Clipper changes are here.
NEW: Routes & Service Changes
Effective January 11, 2026, SamTrans will be adjusting schedules to several routes to improve on-time performance:
Summary of Change: | ||||||||
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Schedule has changed. | ||||||||
Weekday departures from SFO Rental Car AirTrain will now be on-the-hour. Weekday departures from Shelter Creekwill now be between 14 and 20 minutes after the hour to improve connections to San Bruno BART. | ||||||||
Weekend departures from San Mateo Caltrain to College of San Mateo will now leave six minutes earlier. Weekend departures from College of San Mateo to San Mateo Caltrain will now leave 18 minutes earlier to provide better connections with Caltrain. | ||||||||
For more information on School-oriented Routes, please visit www.samtrans.com/get-2-school.
View our bus route timetables and the areas they serve.
Express, SFO and Multi-city
Route | Description |
College of San Mateo - Downtown San Mateo | |
Daly City BART – Palo Alto Transit Center | |
Daly City - SFO | |
East Palo Alto - San Bruno BART and San Francisco | |
Foster City - San Francisco Commuter Express Service | |
Daly City BART - Linda Mar Park & Ride | |
Daly City BART - Skyline College | |
San Francisco – Hillsdale Mall - Serves SF Airport | |
Hillsdale Mall - Main/Poplar | |
San Francisco – Palo Alto Transit Center (Limited Overnight Service) - Serves SF Airport |
Coastside
Route | Description |
Daly City BART - Terra Nova HS | |
Pacifica School - Fairmont Shopping Center | |
Linda Mar Circulator | |
Miramontes/Moonridge - Half Moon Bay High School | |
Main/7th - Half Moon Bay High School | |
Serves Lacy School, Linda Mar, Terra Nova School | |
Pacifica - Parkside IL | |
Linda Mar Park & Ride - Daly City BART | |
Linda Mar Park & Ride - Colma BART | |
Linda Mar Park & Ride - Moonridge Apartments | |
Half Moon Bay / El Granada |
North County (Colma, Daly City, Brisbane, So. San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame)
Route | Description |
Westmoor High - Old County/San Francisco | |
Ben Franklin School - Los Olivos/Santa Barbara | |
Serramonte Center - South San Francisco High | |
Lipman School - Templeton/Brunswick | |
Daly City BART - Thomas R Pollicita Middle School | |
El Camino High - Warwick/Christen | |
Alta Loma School - Hillside/Grove | |
IBL Middle School - San Bruno BART | |
Parkside IL - San Bruno BART | |
Safe Harbor | |
Burlingame School - Carolan at 1060 | |
Terra Nova High - Old County/San Francisco | |
Brunswick/Templeton – Colma BART | |
Pope/Bellevue – Skyline College | |
SSF BART – Stonestown/SF State | |
Daly City BART - Airport & Linden/Oyster Point | |
Airport/Linden - Skyline College | |
SFO - Shelter Creek |
Mid County (San Mateo, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City)
Route | Description |
Bay STEM Academy - Hillsdale Shopping Center | |
Foster City - Hillsdale HS | |
Borel School - Peninsula /Humboldt | |
Peninsula/Humboldt - Borel MS via Poplar | |
Bowditch School - Hillsdale/Norfolk | |
Aragon High, Polhemus/Paul Scannell | |
Hillsdale High School - Edgewater/Beach Park | |
Borel School - Polhemus/Paul Scannell | |
Aragon High - Hillsdale/Norfolk | |
Ralston School - Bridge/Bowsprit | |
Alameda/Ralston - San Carlos Caltrain | |
Hillsdale - Alameda & Ralston | |
Ralston School - Bridge/Bowsprit | |
Ralston School - Hiller/Wessex | |
Selby Lane School - Marlborough/Dumbarton | |
Clifford Middle School - G/Industrial | |
Redwood City Caltrain - Woodside HSth | |
Kennedy School - Florence/17th | |
San Mateo Caltrain - College of San Mateo | |
Foster City – Hillsdale Mall | |
San Carlos Caltrain - Carlmont Village | |
Redwood City Transit Center – (loop) | |
Redwood City Transit Center – Cañada College | |
Hillsdale Mall - Redwood City Transit Center |
South County (Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Portola Valley)
Route | Description |
East Palo Alto - San Bruno BART and San Francisco | |
Menlo-Atherton High School, Clarke & Bayshore | |
Hillview School - Bay/Marsh | |
Hillview School - Bay/Menlo Oaks | |
Ormondale School - La Honda/Grandview | |
Sharon Heights - Menlo Park Caltrain | |
Woodside High - Portola Valley | |
Encinal School - Bay/Marsh | |
Redwood City Transit Center - Bohannon/Campbell | |
Purdue/Fordham - Palo Alto Caltrain | |
Belle Haven Community Campus - Stanford Oval | |
Redwood City Transit Center - Bayshore/Donohoe | |
Redwood City Transit Center - Palo Alto Transit Center (Limited Overnight Service) | |
East Palo Alto/Belle Haven |
View or download our bus route timetables and the areas they serve.
Express, SFO, and Multi-city
File | Effective Date |
11/17/2024 | |
11/17/2024 | |
11/16/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
11/17/2024 | |
11/16/2025 |
Coastside
File | Effective Date |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
9/7/2025 | |
10/5/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
11/16/2025 |
North County (Colma, Daly City, Brisbane, So. San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, and Burlingame)
File | Effective Date |
9/7/2025 | |
9/7/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
11/16/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
2/11/2024 |
Mid County (San Mateo, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, and Redwood City)
Route | Description |
8/3/2025 | |
11/5/2022 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/6/2023 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
9/7/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
10/5/2025 | |
11/16/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
10/5/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
10/5/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
8/4/2024rev | |
2/23/25 | |
8/4/2024 | |
6/15/2025 | |
9/7/2025 |
South County (Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, and Portola Valley)
Route | Description |
11/16/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
8/3/2025 | |
11/16/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/6/2023 | |
8/6/2023 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
2/23/2025 | |
2/23/2025 |
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