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BART Silicon Valley Phase II project team at a construction site

19.08.2026

A $12.7B BART Project Faces a Financial Reckoning

Front entrance of San Jose Diridon station in San Jose, California

16.08.2026

32,000 SJSU Students Get Free Bay Area Transit

BART riders waiting on a platform as a train arrives at San Francisco International Airport station

16.08.2026

BART Board Responds to Grand Jury Oversight Report

BART Silicon Valley Phase II project team at a construction site

19.08.2026

A $12.7B BART Project Faces a Financial Reckoning

USA: The $12. 7 billion BART Silicon Valley extension faces a Sept.
Front entrance of San Jose Diridon station in San Jose, California

16.08.2026

32,000 SJSU Students Get Free Bay Area Transit

USA: Starting this week, San José State students no longer have to choose which Bay Area transit agency they can afford to ride — a new Clipper BayPass gives an estimated 32,000 eligible students free, unlimited access to 24 operators at once, including BART and Caltrain.
BART riders waiting on a platform as a train arrives at San Francisco International Airport station

16.08.2026

BART Board Responds to Grand Jury Oversight Report

USA: A civil grand jury looked past BART's well-documented budget gap and found something narrower but just as telling — the transit agency's own oversight bodies don't answer to each other the way BART's governing documents say they should.
BART Yellow Line train approaching West Oakland station in Oakland

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.
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

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.
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

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

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

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.