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SamTrans > News Archive > BART/SFO Extension Breaks Another Record
BART/SFO Extension Breaks Another Record
The new BART/SFO extension continues to break ridership records. This year the
holiday rush brought out a record numbers of riders on the San Mateo County line,
which includes stations in Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, SFO and Millbrae.
More than 32,000 riders used the five-station extension on the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving – the highest ridership the extension has ever seen since opening in June
of 2003.
BART also broke a new ridership record to the new San Francisco International Airport
station on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving –traditionally the busiest travel day of
the year. Nearly 11,000 riders used BART to and from SFO – a 14.4% increase over the
same time last year.
Additionally, if you look at the entire 6-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period, the
SFO station saw an even larger increase in ridership over the same period last year.
Between, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the following Monday, there was a 14%
increase in the number of riders using the SFO station compared with the same period
last year.
Both agencies credit the growth on the extension to SamTrans’ and BART’s continued
community outreach and marketing programs as well as the results of a rebounding
economy.
SamTrans is a partner with BART on the five San Mateo County extension stations, which
include Colma, South San Francisco, San Bruno, SFO and Millbrae. SamTrans also
partners with the San Francisco Municipal Railway and Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority to provide Caltrain service between San Francisco and San
Jose, with commute-hour service to Gilroy. Caltrain also operates 62 weekend trains.
For BART information, please contact Linton Johnson, Chief Spokesperson, Media and
Public Affairs, (510) 464-7139 or by pager (510) 899-2285.
11/30/04
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