and says that when they're done, "trains will be much quieter for neighbors and riders."
BART has "tentatively" chosen the following weekends for the service shutdown:
- July 30 & 31
- August 13 & 14
- August 20 & 21
- September 3, 4 & 5 (Labor Day weekend)
- September 17 & 18
- October 1 & 2
- October 15 & 16
However, "these dates are subject to change," BART warns, so who knows, really?
BART's closure schedulers are, they note, working "hard to avoid major events that draw tens of thousands of people, such as the Outside Lands concert series." So that's something!
Another thing that remains up in the air, at present: BART's plan "to accommodate passengers and to mitigate the impact of the work on neighbors." But don't worry, BART says, as they're putting together that strategy, too, and says that they will provide "more details in the coming weeks...As we finalize our plans for alternate transportation, shuttle buses, etc., create maps, and settle on final dates." Or like I said, who knows, really?
