BART's Complete Trip from MacArthur to Pittsburg/Bay Point

Fall asleep on a calm, scenic ride away from the hustle and bustle of San Francisco on this 9-car Pittsburg/Bay Point train, as it departs MacArthur Station in Oakland for Eastern Contra Costa County at the tail end of the Bay Area morning commute.

This is the first time in BART's history this stretch of the system has ever been filmed, and also the first time it's been shot, since the Pittsburg/Bay Point extension opened in 1997. Of all the sections of the BART system between termini, transfer stations and unofficial transfer points, this span between MacArthur and Pittsburg/Bay Point is the longest --- totaling at least 35 minutes each way.

Some unique features on this ride include the Berkeley hills tunnel (which spans Alameda and Contra Costa counties), zipping by the Concord maintenance yard near Downtown Concord, and traveling over the hills and along Highway 4 from Concord to Bay Point and Pittsburg.

MacArthur is the final transfer point for those wishing to switch between the Richmond and Pittsburg/Bay Point trains, and is also the only BART station to utilize four platforms. Pittsburg/Bay Point Station geographically is the northernmost stop in the BART system and serves as the terminus for the Pittsburg/Bay Point-SFO line, the agency's longest point-to-point connection and most heavily used route in terms of ridership.

Upon reaching Pittsburg/Bay Point, all out-of-service trains depart for the storage tracks up ahead, before re-entering the station on Platform 2 as a San Francisco Airport (weekdays until about 5:15pm), San Francisco/Daly City (height of weekday morning commutes only) or San Francisco Airport/Millbrae train (weekdays starting around 5:30pm, plus all day on weekends). Destination signs on the platform will also correspond to read "San Francisco/SFO Airport," "San Francisco/Daly City," or "SF/SFO Airport/Millbrae."

** Videographer's Note **

On weekends, the San Francisco Airport/Millbrae train usually arrives at Pittsburg/Bay Point's Platform 2. Rather than pull into Platform 1, head for the storage tracks, and re-enter the station on Platform 2, this train switches tracks at the apex of the hill on Highway 4 between Concord and Bay Point, then continues right into Pittsburg/Bay Point Station.

Also, the reverse version of this ride from Pittsburg/Bay Point to MacArthur is now available at    • BART's Complete Trip from Pittsburg/B...