NEW: Routes & Service Changes
Effective November 16, 2025, SamTrans will be adjusting schedules to several routes to improve on-time performance:
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Several morning trips are adjusted to better match rider demand and improve on-time performance. Key changes include earlier departure times from San Carlos Caltrain, with the 7:31 a.m. trip now leaving at 7:27 a.m. and ending at Verano (Carlmont High School) at 8:10 a.m. The 7:33 a.m. trip on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday now leaves at 7:23 a.m. and arrives at Ralston Avenue at 8:10 a.m. The Wednesday 9:03 a.m. trip now departs at 8:53 a.m. with no change to its 9:40 a.m. arrival. The 7:48 a.m. trip now departs at 7:33 a.m. and arrives at Verano at 8:20 a.m. | ||||||||
An additional bus added morning and afternoon trips to help reduce crowding. The morning trips will depart 5 minutes earlier with the same arrival time to Hillsview MS to improve on time performance. | ||||||||
Several schedule adjustments are made to improve on-time performance. Afternoon northbound trips between 2:58 and 5:58 p.m. now leave Moonridge Apartments seven minutes earlier. Evening northbound trips at 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. now depart 10 minutes earlier. Southbound afternoon trips from Linda Mar Park & Ride will arrive at Moonridge Apartments 10 to 14 minutes later than previously scheduled. | ||||||||
Schedule has changed. | ||||||||
Morning trips from East Palo Alto at 5:56 and 6:41 a.m. at Salesforce Transit Center up to 22 minutes earlier. Midday trips between 7:41 a.m. and 1:36 p.m. arrive two to three minutes earlier at San Bruno BART. Afternoon trips to San Francisco arrive seven to eight minutes earlier, and evening trips to San Bruno arrive one to three minutes earlier. Southbound trips from San Francisco and San Bruno also arrive earlier, with morning trips three minutes sooner, midday trips three to five minutes sooner, and afternoon trips four minutes sooner. These changes improve on-time performance throughout the day. | ||||||||
Trips departing Foster City before 7:30 a.m. now arrive nine minutes earlier, and trips after 7:30 a.m. arrive four minutes earlier to reflect traffic changes and improve reliability. | ||||||||
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 | |
8/4/2024 | |
2/23/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
11/17/2024 | |
8/3/2025 |
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 | |
8/3/2025 |
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 | |
8/3/2025 | |
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 | |
8/3/2025 | |
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 |
8/3/2025 | |
8/4/2024 | |
8/3/2025 | |
8/3/2025 | |
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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