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BART Yellow Line train approaching West Oakland station in Oakland

12.08.2026

BART’s New Schedule Cuts Longest Gaps on Two Line Pairs

Passengers boarding a BART Blue Line train at Civic Center/UN Plaza station in San Francisco.

12.08.2026

PG&E Outage Halted BART Trains Between Colma and Millbrae

BART train at Berryessa/North San José station with the station sign visible beside the platform.

11.08.2026

BART and The Portal Feature in Bay Area’s $13.8B Draft Plan

12.08.2026

BART’s New Schedule Cuts Longest Gaps on Two Line Pairs

USA: BART’s August 10 timetable has replaced several uneven train gaps with more balanced spacing and shorter scheduled transfers, including a four-minute MacArthur connection that BART says saves riders 17 minutes.

12.08.2026

PG&E Outage Halted BART Trains Between Colma and Millbrae

USA: A PG&E power outage halted BART trains between Colma and Millbrae on August 11, disrupting service toward San Francisco, Richmond, SFO and Millbrae and sending passengers to SamTrans buses.

11.08.2026

BART and The Portal Feature in Bay Area’s $13.8B Draft Plan

USA: The Bay Area’s draft 2027–2030 Transportation Improvement Program places BART Silicon Valley Phase II and The Portal among more than 400 projects backed by $13.

Dublin-bound Blue Line and Millbrae-bound Red Line BART trains at Daly City station.

11.08.2026

BART Introduces 10-Minute and 8–12-Minute Train Spacing

USA: BART’s August 10 schedule replaces uneven 5/15-minute and 3/17-minute gaps with 10-minute and 8/12-minute spacing on paired services through San Francisco, creating more even scheduled gaps for riders.

LA Metro HR5000 Trainset Set for 3,000-Mile Test

10.08.2026

US Railway News Weekly Review for August 4–10, 2026

USA: This concise weekly review presents a selection of US railway news published from August 4 to August 10, 2026: passenger service, infrastructure renewal, rolling stock testing and freight operations.

09.08.2026

Passenger Rail News Weekly Review: August 3–9, 2026

INTERNATIONAL: This concise weekly review presents a selection of passenger rail news published from August 3 to August 9, 2026: fleet investment, infrastructure projects, capacity changes and service disruptions.

07.08.2026

BART Brings Back 10-Car Trains as Ridership Rebounds

USA: BART is running longer peak-period trains across several lines as weekday ridership recovers, with selected Red and Yellow Line services now operating with 10-car formations.

Caltrain South County Connector train at San Jose Diridon Station

06.08.2026

California Rail Station Bill Reaches Assembly Floor

USA: California’s SB 1375 has cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee, sending the rail station modernization bill to the Assembly floor for its next legislative vote in Sacramento.

BART Traction Power Substations Lift Capacity 20%

05.08.2026

BART Adds Three Substations, Lifting Power Capacity 20%

USA: BART has placed three new traction power substations into service in San Francisco and Oakland, increasing core M-Line power capacity by about 20% and strengthening redundancy.

Existing CTA turnstiles and an accessible gate at Damen Green Line station in Chicago.

31.07.2026

CTA Seeks Modern Fare Gates for Chicago Rail Stations

USA: CTA is seeking proposals for a fare gate pilot at Chicago rail stations to improve accessibility, replace aging equipment and make fare evasion more difficult.

San Jose BART Tunnel Machine Passes Factory Test

26.07.2026

San Jose BART Tunnel Machine Is Complete in Germany

Herrenknecht has completed factory acceptance of the nearly 54-foot San Jose BART tunnel machine in Germany, although VTA has not announced when it will ship to California.

Crowded Civic Center BART platform after San Francisco Pride

19.07.2026

BART ridership reaches post-pandemic record in June

BART ridership reached its strongest post-pandemic level in June 2026 as World Cup matches, San Francisco Pride, and major regional events reshaped travel across the Bay Area.