Example Concepts

With new connections between BART and Regional Rail at Salesforce Transit Center, travelers have greater access to key destinations across Northern California.

From San Francisco, travelers can head down the Peninsula or go across the Bay to connect with the East Bay, Sacramento, and the Central Valley.

This new connection also opens up a potential future opportunity to extend BART into western San Francisco.

With new BART and Regional Rail stations in Alameda, residents and businesses would be served by passenger rail for the first time ever.

From there, travelers would have a quick, direct rail line – on either BART or Regional Rail – into San Francisco and on to San Jose. Or they could travel to Emeryville, Richmond, Oakland, and points beyond.

This example concept offers new transfer stations between BART, Regional Rail, and many other transit modes at Salesforce Transit Center, Alameda, Jack London Square, West Oakland, the Coliseum, and Richmond.

These essential transfer points open up new travel options and offer improved interconnectivity between BART and Regional Rail. This creates much-needed flexibility for passengers and resilience for the Megaregion.

This is a game-changer for travelers who want to travel from points around the Megaregion directly to and from San Francisco and the East Bay.

This combined concept creates the potential for more direct trips all around the Megaregion, such as between the Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley.

A new Regional Rail crossing would connect to the Salesforce Transit Center and link up with other rail providers, offering a new, seamless connection and reducing travel times to the Peninsula.

This would significantly improve passenger rail access between the Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley. Information

With a new station in Alameda, residents and businesses would be served by Regional Rail for the first time ever. Travelers would have a quick, direct rail line into San Francisco.

From the Alameda Station, people could also travel on Regional Rail northward to Emeryville, Richmond, and points beyond. Or they could travel southward on either side of the Bay into Oakland and on to San Jose.

This example concept would include a transfer station in West Oakland that enables nearby residents and businesses better access to train service.

At Jack London Square, this new Regional Rail line would be constructed underground, separating passenger rail and freight. This removes a major bottleneck in the train network. A new Jack London Square station would be relocated near the existing station.

With a new BART station in San Francisco’s SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood near the Salesforce Transit Center, travelers are connected to Regional Rail services down the Peninsula and high-speed rail services to the Central Valley and southern California.

A new station at SOMA would also create a potential future opportunity to extend BART into western San Francisco, serving new travelers that are currently not connected to passenger rail.

With a new station in Alameda, for the first time, travelers would have direct BART service between Alameda and San Francisco and the rest of the East Bay.

A new station between the existing Lake Merritt and Fruitvale BART stations would make BART service closer and more convenient to people in Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood, serving priority populations that currently do not have access to the passenger rail system.

New and improved transfer stations in Oakland at Jack London Square and the Coliseum would connect to the Regional Rail network.

Today, people traveling from Sacramento, Davis, or Fairfield can take Regional Rail to get to San Francisco, but they must either transfer to BART in Richmond, or transfer to a bus in Emeryville.

With a new BART crossing, Regional Rail riders could transfer to BART at Jack London Square and take a short BART ride into San Francisco.

This example concept offers new transfer stations between BART, Regional Rail, and many other transit modes at Salesforce Transit Center, Alameda, Jack London Square, West Oakland, the Coliseum, and Richmond.

These essential transfer points open up new travel opens and offers improved interconnectivity between BART and Regional Rail with major new transfer opportunities. This creates much-needed flexibility for passengers and resilience for the Megaregion.

This would significantly improve passenger rail access between the East Bay, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley.

This combined concept creates the potential for more direct trips all around the Megaregion, such as between the Sacramento Valley, Northern San Joaquin Valley, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley.

With a new BART station in Alameda, for the first time, travelers would have quick, direct BART service between Alameda, the San Francisco Peninsula, and the rest of the East Bay.

A new station between the existing Lake Merritt and Fruitvale BART stations would make BART service closer and more convenient to people in Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood, serving priority populations that currently do not have access to the passenger rail system.

New and improved transfer stations in Oakland at Jack London Square and the Coliseum would connect to the Regional Rail network.

With this example concept, the fast-growing Mission Bay neighborhood would be connected to the BART system for the first time, with seamless transfers to Regional Rail that connect to points all around Northern California.

This new line would serve major regional destinations such as Oracle Park, Chase Center, and the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

A new Regional Rail crossing would connect to the Salesforce Transit Center, one of our megaregional transit hubs. This new connection would link up with other rail providers and offer a new, seamless connection between the East and West Bay and reduce travel times to the Peninsula.

This new rail connection would create the potential for direct trips between Sacramento and Northern San Joaquin Valleys, the East Bay, the Peninsula, and Silicon Valley.

With new and/or improved transfer stations at Richmond, Salesforce Transit Center, West Oakland, and the Coliseum, travelers can enjoy seamless connections between BART and Regional Rail that open many more possibilities for convenient regional and local travel.

The Regional Rail line through Jack London Square would be reconstructed underground, separating passenger rail and freight trains.

This would remove a major bottleneck in the train network. The existing Oakland Jack London station would be moved to a more convenient location.

A new BART line would pass near or below Caltrain’s Fourth & King Street station, opening an opportunity to transfer between BART, Regional Rail service down the Peninsula, and high-speed rail service to the Central Valley and southern California.

A new BART line to the Fourth & King Street station would also create a potential future opportunity to extend BART into western San Francisco, serving new travelers that are currently not connected to passenger rail.

With this example concept, the fast-growing Mission Bay neighborhood would be connected to the BART system for the first time.

This new line would serve major regional destinations such as Oracle Park, Chase Center, and the UCSF Mission Bay campus.

With a new station in Alameda, for the first time, travelers would have direct BART service between Alameda and San Francisco and the rest of the East Bay.

A new station between the existing Lake Merritt and Fruitvale BART stations would make BART service closer and more convenient to people in Oakland’s San Antonio neighborhood, serving priority populations that currently do not have access to the passenger rail system.

New and improved transfer stations in Oakland at Jack London Square and the Coliseum would connect to the Regional Rail network.