BART Fare? - On and off same station
Mar 23, 2011 | 8:11 pm
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BART Fare? - On and off same station
BART used to have (20 years ago) a special "ride around" fare for passengers wishing to get on at a station, ride around/see the world, then get off at the same station. I can't find it on the BART website (http://www.bart.gov) - the fare calculator doesn't do it. Anyone know?
Mar 23, 2011 | 10:43 pm
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"excursion fare"
is $5.20 but only good for 3 hours
go to BART fare calculator and punch in the same station, one way
go to BART fare calculator and punch in the same station, one way
Mar 23, 2011 | 10:45 pm
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That would be the excursion fare and it is currently $5.20. Better solution...
Circulate around but don't leave at any station. Return to the station just before, or just after, you got on when you are ready to leave.
They are generally within walking distance in town. Elsewhere, not so much.
Circulate around but don't leave at any station. Return to the station just before, or just after, you got on when you are ready to leave.
They are generally within walking distance in town. Elsewhere, not so much.
Mar 23, 2011 | 10:57 pm
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Mar 24, 2011 | 4:58 am
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16th to 24th is longer, but definitely walkable. More importantly, why would anyone want to ride Bart just for fun? Perhaps 20 years ago, yes, but it's really showing its age these days. I dread using it.
Mar 24, 2011 | 9:16 am
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Thanks for the information - including the bonus information on time limits - and useful thoughts. I'm planning to take a bunch of challenged kids (with ample chaperones) on an off-hour "ride around". I think they'll enjoy it. I wanted to have a ticket for everyone in advance, since it'd be too much to try to buy individual tickets at the station.
Mar 24, 2011 | 10:45 am
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If you're staying in SF and just want to ride it for a bit to see what it's like, I'd recommend starting at one of the downtown stations (Civic Center, Powell, Montgomery or Embarcadero) and take a train to the East Bay (Richmond, Pittsburg/Bay Point, Dublin or Fremont lines) through the transbay tube. Get out at West Oakland, turn around and take a train back. As others noted you can save some money by exiting one station away from your starting point.
Mar 28, 2011 | 9:21 am
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Thanks for the information - including the bonus information on time limits - and useful thoughts. I'm planning to take a bunch of challenged kids (with ample chaperones) on an off-hour "ride around". I think they'll enjoy it. I wanted to have a ticket for everyone in advance, since it'd be too much to try to buy individual tickets at the station.
Mar 28, 2011 | 2:24 pm
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BART is included in the recent snarky book "101 Places Not To See Before You Die":
http://www.amazon.com/101-Places-Not.../dp/0061787760
I really can't understand the author's thinking on this one. Sure, BART has its problems, and it has seen better days. But for the most part it works. That's the one transit system in the world Catherine Price wants to talk about?
http://www.amazon.com/101-Places-Not.../dp/0061787760
I really can't understand the author's thinking on this one. Sure, BART has its problems, and it has seen better days. But for the most part it works. That's the one transit system in the world Catherine Price wants to talk about?
Mar 28, 2011 | 2:57 pm
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For what BART is designed to do, it does very well. It is a hybrid system, somewhere between a big city subway and a regional commuter rail line. It's of limited use within San Francisco, but that was never its mission. Instead it is about moving people across the bay, and from outlying areas to/from SF, Oakland and Berkeley.
Like any system, it has service delays and outages, but within reasonable limits in my experience.