The Glen Park BART Station is considered by many to be the architectural “crown jewel” of the regional Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. The design by Corlett + Spackman and Ernest Born elevates the architecture and spatial arrangement for what could have been a very utilitarian structure to a very satisfying experience. The building stands proudly in a challenging site wedged between major streets and a freeway. The cast-in-place concrete has a beautiful board-formed finish. Strongly angled cantilevers express the building’s structural components, including a dramatic butterfly roof. High ceilings and large glazed openings that bring light all the way down to the platform level humanize this imposing Brutalist building. The clear expression of concrete structure is a welcome deviation from the Midcentury Modernist post-and-beam tradition. A polychromatic marble feature wall in the entry hall and the wide, almost monumental entry facing the local Glen Park Village provide visitors entering from the street or off the train a welcoming experience. The entry extends to a well-designed brick and concrete plaza that helps channel pedestrian traffic, bus arrivals, and car drops.
Local architects Corlett & Spackman built several commercial and educational buildings including the Squaw Valley Olympic Stadium (1964). Ernest Born (1898−1992), painter, illustrator and architect, collaborated on this station—as well as the nearby Balboa Park BART Station—with architects Corlett & Spackman. It was Born’s last built project before he retired to San Diego.
Overnight stays: No vehicle may be left beyond 24 hours, except on weekends, or unless the driver has purchased single/multi-day reserved parking, which allows continuous stays of up to 20 weekdays. Leaving a vehicle beyond this time period may result in a fine or towing at the owner's expense.
The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel that carries Bay Area Rapid Transit's four transbay lines under San Francisco Bay between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California. The tube is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long, and attaches to twin bored tunnels.
Taking the train has long been less expensive than driving when considering bridge tolls and parking — and now it's an even more affordable option when you consider most Bay Area gas stations are charging more than $6 a gallon.
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a heavy-rail public transit system that connects the San Francisco Peninsula with communities in the East Bay and South Bay.
BART has 8 DMU train cars which each have a seating capacity of 104. 70 mph maximum; 35 mph average, including 20-second station stops. For BART to Antioch DMU trains, the maximum speed is 75 mph; 60 mph average.
Total ridership for 2023 was 48M trips. That is up 16% from 2022. Average weekday ridership for 2023 was 158k, up 18% from 2022 while average Saturday and Sunday ridership averaged 89k and 65k, an increase of 12% and 13% respectively.
Don't sleep on board train cars. The Train Operator is in the first train car; it's a great place to sit if you are traveling alone. If something makes you feel uncomfortable, move to another train car.
How much does parking cost? $3.00 for Daily Fee parking at most stations, but it varies by station. Check the parking pricing page to see the prices at each station. Parking is free after 3pm Monday to Friday, on weekends, and official BART parking holidays (just park and go).
in 2023, BART increased the frequency of thorough cleans from every 900 hours of train car service to every 450 hours, meaning we've doubled the number of times the cars in our system undergo a deep clean.
Take BART to the Embarcadero and connect to an outbound F-Line streetcar to the Wharf. You can catch the F-Line directly in front of the Ferry Building.
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