When this occurs, calling a taxi or utilizing a rideshare like Uber or Lyft to cross the Bay Bridge isn’t an possibility obtainable to everybody.
However there’s some excellent news: When Transbay BART service shuts down, the Bay Space’s public transit community provides just a few alternate options to ready for a crowded shuttle, together with the area’s ferry and bus routes — even when they won’t essentially be the quickest manner again throughout the bay, and require an extended stroll out of your BART station.
We’ve rounded up the next checklist of your alternate options primarily based on which BART station they’re closest to, so that you can bookmark and use the following time Transbay service is down.
Click on or faucet on the Bay Space area the place you’re beginning your journey to search out suggestions close by.
San Francisco & the Peninsula BART stations, together with:
- Embarcadero
- Powell Road
- twenty fourth Road Mission
- Daly Metropolis
Oakland BART stations, together with:
- MacArthur
- Rockridge
- nineteenth Road and twelfth Road stations
- Lake Merritt
- West Oakland
Different East Bay BART stations, together with:
- Richmond
- El Cerrito stations
- Downtown Berkeley
- San Leandro
- Hayward
- Fremont
I need to cross the Bay from San Francisco or the Peninsula
Assuming that BART trains are nonetheless working by means of San Francisco, you possibly can take any prepare to Montgomery Road station to entry town’s Salesforce Transit Middle close by.
In case you’re planning to catch a ferry, you will get off at Embarcadero station.
If trains are not working by means of town, you possibly can hop on a 14, 14R or 49 bus that connects most BART stations in San Francisco (to make roughly the identical journey throughout the metropolis that you’d have achieved utilizing BART, to get you to one of many connecting transit companies beneath).
Taking AC Transit throughout the Bay Bridge
Whereas San Francisco-bound AC Transit buses can have completely different beginning factors, all East Bay-bound routes will begin at Salesforce Transit Middle. The Transbay NL, O, F, J, L and W traces will make stops at or close to BART stations, whereas others — just like the P — additionally cross the bay however will go by means of areas not served by BART.
Taking the San Francisco Bay Ferry throughout the bay
All East Bay-bound ferries set sail from the San Francisco Ferry Constructing, close to the Embarcadero BART/Muni station.
On all days of the week, there are ferries that may take you to the Oakland Ferry Terminal in Jack London Sq., a 20-minute stroll from twelfth Road station and roughly a 25-minute stroll from nineteenth Road station. Different locations are Richmond, Vallejo and Alameda Island.
You should purchase an precise ferry ticket within the Ferry Constructing, pay along with your Clipper card or faucet on and off utilizing a credit score or debit card.
Taking Caltrain south to go round the bay
A considerably longer possibility that can require taking the southbound Caltrain to the top of the road at San José Diridon station. From there, you possibly can hop on the five hundred Fast VTA bus line that goes straight to Berryessa BART, normally a 20-minute journey.
This feature additionally assumes BART’s orange line — which connects San José with Richmond and provides stops at or additional connections to all East Bay stations — continues to be working.
A bonus possibility for people beginning their commute from South San Francisco
The South San Francisco ferry connects the South San Francisco Ferry Terminal to Oakland’s Jack London Sq., which is close to twelfth Road and nineteenth Road BART stations.
South San Francisco ferry service is simply obtainable on weekdays, with three ferries scheduled for the morning and one within the afternoon. You possibly can journey the 130 SamTrans bus from South San Francisco BART to the Ferry Terminal.
I need to cross the bay from Oakland
Taking AC Transit throughout the Bay Bridge
- NL line: An possibility for commuters ready at twelfth Road and nineteenth Road stations. Runs from early mornings until previous midnight, seven days per week.
- O line: An possibility for commuters ready at Fruitvale and Lake Merritt stations. Runs from early mornings until previous midnight, seven days per week.
- W line: An possibility for commuters ready at Lake Merritt and twelfth Road stations. Observe: Solely runs on weekdays throughout morning and night commute instances.
- 800 All Nighter line: an possibility for late-night commuters ready at Richmond, El Cerrito del Norte, El Cerrito Plaza, Downtown Berkeley, Ashby, MacArthur, nineteenth Road, twelfth Road and West Oakland stations. This route truly begins at Richmond station across the identical time that the final BART prepare leaves and strikes by means of a number of East Bay cities whereas BART stops working in a single day. Runs till early mornings, seven days per week.
Taking the San Francisco Bay Ferry throughout the bay
Oakland & Alameda ferry: An possibility for commuters ready at twelfth Road and nineteenth Road Oakland stations. Ferries depart each half-hour from the Oakland Ferry Terminal in Jack London Sq., which is a 20-minute stroll from the twelfth Road BART station and roughly a 25-minute stroll from the nineteenth Road BART station. It’s also possible to journey the 72, 72L or 72M AC Transit bus from both BART station to Jack London Sq. for a quicker journey. This ferry is out there seven days per week.
