Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line

The Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line (formerly the Richmond–Warm Springs/South Fremont and Richmond–Fremont line) is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs from Berryessa/North San José station to Richmond station. It has 21 stations in Fremont, Union City, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Richmond, Milpitas, and San Jose. It is the only of the five primary BART services that does not run through the Transbay Tube to San Francisco; however, it shares tracks with the four other primary services in the East Bay.

Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line
Warm Springs-bound train in San Leandro in 2018
Overview
Locale	South Bay, East Bay
Termini	Berryessa/​North San José Richmond
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bay Area Rapid Transit
History
Opened	September 11, 1972
Last extension	June 13, 2020
Technical
Line length	51 miles (82 km)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)
Electrification	Third rail, 1000 V DC
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h)[1]
Route map Amtrak to Bakersfield/Seattle/Chicago Richmond Maintenance Yard Richmond Richmond Greenway I-80 El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza Contra Costa County Alameda County North Berkeley Ohlone Greenway Downtown Berkeley SR 13 Ashby SR 24      to Antioch MacArthur southbound transfer I-580 I-980 / SR 24 19th Street Oakland northbound transfer 12th Street Oakland City Center          to SFO/Millbrae          to Daly City Lake Merritt Fruitvale Coliseum      to OAK SR 112 / SR 61 San Leandro Bay Fair transfer      to Dublin/​Pleasanton I-238 Hayward SR 92 South Hayward Amtrak Hayward Complex Union City Alameda Creek   ACE to Stockton SR 84 Fremont Lake Elizabeth tunnel Irvington 2026 Warm Springs SR 262 Alameda County Santa Clara County Calaveras proposed SR 237 Milpitas Berryessa/​North San José   planned Silicon Valley extension US 101 28th Street/Little Portugal Downtown San Jose SR 87 Diridon I-880 Santa Clara Maintenance Facility Santa Clara

The line is colored orange on maps, and BART sometimes calls it the Orange Line.[2]

History

The Richmond–Fremont line was the first BART line to open. Initial services between MacArthur and Fremont began on September 11, 1972, with full service to Richmond on January 29, 1973.[3] The extension to Warm Springs/South Fremont station opened on March 25, 2017.[4] Until September 10, 2018, weekday service on the line only ran to Fremont station until direct San Francisco service ended around 6 pm.[5]

A second extension to Berryessa/North San José station as part of the Silicon Valley extension project opened on June 13, 2020.[6][7]

Route

The Berryessa/North San José–Richmond line runs primarily northwest-southeast though the East Bay. It uses the R-Line between Richmond station and just north of MacArthur station, the K-Line between there and the Oakland Wye, the A-Line between the Wye and Fremont station, and the S-Line between Fremont and Berryessa/North San José station. Most sections are at-grade or elevated; the line runs through tunnels in downtown Berkeley, downtown Oakland, and under Lake Elizabeth.

Stations

Station	Jurisdiction	County	Opened	Other BART lines
Richmond	Richmond	Contra Costa	January 29, 1973	Richmond–​Millbrae
El Cerrito del Norte	El Cerrito
El Cerrito Plaza
North Berkeley	Berkeley	Alameda
Downtown Berkeley
Ashby
MacArthur	Oakland		September 11, 1972	Richmond–​Millbrae      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
19th Street Oakland
12th Street Oakland City Center
Lake Merritt				Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
Fruitvale
Coliseum				Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City      Coliseum–​Oakland International Airport
San Leandro	San Leandro			Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City      Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
Bay Fair
Hayward	Hayward			Berryessa/​North San José–​Daly City
South Hayward
Union City	Union City
Fremont	Fremont
Warm Springs/​South Fremont			March 25, 2017
Milpitas	Milpitas	Santa Clara	June 13, 2020
Berryessa/​North San José	San Jose

References

1. "BART Sustainable Communities Operations Analysis" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
2. "February 11 schedule change impacts weekdays and Sundays" (Press release). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. January 15, 2019.
3. "BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009" (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013.
4. "Community celebrates ribbon cutting of Warm Springs" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 24, 2017.
5. "Direct service to/from Warm Springs now available as part of schedule change" (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 7, 2018.
6. "BART unveils system map for future Milpitas and Berryessa service". Bay Area Rapid Transit. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
7. Meacham, Jody (June 12, 2020). "Subdued ceremonies mark BART's station openings in Santa Clara County". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved June 12, 2020.