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    BART - Richmond Station

    2.8 (51 reviews)

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    Barrett side infested by bushes and weeds
    Irene G.

    What happened to the Richmond Bart Station? Is Bart understaffed or is Richmond low priority????? It is completely infested with weeds on the Barrett side, I almost couldn't find it. I've never seen ANY Bart Station look like this.

    50% off during the month of September.
    Jason C.

    -August 2022 Update- Now that the pandemic restrictions have lightened up right again, many people from the Sacramento region want to go to San Francisco via Amtrak. While Amtrak has a through way bus that goes to SF, The Richmond BART Station is a fantastic alternative to an Amtrak bus. Here is the current pricing structure for a round trip from this station with Clipper: Clipper $10.40 Clipper START $8.30 Senior/Disabled Clipper $3.90 Youth Clipper $5.20 Hot Travel Tip! Only in the month of September 2022, Bart will be offering half off fares for everyone. These discounts are stackable for those who already have reduced fare cards so you will get an even better deal which is way cheaper than an Amtrak Throughway Bus to SF. So if you're a traveler going to San Francisco from the Sacramento area or surrounding, take advantage of these deals to make getting around in the city cheap and easy. FYI Clipper Cards are in short supply right now. If you have an iPhone 8 or later or an Android capable of tap to pay you can setup a free clipper card on your Apple Watch or iPhone and load money that way to skip the cash reload lines at the BART Station.

    It's a HUGE Bonus that Amtrak pulls right into the Richmond BART Station so I can catch BART here for all points into the Bay Area.
    Michelangelo S.

    Best Connection between BART and AMTRAK SITREP When trying to make a mass transit plan between Sacramento and the Bay Area, one of my favorites linkages is between Amtrak and Bay Area Regional Transit (BART) at the Richmond BART Station. MY METRICS I often will take the "Capitol Corridor" Line of Amtrak from Sacramento down to & back to the Richmond station in the East Bay. * This is the first station where both Amtrak and BART are located. * When getting off Amtrak, one need only walk down the stairs and move over to the BART turnstiles and go to the BART platform. * You don't even need to leave the building structure. * From Richmond to Downtown San Francisco (Montgomery Station) it costs just under $5. * The return trip costs the same - just under $5. BENEFITS If my destination is IN (or near) Downtown San Francisco (Financial District, Union Square, Embarcadero, SOMA) I find that it is much much cheaper - AND less stressful - to hit the rails than deal with gas, tolls, traffic commute anxiety, wasted time, etc. etc. EMERYVILLE STATION? F*ck Emeryville. They make you get off the train, and then you have to take one of their lame-ass buses across the Bay Bridge (which gets stuck in that rush hour traffic you avoid with BART, right?), and then they don't even drop you off anywhere you need to be. Three different trips I was stuck getting off at Emeryville and had to take that dam bus. It easily added 1 to 2 more hours to my trek to get into San Francisco. F*ck Emeryville Station. THE LOWDOWN It's very nice to have Richmond-BART Station that makes the Amtrak-BART connection happen.

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    Jesse R.

    it is BART as anywhere be mindful of your surroundings and belongings, last stop of this line and connections to other bus services and the Capitol Corridor train. Plan accordingly to meet your connections otherwise there is a good wait time. Cannot comment on the restroom conditions but hey hold it till you get on another train.

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    I've never had a problem coming to this station. I enjoyed the ample parking and the new face lift.

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    Capitol Corridor - Richmond - Cafe car

    Capitol Corridor - Richmond

    4.3(4 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    If you travel from Sacramento, this station is a no brainer to get off at and use BART to travel to…read moremany destinations in the Bay Area including San Francisco without having to go to Emeryville to connect with an Amtrak Bus. That being said there is something that travelers using BART should understand. BART is Clipper Card Only now. If you plan on using BART after getting off the train you should order a Clipper Card online with money pre loaded and have it sent to your house. Capitol Corridor used to carry Clipper for sale in the cafe cars, now shut down due to COVID. You may be able to get one from the fare machines inside the station as well. BART station at this location is kind of sketchy, be aware of your surroundings here. Amtrak, not so bad here, it seems safer to wait for your train. Be aware that Amtrak is digital now. So you need to find a cashless way to purchase your ticket. I think it's mainly due to COVID and the handling of cash.

