Blue Line trains from Dublin/Pleasanton will turn back at 24th St. Mission on Nov. 14-15 while BART installs new train controls

BART riders heading west from Dublin/Pleasanton on Saturday, Nov. 14, and Sunday, Nov. 15, will find their Blue Line trains ending at San Francisco's 24th St. Mission Station instead of Daly City, as crews take over that stretch of track to install equipment for BART's next-generation signaling.

Trains will not run between the 24th St. Mission and Daly City stations that weekend, according to BART. Free buses will carry riders between the two, and the agency plans to station helpers and interpreters systemwide, with temporary signs pointing riders to the buses.

Schedules shift on every line

Because reversing trains at the 24th St. Mission terminal is complex, every line's departures will move as much as three minutes off the usual weekend times in either direction, BART said. The agency has posted special timetables for each line for the two days and recommends checking its Trip Planner before leaving.

Other changes that weekend:

The Green Line will not run.
Yellow Line trains will cover Daly City to Millbrae, including SFO, all day.
Riders on the Orange Line who are bound for San Francisco can switch to the Blue Line at Bay Fair Station, and riders coming back from the city can do the reverse.
The Red Line and the Yellow Line from Antioch will also end at 24th St. Mission.

Daly City Station will lose two surface parking lots to make room for the buses and a work staging area. The lot on St. Charles Avenue closes at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and reopens by 4 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16. The lot at John Daly Boulevard and De Long Street stays shut both days.

What the work is for

The equipment is part of BART's Communications-Based Train Control system, which lets trains run closer together. BART says the new system will raise projected capacity through the core of the system to 30 trains per hour in each direction, up from the current limit of 24.

Blue Line trains normally run between Dublin/Pleasanton and Daly City on weekends, according to BART's posted timetables.

Sources

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