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San Francisco International Airport (BART station)

San Francisco International Airport
Airport interchange Bay Area Rapid Transit
SFO BART platform.jpg
A view of the station's boarding platforms. Because BART traffic to and from SFO has not been as high as originally anticipated, the station's center track is rarely used.
Location International Terminal, Level Three
Garage C, BART AirTrain Station
San Francisco International Airport, CA 94128
Coordinates 37°36′59″N 122°23′28″W / 37.6164°N 122.3910°W / 37.6164; -122.3910Coordinates: 37°36′59″N 122°23′28″W / 37.6164°N 122.3910°W / 37.6164; -122.3910
Owned by Yes
Line(s) BART
AirTrain
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 3
Construction
Parking None provided by BART, but by the Airport
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) (13 years ago)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2016) 6,788 exits/day Increase 0.09%
Services
Preceding station   Bart-logo.svg Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae
Weekdays
Terminus
Pittsburg/​Bay Point–​SFO/​Millbrae
Weeknights & weekends
Terminus
  Former services  
Dublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
2003-2004; 2005-2008
Terminus
toward Richmond
Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae
2004-2005
Terminus

San Francisco International Airport station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) reversal station on the Pittsburg/Bay Point–SFO/Millbrae line located inside the San Francisco International Airport, also known as SFO or SFIA.

The station is located on level 3 of the International Terminal, next to Parking Garage G. There are two entrances and exits – one on level 3, adjacent to the grand foyer off the north side of the International Terminal; and the other is a level up at the Garage G/BART AirTrain station.

The station is a terminus station. Trains enter from an elevated wye from the west side of Highway 101. There are three tracks and corresponding bay platforms. BART traffic to and from SFO has not been as high as originally anticipated, so only two of the three tracks are currently used in regular service, with the third sometimes being used for storage.

Service at this station began on June 22, 2003. Originally, there was a purple line for a shuttle service connecting SFO directly to Millbrae from 2003 to 2008. The shuttle trains usually had 5 cars and ran every 20 minutes. On January 1, 2008, BART eliminated direct service between the SFO station and Millbrae (except for a few trips scheduled during the first and last hour of service each day).

Today, passengers traveling between SFO and Millbrae have to make a timed transfer at San Bruno station. As of September 2012, direct service between the SFO station and Millbrae is active after 8pm on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays. Passengers traveling between SFO and Millbrae still need to make a timed transfer at San Bruno during all other operating hours.

When it first opened, ridership was 50% below the projected 6,500 passenger exits per day. During its first decade of service, ridership remained well below initial projections, but has nearly doubled between 2003 and 2015.

Ridership reached a record of 6,788 average weekday exits during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016. In 2013, BART celebrated ten years of service to SFO and 30 million trips delivered.


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