    I took this train once for a conference in Sacramento and what I liked was that I didn't have to…read morebrake for traffic, deal with traffic, sit for two hours going from Richmond to Sacramento. The machines to buy the tickets didn't work, but I was able to buy my ticket on the train just fine. I've been traveling to Sacramento for work a lot and the only reason why I didn't take the train and the Uber, once I got to Sacramento is because I have some food allergies and I need to be able to go to places to get food that I can eat and the train doesn't allow for that. But I have to say that it was a beautiful ride and I look forward to taking it again.

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    San Francisco Bay Ferry - Richmond - 01.26.25 Sunset Ride

    San Francisco Bay Ferry - Richmond

    4.7(25 reviews)
    1.9 mi

    I heard rumblings about the Richmond Ferry but I didn't realize it was officially in service on…read moreweekends to the Ferry Building until recently. Roundtrip for two was under $20 and the ride was around 30 minutes or so. The staff were all incredibly helpful for our first ride to SF during an evening with a kiddo. They gave us a pamphlet that has weekday/weekend times for future rides, and I noticed they have a 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' program that leaves from Richmond to an upcoming Giant's Game & back. There's plenty of parking (non metered) and even a Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park to explore if arriving early to the area. There's also a Columbia outlet (you can get a complimentary pass) from visiting the Park for entry there too. Not sure if the pickle ball at the Craneway Pavilion is still in action, it wasn't during our recent trip..or the restaurant Assemble either. If anyone has updates on that, feel free to share with me too! All in all, such a convenient way to enjoy a SF happy hour and dinner, with beautiful views on the adventure there/back. Also, there's snacks on the ferry AND drinks like seltzers, beer, wine, and spirits for purchase. So if you're looking to have a cheers during sunset on the boat, you can do that too! There's several times for the weekend ferry, I would do a bit of research ahead of time. We didn't have clipper cards to add money onto, so we purchased our roundtrip tickets once we boarded onto the boat with the staff. You pay/they print your roundtrip ticket that you keep with you for the return boat back. What a way to travel! Until next time...

    The Richmond Ferry is one of the hidden gem of Bay Area transport. In about a half hour, you can…read morecruise across the bay to the Ferry Building without the stress of fighting highway traffic and bay bridge congestion. There's plenty of free parking at the Richmond ferry terminal, and once you are aboard, you can relax, get coffee from the concession onboard, or pull out your laptop and use the free wifi. The views across the bay are gorgeous on a sunny day. You sail by Angel Island, Treasure Island, Alcatraz Island, with the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge as the backdrop. Best of all, for 2024, the Friday service is free from November 1st until year end! What a great way to play tourist for a day.

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    BART - El Cerrito Del Norte Station

    BART - El Cerrito Del Norte Station

    3.4(64 reviews)
    2.1 mi

    Great place to park on the weekend. They don't enforce parking so you can pay but if you read the…read morefine print, it says that they do not check plates. It's nice that it's almost directly off of the freeway.

    El Cerrito Del Norte will always remind me of my dear late friend Brenda; when she dropped me off…read moreat this station sometime in mid-2017, I believe it was the last time she drove me anywhere. I saw her dozens of times at work afterward, and I may have given her a rides to her distantly parked car or wherever, but this was the final place far from work that we ever saw each other. I've been back here a couple of times since, and I cried both times while waiting on the platform. In public. And I did not care--at least the first time. It's A-OK as far as East Bay BART stations go. You'll recognize its familiar design, the feeble attempts to make it slightly unique, and its atrociously confusing name. Really, BART, one station is named El Cerrito Plaza, and another is named El Cerrito Del Norte? That's what you've got? Do you think BART riders get confused because Lake Merritt, Fruitvale, and Coliseum Stations don't have Oakland in their names? No? Then why did you insist on putting El Cerrito in both El Cerrito stations' names? People generally do well with landmarks, but mainly, they don't like being confused. Using the same words in stations that are close to one another isn't being usefully specific; it's being needlessly confusing. Pick something and go with it. This station seems to have more pigeons than most, or more accurately, there's more pigeon guano on its platforms than seems necessary and/or healthful. Why do they like this particular station? Who knows? I was leaning two stars, but then I thought of Brenda telling me to be safe when she dropped me off, and how could I two-star a place that still reminds me all these years later of that blue-haired weirdo?

