START OF SERVICE
• Carry cash or a pre-loaded Clipper card to board early morning buses. You won’t be able to use one of BART’s paper tickets on the early morning buses.
• Download the BART (Official) app for Android of iOS or bookmark www.BART. Gov/Planner on your desktop to plan your trip.
• It’d probably be helpful to use the app or desktop trip planner every time you ride, but it’ll be essential on Sundays. BART plans to upgrade its electrical power station in downtown San Francisco, meaning it will be single-tracking through the area on some Sundays. For the most part, only Antioch/Millbrae trains will provide service through the tube, but there might also be direct Daly City/Warm Springs and Daly City/Richmond trains, depending on when and where crews are working.
• On Sunday, Dublin/Pleasanton trains will operate between Dublin/Pleasanton and MacArthur and all Millbrae riders must transfer to a San Francisco/Antioch train at SFO.
• When: 3:50 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.
• Where: The Early Bird Bus service includes 15new bus lines that will run in both directions between stops. There will be seven transbay bus routes, five for destinations in the East Bay, two for stops in San Francisco and the Peninsula, and one for Contra Costa County. The bus will serve 21BART stations and the Temporary Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.
• How much: Fares will the be as much or less than a BART ticket.
• How to pay: Cash or Clipper card. No paper BART tickets will be valid.
• For Golden Gate Transit passengers only: You must tag on and off, like on BART, or you will charged the maximum fare. For all other operators, passengers need only to tag on.
• Parking: You can continue to use BART’s lots to park, but you must pay for parking on the BART (Official) app. You won’t be able to enter the station and pay for parking like you do now. If you don’t have a smartphone, you can also visit www. Select-A-Spot.com/BART on your desktop to pay for a parking spot. You’ll have to print out the tag and place it on your dash. Or, if you want to pay in cash, you can purchase one-day hang tags in person at the customer service centers at Lake Merritt or Embarcadero. Scratch the date you want and hang it on your rear-view mirror or place it on your dashboard. Always park in the fee area of the lot.
• More information: Detailed information on specific stations can be found at www. BART.Gov/Schedules/EarlyBird-Express.
• End of line trains will begin service around 5a.m.
• For the first time, trains will begin weekday service at some midline stations, including Concord, South Hayward and Daly City, and ramp up the start of service more quickly.
• All early morning trains will be long.
• The first East Bay train will arrive at Embarcadero at 5:35 a.m.