BART Operates Regular Sunday Service for Labor Day Holiday; Wheels Shuttle Bus to the 138th Annual Scottish Gathering & Games.News Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003 This Monday (September 1) Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. holiday, BART will be operating on a regular Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. schedule. Trains will operate at 20-minute intervals on three lines -- Richmond/Fremont, Pittsburg/Bay Point-Millbrae and Dublin/Pleasanton-SFO, beginning at 8 a.m. BART Administrative offices will be closed. For those planning to attend "The 138th Annual Scottish Gathering & Games" at the Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. in Pleasanton this holiday weekend (Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31), take BART to the Dublin/Pleasanton Station and board a "Wheels" shuttle shuttle: see loom. shuttle In the weaving of cloth, a spindle-shaped device used to carry the crosswise threads (weft) through the lengthwise threads (warp). Not all modern looms use a shuttle; shuttleless looms draw the weft from a nonmoving supply. bus. The shuttle bus will be in service from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with departures from the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station and the fairgrounds every 30 minutes. The one-way fare is $1.25. For additional train and fare information, call 510/465-BART, 817-1717 from any area code or the toll-free number listed in local telephone directories. |
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