# Orange Line (BART)

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Rapid transit line in the San Francisco Bay Area, California

Orange Line Orange Line train at South Hayward station, 2024 Overview Owner San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Locale South Bay, East Bay Termini Berryessa Richmond Stations 21 Service Type Rapid transit System Bay Area Rapid Transit History Opened September 11, 1972 (1972-09-11) Last extension June 13, 2020 (2020-06-13) Technical Line length 51 mi (82 km) Track gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Electrification Third rail, 1 kV DC Operating speed 70 mph (110 km/h)[1] Route map Orange Line highlighted in orange Show interactive map Legend Amtrak to Bakersfield/Seattle/Chicago Richmond Maintenance Yard Richmond Richmond Greenway I-80 El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza Contra Costa County Alameda County North Berkeley Ohlone Greenway Downtown Berkeley SR 13 Ashby SR 24 to Antioch MacArthur southbound transfer I-580 I-980 / SR 24 19th Street Oakland northbound transfer 12th Street Oakland City Center to SFO/Millbrae to Daly City Lake Merritt Fruitvale Coliseum to OAK SR 112 / SR 61 San Leandro Bay Fair transfer to Dublin/​Pleasanton I-238 Hayward SR 92 South Hayward Amtrak Hayward Complex Union City Alameda Creek ACE to Stockton SR 84 Fremont Lake Elizabeth tunnel Irvington 2026 Warm Springs/​South Fremont SR 262 Alameda County Santa Clara County Calaveras proposed SR 237 Milpitas (via ) Berryessa/​North San José planned Silicon Valley extension US 101 28th Street/Little Portugal Downtown San José SR 87 Diridon I-880 Santa Clara Maintenance Facility Santa Clara All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The **Orange Line** is a [Bay Area Rapid Transit](/source/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit) (BART) line in the [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) that runs between [Berryessa/North San José station](/source/Berryessa%2FNorth_San_Jos%C3%A9_station) and [Richmond station](/source/Richmond_station_(California)). It has 21 stations in [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), [Milpitas](/source/Milpitas%2C_California), [Fremont](/source/Fremont%2C_California), [Union City](/source/Union_City%2C_California), [Hayward](/source/Hayward%2C_California), [San Leandro](/source/San_Leandro%2C_California), [Oakland](/source/Oakland%2C_California), [Berkeley](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), [El Cerrito](/source/El_Cerrito%2C_California), and [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_California). It is the only one of the five primary BART services that does not run through the [Transbay Tube](/source/Transbay_Tube) to San Francisco; however, it shares tracks with the four other primary services in the East Bay.

## History

The Orange Line was the first BART line to open. Initial services between [MacArthur](/source/MacArthur_station_(BART)) and [Fremont](/source/Fremont_station_(BART)) stations began on September 11, 1972, with full service extending to [Richmond](/source/Richmond_station_(California)) beginning on January 29, 1973.[2]

The line would not see any major changes for another 45 years, until the start of the [Silicon Valley BART extension](/source/Silicon_Valley_BART_extension). The first phase of the project extended the line to [Warm Springs/South Fremont station](/source/Warm_Springs%2FSouth_Fremont_station) in March 2017,[3][4] the second phase added [Berryessa/North San José](/source/Berryessa%2FNorth_San_Jos%C3%A9_station) and [Milpitas](/source/Milpitas_station) stations in June 2020.[5][6]

## Route

The Orange Line runs primarily north-south through the East Bay. It uses the [R-Line](/source/BART_R-Line) between [Richmond station](/source/Richmond_station_(California)) and just north of [MacArthur station](/source/MacArthur_station_(BART)), the [K-Line](/source/BART_K-Line) between MacArthur and the [Oakland Wye](/source/Oakland_Wye), the [A-Line](/source/BART_A-Line) between the Wye and [Fremont station](/source/Fremont_station_(BART)), and the [S-Line](/source/BART_S-Line) between Fremont and [Berryessa/North San José station](/source/Berryessa%2FNorth_San_Jos%C3%A9_station). Most sections are at-grade or elevated; the line runs through tunnels in downtown Berkeley, downtown Oakland, and under [Lake Elizabeth](/source/Lake_Elizabeth_(Fremont%2C_California)).

