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Orange Line (BART)
The Orange Line is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) line in the San Francisco Bay Area that runs between Berryessa/North San José station and Richmond station (California), Richmond station. It has 21 stations in San Jose, California, San Jose, Milpitas, California, Milpitas, Fremont, California, Fremont, Union City, California, Union City, Hayward, California, Hayward, San Leandro, California, San Leandro, Oakland, California, Oakland, Berkeley, California, Berkeley, El Cerrito, California, El Cerrito, and Richmond, California, Richmond. 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. History The Orange Line was the first BART line to open. Initial services between MacArthur station (BART), MacArthur and Fremont station (BART), Fremont stations began on September 11, 1972, with full service extending to Richmond station (California), R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, or BART, is a special-purpose district body that governs the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco. The system itself also serves northern San Mateo County and Santa Clara County; however, these counties have bought into the system and have neither a voting stake nor any representatives in the district proper. The District currently operates 50 stations, 817 rail cars, 131 miles of track (33.5 miles on elevated railway, 65.1 miles of track at-grade and 32.8 miles of subway track.) History The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (occasionally abbreviated in early years to BARTD) was created in 1957 to provide a transit alternative between suburbs in the East Bay and job centers in San Francisco's Financial District as well as (to a lesser extent) those in Downtown Oakland and Downtown Berkeley. Of the six Bay Area counties initially envisioned as participant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
