{"id":420412,"date":"2026-08-01T03:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420412\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:38:08","slug":"riders-prepare-for-delays-this-weekend-and-next-week-as-barts-summer-track-work-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420412\/","title":{"rendered":"Riders prepare for delays this weekend and next week, as BART’s summer track work heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riders taking BART to San Francisco International Airport this summer have had to deal with the inconvenience of delays and transfers because of ongoing track work at night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This weekend is no exception, with BART telling riders to prepare for delays of up to 30 minutes because of train control system work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BART will close one track between Millbrae, SFO and San Bruno from 9 p.m. Friday through Sunday night. While BART will return to a normal schedule on Monday, riders should continue to expect delays after 9 p.m until Thursday.<\/p>\n

BART advises passengers to use its online trip planner<\/a> to navigate around the service disruptions.<\/p>\n

Expect 30-minute delays starting at 9pm each night on Sunday-Thursday for riders traveling between Millbrae, SFO, and Daly City stations due to planned train control modernization construction work.<\/p>\n

\u2014 BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) July 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The delays stem from the installation of what BART describes as \u201ccritical components of a new train control system that will greatly enhance reliability for decades to come.\u201d In a statement, BART said crews will install approximately nine miles of cable for a new communications-based train control system, which will eventually allow trains to run more frequently.<\/p>\n

This construction and its related service impacts are expected to continue throughout the summer, affecting passengers traveling between the Millbrae, SFO and Daly City stations.<\/p>\n

The work affects the yellow line from Antioch to Millbrae and red line from Richmond to Millbrae.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Red line riders have grown accustomed to being rerouted. BART had completely closed the red line on three Sundays between April and July to replace lighting in the Transbay Tube.<\/p>\n

Red line riders have grown accustomed to being rerouted. BART had completely closed the red line on three Sundays between April and July to replace lighting in the Transbay Tube.<\/p>\n

Riding BART from Millbrae to SFO Thursday, Krishna Bhakta said she is glad the work is being carried out over the weekend, when it affects fewer people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not going to be personally affected because I only take BART on weekdays during the day for work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hugh Lyford, who also was traveling to SFO Thursday, noted that his return ride on Sunday would be a minor inconvenience. Travelers heading to the airport will likely face greater disruptions, he said.<\/p>\n

In addition, BART trains will not run between the Union City and Warm Springs\/South Fremont stations for the next four weekends, for a project that started July 25 and will continue through Sept. 26\u201327.<\/p>\n

The green line will be completely suspended on affected weekends, while the orange line will run but skip the Union City, Fremont, and Warm Springs\/South Fremont stations. AC Transit will provide shuttles to connect riders between those three stations, while a separate orange line train will loop between Warm Springs\/South Fremont and Berryessa\/North San Jose.<\/p>\n

Richmond City Council says no to an ethics commission that could investigate officials.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Riders taking BART to San Francisco International Airport this summer have had to deal with the inconvenience of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[167964,167965,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-420412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-bart-delays","tag-bart-maintenance","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}