### Stations

Station Jurisdiction County Opened Rail connections Richmond Richmond Contra Costa January 29, 1973 BART: Amtrak: Capitol Corridor, Gold Runner, California Zephyr El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito BART: El Cerrito Plaza BART: North Berkeley Berkeley Alameda BART: Downtown Berkeley BART: Ashby BART: MacArthur Oakland September 11, 1972 BART: 19th Street Oakland BART: 12th Street Oakland City Center BART: Lake Merritt BART: Fruitvale BART: Coliseum BART: Amtrak: Capitol Corridor San Leandro San Leandro BART: Bay Fair BART: Hayward Hayward BART: South Hayward BART: Union City Union City BART: Fremont Fremont BART: Warm Springs/​South Fremont March 25, 2017 BART: Milpitas Milpitas Santa Clara June 13, 2020 BART: VTA: Berryessa/​North San José San Jose BART:

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["BART Sustainable Communities Operations Analysis"](http://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/BART%20SCOA%20Final%20Report%20June%202013.pdf) (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_2-0)** ["BART Chronology January 1947 – March 2009"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131013054420/http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf) (PDF). San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf) (PDF) on October 13, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Community celebrates ribbon cutting of Warm Springs"](https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2017/news20170323) (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. March 24, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Direct service to/from Warm Springs now available as part of schedule change"](https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2018/news20180907) (Press release). Bay Area Rapid Transit District. September 7, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-newmap_5-0)** ["BART unveils system map for future Milpitas and Berryessa service"](https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2020/news20200508). [Bay Area Rapid Transit](/source/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit). May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Meacham, Jody (June 12, 2020). ["Subdued ceremonies mark BART's station openings in Santa Clara County"](https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/06/12/bart-san-jose-berryessa-opening.html). *[Silicon Valley Business Journal](/source/Silicon_Valley_Business_Journal)*. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

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v t e Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Current lines Rapid transit Blue Line Green Line Orange Line Red Line Yellow Line Hybrid rail Yellow Line (eBART) Automated guideway transit Oakland Airport Connector Stations Alameda County Oakland 12th Street Oakland City Center 19th Street Oakland Coliseum Fruitvale Lake Merritt MacArthur Oakland International Airport Rockridge West Oakland Ashby Bay Fair Castro Valley Downtown Berkeley Dublin/​Pleasanton Fremont Hayward North Berkeley San Leandro South Hayward Union City Warm Springs/​South Fremont West Dublin/​Pleasanton Planned (2031) Irvington Contra Costa County Antioch Concord El Cerrito del Norte El Cerrito Plaza Lafayette North Concord/​Martinez Orinda Pittsburg/​Bay Point Pittsburg Center Pleasant Hill/​Contra Costa Centre Richmond Walnut Creek San Francisco 16th Street Mission 24th Street Mission Balboa Park Civic Center/​UN Plaza Embarcadero Glen Park Montgomery Street Powell Street San Mateo County Colma Daly City Millbrae San Bruno San Francisco International Airport South San Francisco Santa Clara County Berryessa/​North San José Milpitas Planned (2036) 28th Street/​Little Portugal Diridon Downtown San José Santa Clara Infrastructure Berkeley Hills Tunnel Doolittle Maintenance and Storage Facility Market Street subway Oakland Wye Ohlone Greenway Transbay Tube History Planned expansion Silicon Valley extension Purple Line General managers B. R. Stokes (1963–1974) Larry Dahms (Acting) Frank Herringer Keith Bernard Frank Wilson (1989–1994) Richard A. White (1994–1996) Thomas Margro (1996–2007) Dorothy Dugger (2007–2011) Grace Crunican (2011–2019) Bob Powers (2019–present) Other Rolling stock BART Police Killing of Oscar Grant Bay Area Rapid Transit District Clipper card Library-A-Go-Go Valley Link Other related articles Planned stations are in italics

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