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To some, it was a preposterous notion – train rides under the ocean?!? -- but the nonbelievers quickly hushed on that fateful day in 1974. They, too, wanted to take an underwater voyage from Oakland to San Francisco.

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The 3.6-mile-long Tube was unlike anything the world had ever seen. At the time, it was the longest immersed tube in the world, a title it held until 2010, and it mystified the public, who were mesmerized by the idea of a miles-long structure sitting 135 feet below the water’s surface.

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The Transbay Tube turns 52 today! Watch this video we made two years ago when it turned 50 and get a special look inside this amazing feat of engineering the connects The Bay!

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Starting at 3:45 p.m. the first 400 people who take transit to Let's Glow! get this cool BARTy fan. We will have staff inside the fare gates as you exit handing them out. After the fans run out we will be giving out these exclusive BART Anime stickers.

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Remember to take transit to Let's Glow! BART Anime Festival this Saturday. Parking at Warm Springs will be limited. There is free parking at the nearby Union City and Fremont BART stations. Parking at the Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose BART stations, which are operated by VTA, is not free.

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BART @bart.gov · 15/09/2026

Big news! Yesterday was BART's highest ridership day since the pandemic! We carried 242,090 trips Tuesday, the first day of Dreamforce as well as All Aboard Transit Day, the day when transit agencies encourage people to ride and experience recent service and customer experience improvements.

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RailGoods will also be tabling at Let's Glow. The Let's Glow poster by artist Lacia Everlight and a new Baylee shirt by rolilomi and oolongcreama will be for sale plus additional new and exclusive BART Anime items. AND the new 2026 BART Holiday Sweater

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BART @bart.gov · 15/09/2026

Check out the artist alley catalog for Let's Glow! BART Anime festival. We have 100 artists and 17 stamp rallies with transit themed merch, goods and more!

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BART @bart.gov · 15/09/2026

The Western Railway Museum‘s BART Exhibit is now open! We had a great time checking out the Legacy A, B and C cars over the weekend and encourage everyone to go check out the amazing facility to immerse themselves in the history of electric railroading!

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Check out the new Let's Glow promotional poster, designed by artist Lacia Everlight!! This poster will be available for sale this Saturday. BART’s Let’s Glow! BART Anime Festival returns to Warm Springs/South Fremont Station for a celebration of anime, art, music, cosplay and transit fandom.

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BART had our first-ever free walking tour! BART GM Bob Powers led the group of 70 riders around three stations, spotlighting fresh upgrades and the art and architecture that define each stop. Special guest speakers joined the tour to discuss station history, design, engineering, and partnerships.

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If staff see you wearing the sticker later in the day, they'll gift you some BART swag (while supplies last).

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BART @bart.gov · 11/09/2026

Tuesday, September 15, is All Aboard Transit Day, when transit agencies encourage people to hop onboard their systems to experience their recent service and customer experience improvements. BART staff will be stationed throughout the system to hand out special stickers to riders!

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Free buses provided by AC Transit will move riders between Union City, Fremont, and Warm Springs/South Fremont stations. Riders can expect delays ranging from 30 to 40 minutes through the area on shutdown weekends. The work will also require us to shut down the Green Line for the weekend.

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BART @bart.gov · 11/09/2026

Service alert: Free buses will replace train service between Union City and Warm Springs/South Fremont stations this weekend (September 12-13) while BART crews replace an aging interlocking. Here is footage of BART crews working to replace the interlocking earlier this summer⬇️

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BART @bart.gov · 10/09/2026

Reference this map to navigate the Green and Blue line disruptions today, following Tuesday night's fire near Daly City Station.

BART Service Alert, September 9, 2026: Green and Blue Line disrupted near Daly City due to an equipment problem. Green Line runs only between Berryessa and MacArthur (use Orange/Blue to SF). Blue Line runs only between Dublin/Pleasanton and 24th St Mission (use Red/Yellow to Daly City). After 9pm, change trains at SFO for Millbrae service. Full system map shown with all stations and lines.

