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Transit schedules for holidays

Staff Report
Saturday December 23, 2000

On Sunday BART will be following its regular Sunday schedule with service beginning at 8 a.m. and running until midnight on three lines: Richmond-Fremont, Pittsburg Bay Point-Colma, and Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City. 

On Christmas Day, BART will be operating on the regular Sunday schedule. AC Transit will also operate on a Sunday schedule for Christmas.  

On Dec. 26, BART will operate on a regular weekday service schedule with service beginning at 4 a.m. and running until midnight on all five lines. 

On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, BART will operate trains until 4 a.m. for late-night celebrants on three lines: Fremont-Richmond, Pittsburg/Bay Point-Colma and Dublin/Pleasanton-Daly City.  

As an additional convenience to passengers, BART is selling “flash passes” for New Year’s Eve. The passes cost $5 and allow passengers unlimited rides on the BART system from 6 p.m., Dec. 31, until 4 a.m., Jan. 1. Passes are available at Albertson’s grocery stores, Long’s Drug stores or from BART’s Website, www.bart.gov.  

On New Year’s Day, BART will operate on a regular schedule as listed above for Dec. 24. AC Transit will operate on a regular Sunday schedule for Jan. 1.  

On both Dec. 24 and Jan. 1, AC Transit will also offer five Bay Bridge bus routes to and from downtown San Francisco. 

For additional information about BART services during the holidays, call (510) 465-BART. For additional information about AC Transit service during the holidays call 817-1717 (then speed dial 1,1,1,1). You can also find AC Transit information at www.transitinfo.org/AC.