BART to Provide Special Service to Bay-To-Breakers Race from 39 Stations.News Editors OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2003 On your mark -- get set -- go! That's right, BART's gearing up for another year of providing special service for the world famous Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden on Sunday, May 18. BART will provide special early morning train service from all East Bay stations and San Francisco stations to the Embarcadero Station Embarcadero Station is a Muni Metro and Bay Area Rapid Transit station near the Embarcadero in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. It is located at the north-eastern end of the Market Street Subway below Market Street between Spear Street and Beale Street. beginning at about 6 a.m. The first train departs Pittsburg/Bay Point at 5:58 a.m.; Dublin/Pleasanton at 5:55 a.m.; Fremont at 5:57 a.m.; Richmond at 6:09 a.m.; Colma at 5:47 a.m., and Daly City Daly City, city (1990 pop. 92,311), San Mateo co., W Calif., a suburb of San Francisco; inc. 1911. Daly City is primarily residential, its population having grown significantly since the 1970s. at 6 a.m. Trains arrive every 15-20 minutes until 8 a.m., when regular Sunday service begins. Trains will stop at all stations along the way. Stations will be opened approximately forty-five minutes before the departure of the first trains to allow plenty of time for passengers to purchase tickets. To prevent overloading on the escalators and elevators at the Embarcadero BART Station, with the anticipated large number of Bay-to-Breakers runners and rooters, some trains may disembark dis·em·bark v. dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks v.intr. 1. To go ashore from a ship. 2. To leave a vehicle or aircraft. v.tr. their passengers at the Montgomery BART Station. The Embarcadero and Montgomery Street Montgomery Street is a north-south thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, in the United States. It runs about 16 blocks from the Telegraph Hill neighborhood south through downtown, terminating at Market Street. BART Stations are just a short trot from Howard and Spear Streets, the starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the of the race. BART officials suggest runners buy two one-way tickets, one on the way in and the other after the race, rather than a single round-trip ticket Noun 1. round-trip ticket - a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route) return ticket ticket - a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) . If you purchase a round-trip ticket, keep it dry during the race, fare gates will not accept wet tickets. BART personnel will be selling tickets and flash passes from tables at the Colma, Fremont, Rockridge, El Cerrito El Cerrito (ĕl sərē`tō), city (1990 pop. 22,869), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1917. It is primarily residential. Golden Gate Fields Racetrack is nearby. del Norte, and Dublin/Pleasanton BART Stations before and after the race on Sunday, May 18. Each rider must have his/her own tickets. Ticket vending machines will accept nickels, dimes, and quarters, $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills. The new bill changer's located at all 39 BART stations will convert a $20 bill and a $10 bill into $5s. Station agents do not have change. Restrooms are limited at Embarcadero Station. Portable facilities will be set up along the Embarcadero. There are no clothing or parcel checking facilities at the Embarcadero Station. For your safety, footwear must be worn, no bare feet on trains or in stations. No eating, drinking or smoking is permitted on trains or in the stations. Bicycles will only be permitted on regularly scheduled trains in service after 8 a.m. For additional BART travel 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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