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To help mark the occasion, the GM was joined by BART Police Chief Kevin Franklin, Joy Sharma, BART Interim Assistant General Manager of Infrastructure, and Libby Schaaf, President and CEO of the Bay Area Council.

Five people stand in a BART station posing for a photo

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“The new fare gates are at the core of what I call the ‘New BART.’ We are offering our riders a safer, cleaner, and more reliable experience than even just a year ago,” said General Manager Bob Powers at a press conference celebrating the milestone.

General Manager Bob Powers speaks at a podium in a BART station

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Group of five people pose for a photo in a BART station

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BART General Manager Bob Powers speaks at a podium

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BART @bart.gov · 07/09/2026

Crime against BART riders is down 67% per million trips since the end of 2024! It’s been one year since BART finished installing Next Generation Fare Gates at all 50 stations. Since then, we’ve seen significant changes across the system.

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Thank you @calhstatransit.org and the other organizers and promoters for an amazing speedrun. 130 people celebrating BART and meeting new people.

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The big BART Transit Month speedrun is back! This Sunday, September 6, speedrunners will race to all 50 BART stations to celebrate BART’s 54th birthday and California Speedrun Day, organized and hosted in coordination with the @calhstatransit.org and the New Urbanism Initiative!

Join a community BART speedrun on Sept 6 to celebrate Transit Month!

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And here is who is gonna be there! RSVP here: luma.com/52ll7uxw

Participating CEOs:

BART – General Manager Bob Powers
VTA – General Manager Carolyn Gonot
SamTrans – General Manager April Chan
Caltrain – Executive Director Michelle Bouchard
AC Transit – General Manager Sal Llamas
SF Bay Ferry – Executive Director Seamus Murphy
County Connection – General Manager Bill Churchill
Tri Delta Transit – CEO Rashidi Barnes
Golden Gate – General Manager Denis Mulligan
Marin Transit – General Manager Robert Betts
LAVTA – Executive Director Christy Wegener
WestCat – General Manager Rob Thompson
ACE Rail & Amtrak Gold Runner - CEO Chris Orlando
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) – Executive Director Andy Fremier

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This is the route for the ride-along!

Route:

Meet at 3:05pm at the AC Transit Tempo Uptown Oakland Station, located at Broadway and Thomas L. Berkley Way. We will take AC Transit Tempo Line 1T at 3:20pm. From Uptown Oakland, the group will travel southbound through downtown Oakland and into Chinatown, exiting at the Madison Street Station at 11th and Madison Streets. From there, participants will walk two short blocks to the Lake Merritt BART Station at 9th and Madison Streets arriving at about 3:30pm.
Take BART from Lake Merritt at 3:44pm Blue Line or 3:52pm Green Line to Powell St arriving at 4pm or 4:08pm.
Walk from BART to Muni Union Square and take Muni Metro T/Sunnydale (4:16pm or 4:26pm train) to 4th and King/Caltrain SF.
Transfer to Caltrain to take the 420 train at 4:48pm and arrive in Millbrae at 5:07pm.
Event officially ends.
For those heading back, people can either take Caltrain 147 at 5:24pm and arrive at 4th and King at 5:46pm and connect via Muni to BART back to the East Bay or wherever. Or from Millbrae you can take BART (5:11pm or 5:31pm) back to your end point. This train ride is longer but there is no need to transfer at 4th and King.

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This Transit Month, join BART and local transit agencies for All Aboard with Transit CEOs, a multimodal ride-along with regional transit leaders. All Aboard with Transit CEOs will be held on Friday, September 11th starting at around 3:00pm with rides on AC Transit, BART, SF Muni, and Caltrain.

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The festival celebrates the shared fandom of anime and transit! This year we have an expanded lineup of artists, performances, food, cosplay, and more. RSVP on Eventbrite at letsglowfestival.eventbrite.com. Not required but helps us get a headcount.

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