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    BART - Red Line

    BART - Red Line

    3.0(3 reviews)
    0.0 mi

    I go to San Francisco for nothing. Since my mom died, I stopped Christmas shopping, going downtown…read moreto do so. I don't do the SF acting classes any more. But what this line has going for it is the fact that it stops downtown at all of the stations. But this went to a three star review because it goes to the San Francisco Airport and I love that! It's so much easier than the old $2 shuttle to to the airport. Last time my hubby and I traveled back from Mexico, we caught BART from the station and it was so easy. I really loved that! The line closes pretty early. At one point, I was leaving a concert, Taj Majal in the city and my husband, his son and I had to crawl under the gate as it was closing to get into the station. For such a lively, party city, they should have later trains than they do. So, while I don't go to SF much, I'm glad that I can make it. Also, I love that if I need to take Muni, I'm able to get on at a station or close to a station. I do wish that it went more places than it does, but it is what it is. It goes where it goes and that's fine. But there are other places that I'd like to go to in the city and can't get there because BART doesn't go there. But it's there when I need it, so it's all good.

    REVIEWER # 3 PROS:…read more-BART is VERY convenient (Well, so I thought). I decided to move work locations because, honestly, public transportation is better than driving to work especially with the high increase of traffic within the last couple of years. -BART has stations in almost all key parts of the Bay Area. There is literally no need to drive in the Bay Area! CONS: -BART is not the MOST reliable form of transportation. No matter how early I get up for work....I can NEVER make it to work on time because of those damn BART delays! COME ON, BART! We have to get better at this. I do understand that "things happen" but this is happening WAYYYY to much. -Every other morning there seems to be come suspicious activity happening in SAn Francisco BART Stations and once my train gets to West Oakland Bart the operator announces that the BART train is going out of service! WHAT? INSANE! So EVERYONE off boards the train then 2 minute later the operator comes back and states that the train is back in service! OMG! TIP for you? Why don't you tell your operators to NOT off board people on the train until they are CERTAIN the train will be going out of service, please! -Okay, I understand that there have been new operators and it may be there first time driving a big train BUT I am really starting to hate the sudden stops that occur when I am trying to enjoy my ride. The operators slam on the brakes and all you see are people flying all over the train. I have to admit that there have been times that I have lost my balance because of the sudden stops. Please BART, let's get it together! I have to admit, that I thought BART topped any and all public transportation in the world until I went to Hong Kong and seen there transportation and was WOW'd! https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/%E6%B8%AF%E9%90%B5%E6%9F%AF%E5%A3%AB%E7%94%B8%E7%AB%99-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF?select=Pr1Qk5KD0JY_C0YpMwsBdw BART, just a word of advice? How about you follow the model from HK and I truly believe that we can reduce some of the delays and people killing themselves on the tracks! I really hope BART gets better at these delays! It's frustrating and quite ridiculous, if you ask me! Let's work on being on time. Oh yea, what happened to the new trains that we are supposed to be seeing? Oh yea and you give fees for riders who take up 2 seats, right? Well, who is responsible for catching those people? Because every morning the homeless are sleeping on the seats and ride the train from start to end and NO ONE is able to sit down! ARGHH! If you implement rules I think you should have BART Police monitoring trains. What do you think?

    BART - El Cerrito Plaza Station - Flowers in bloom

    BART - El Cerrito Plaza Station

    3.6(51 reviews)
    3.8 mi

    In my opinion, one of the safest BART stations in the Bay Area…read more A few years ago, we got off from this station mistaking it for El Cerrito Del Norte station. What'd did I know? I'm from DC (Daly City) and wasn't familiar with the East Bay BART stations; especially two stations with identical sounding names. However, it was a fortuitous mistake as it's in a fairly safe neighborhood with a strip mall directly across the station. There's also a good number of underrated places to eat in the area. It doesn't have a huge parking lot, or even a huge parking structure like some stations, but it's adequate enough for the area and it's easy to navigate in and out off. It has a very secluded and intimate feel to it. I also like the fact that the rails are elevated above ground so you can view the surrounding neighborhoods and area. It makes one's commute much more pleasant if you look out the windows and see the sunrise or sunset on any given day. Structurally speaking, its minimal, simple design doesn't stand out. However, the plum trees planted in the parking lot separates it from the rest. Especially when the flowers bloom in late winter. They almost rival the Cherry Blossom trees when it comes to beauty.

    Was able to get on our train in time to make it to our concert at the oakland Arena at the Coliseum…read morestop. Only $7.50 round trip. Only downside was that you have to buy a clipper card for $3 charge and only one person can use it. Wasn't clear and ended up putting twice as. Much as needed in the card. Better to download the app and save that cost and hassle.

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