BART riders traveling south of the Mission District — or north of Daly City — should plan for delays this weekend: The transit agency plans to shut down parts of the trackway for new upgrades between the 24th Street station and Daly City.
Free buses, provided by Samtrans and Muni, will replace trains between those two stops all day Saturday and Sunday, with regular service resuming Monday at 5 a.m. Buses will run direct services between both stations, and others will also make stops at Glen Park and Balboa Park stations.
Passengers will be asked to exit the stations at 24th Street and Daly City through open fare gates, ride a bus and then enter through fare gates at the terminal station. The bus bridge will not require an additional fare to ride.
BART officials say to plan for up to 30 minutes of delays. Extra staff and interpreters will be on hand to guide riders onto the bus bridges, as well as signage inside the impacted stations.
The work is part of BART’s installation of new communication and train control systems on the tracks meant to increase the capacity of trains traveling from 24 trains per hour in one direction to 30 per hour, by running them more closely together.
For those parking at the Daly City station, several surface lots will be temporarily closed to accommodate the bus bridge and construction teams equipment.
Updated schedules are available in BART’s Trip Planner at bart.gov.
