Richmond–Fremont line

Richmond–Fremont line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Bay Area Rapid Transit
Locale	East Bay Counties: Contra Costa and Alameda Cities: Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, and Fremont
Termini	Richmond Fremont
Stations	18 (plus 3 under construction)
Operation
Opened	September 11, 1972
Operator(s)	San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Technical
Line length	36.7 miles (59.1 km)
Track gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) (Indian gauge)
Electrification	Third rail, 1000 V DC
Operating speed	35.5 mph (57.1 km/h)
Highest elevation	at grade, elevated, underground
Route map Richmond–Fremont Legend Richmond Maintenance Yard Richmond Amtrak Richmond Greenway I-80 El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza Contra Costa County Alameda County North Berkeley Ohlone Greenway Downtown Berkeley Ashby SR 24  Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae  MacArthur southbound transfer I-580 I-980 / SR 24 19th Street Oakland northbound transfer 12th Street Oakland City Center Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae Richmond–Daly City/Millbrae Fremont–Daly City Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City Lake Merritt Fruitvale Coliseum  Coliseum–Oakland International Airport  San Leandro Bay Fair transfer  Dublin/Pleasanton–Daly City  I-238 Hayward SR 92 South Hayward Hayward Complex Union City Alameda Creek SR 84 Fremont Lake Elizabeth tunnel Irvington proposed Warm Springs / South Fremont 2017 SR 262 Alameda County Santa Clara County Calaveras proposed SR 237 Milpitas 2017 Montague (VTA) Berryessa 2017 Silicon Valley extension Alum Rock planned US 101 Downtown San Jose planned Santa Clara (VTA)   SR 87 Diridon/Arena planned I-880   Santa Clara Maintenance Facility   planned   Santa Clara planned

The Richmond–Fremont line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs from Richmond to Fremont. It has 18 stations in Richmond, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, and Fremont, and is the only BART line that does not go to San Francisco. It shares all of its tracks with other BART lines on weekdays and Saturdays before 7pm.

BART colors this line orange on maps but does not refer to it by color. As BART's only line that does not cross the San Francisco Bay, it is alternatively called the East Bay line or Land line.

The Richmond–Fremont line was the first of BART's five lines to open. Service from MacArthur to Fremont began on September 11, 1972, the first day of BART operation.^[1] The line was extended to Richmond on January 29, 1973.^[1] Initial fares were $1.00 for Fremont to MacArthur and $1.10 for Fremont to Richmond.

Due to an electrical fire at the Hayward Maintenance Yard on May 10, 2008, BART temporarily suspended service on the Richmond–Fremont line south of Bay Fair on weekdays and Saturdays. Full service resumed on July 14, 2008.^[2]

As part of BART's Warm Springs extension project and the first phase of the Silicon Valley extension project, this line will be extended to Warm Springs/South Fremont station in 2015 and then to Berryessa station in San Jose in 2016-2018. Current plans call for the line to be eventually extended to Santa Clara station.

Stations

Station	Jurisdiction	County	Opened	Other BART lines
Richmond	Richmond	Contra Costa	1973
El Cerrito del Norte	El Cerrito		1973
El Cerrito Plaza			1973
North Berkeley	Berkeley	Alameda	1973
Downtown Berkeley			1973
Ashby			1973
MacArthur	Oakland		1972
19th Street Oakland			1972
12th Street Oakland City Center			1972
Lake Merritt			1972
Fruitvale			1972
Coliseum			1972
San Leandro	San Leandro		1972
Bay Fair			1972
Hayward	Hayward		1972
South Hayward			1972
Union City	Union City		1972
Fremont	Fremont		1972

References

1. "Celebrating 40 Years of Service 1972 • 2012 Forty BART Achievements Over the Years" (PDF). Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 2012. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
2. "BART restores full-speed service on Fremont line". Bay Area Rapid Transit. July 14, 2008. Retrieved April 9, 2013.