San Francisco International Airport station

San Francisco International Airport
Airport interchange Bay Area Rapid Transit
A view of the station's boarding platforms. Because BART traffic to and from SFO has not been as high as originally anticipated, the station's center track is rarely used.
Location International Terminal, Level Three
Garage G, BART AirTrain Station
San Francisco International Airport, CA 94128
Coordinates 37°36′59″N 122°23′28″W / 37.6164°N 122.3910°W / 37.6164; -122.3910Coordinates: 37°36′59″N 122°23′28″W / 37.6164°N 122.3910°W / 37.6164; -122.3910
Owned by Yes
Line(s) BART Y-Line
AirTrain
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 3
Connections SamTrans: KX, 292, 397, 398, 399
Construction
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22) (BART)
Traffic
Passengers (FY 2017) 6,448 exits/day[1]
Services
Preceding station   Bay Area Rapid Transit   Following station
TerminusAntioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
Weekdays
Terminus
Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae
Weeknights & weekends
  Former services  
TerminusDublin/​Pleasanton–​Daly City
2003–2004; 2005–2008
Terminus
Richmond–​Daly City/​Millbrae
2004–2005
toward Richmond

San Francisco International Airport station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) reversal station on the Antioch–SFO/Millbrae line located inside the San Francisco International Airport, also known as SFO or SFIA.

The station is located on the departures level of the International Terminal, next to Parking Garage G. There are two entrances and exits – one adjacent to the grand foyer off the north side of the International Terminal; and the other is a level up at the Garage G/BART AirTrain station.

Station layout

Upper level Exit/Entrance to Garage G/BART AirTrain station
Main level One-way faregates, ticket machines, station agent, International Terminal entrance/exit
Platform 1 ←      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Millbrae weeknights and weekends (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platforms 2, 4 No regular service
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 3 ←      Antioch–​SFO/​Millbrae toward Pittsburg/Bay Point (San Bruno)
Station tracks with the International Terminal visible through the windows

The station is a terminus station. Trains enter from an elevated wye from the west side of Highway 101. There are three tracks and corresponding bay platforms. BART traffic to and from SFO has not been as high as originally anticipated, so only two of the three tracks are currently used in regular service, with the third sometimes being used for storage.

Wind Portal

Wind Portal is the 2003 artwork by Sebastopol artist Ned Kahn on the surface of the cylindrical opening in the floor separating the BART station from AirTrain. Passengers transferring between the two rail services ride escalators or walk on stairs through the opening, which measures 124 inches (3,100 mm) high with a 16-foot (4.9 m) radius. The artwork consists of 200,000 stainless steel disks, each 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter and individually hung so they respond to air currents induced by train traffic.[2][3] John King, urban art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, praised it, saying it was "[m]esmerizing ... an ever-changing silver shimmer ... indefinable movements reacting to distant winds as well as the whoosh of trains. The experience is hard to predict; there's a sense of anticipation."[4]

Service history

Service at this station began on June 22, 2003.[5] Originally, there was a purple line for a shuttle service connecting SFO directly to Millbrae from 2003 to 2004.[6] The shuttle trains usually had 5 cars and ran every 20 minutes. On February 9, 2004, BART eliminated direct service between the SFO station and Millbrae (except for a few trips scheduled during the first and last hour of service each day).

Passengers traveling between SFO and Millbrae formerly had to make a timed transfer at San Bruno station.[7] As of September 2012, direct service between the SFO station and Millbrae is active after 9pm on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays. Passengers traveling between SFO and Millbrae still need to make a timed transfer at San Bruno during all other operating hours.[8]

Ridership

Avg. Weekday Ridership
FY*Ridership%±
20033,399—
20043,084−9.3%
20053,505+13.7%
20063,773+7.7%
20073,981+5.5%
20084,859+22.1%
20095,569+14.6%
20105,068−9.0%
20115,380+6.2%
20125,996+11.4%
20136,417+7.0%
20146,646+3.6%
20156,781+2.0%
20166,788+0.1%
20176,448−5.0%
Source:[1]

When it first opened, ridership was 50% below the projected 6,500 passenger exits per day.[9] During its first decade of service, ridership remained well below initial projections,[10] but has nearly doubled between 2003 and 2015.

Ridership reached a record of 6,788 average weekday exits during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016.[1] In 2013, BART celebrated ten years of service to SFO and 30 million trips delivered.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bay Area Rapid Transit District. "Monthly Ridership Reports". Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Wind Portal". SFO Museum. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Kahn, Ned (2003). "Wind Portal". Ned Kahn. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ↑ King, John (22 June 2003). "Surprises await riders at new BART stations". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. ↑ BART History, BART.gov
  6. 1 2 "30 million trips and counting: BART celebrates 10th anniversary of SFO extension". Bay Area Rapid Transit District. June 21, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  7. ↑ January 1, 2008 BART report Archived April 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., BART.gov
  8. ↑ "BART Fares and Schedules" (PDF).
  9. ↑ Phillip Matier; Andrew Ross (July 9, 2003). "BART line to SFO -- expectations way up, ridership way down". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  10. ↑ Jonathan Ian Mason (2008). Global Visions and Urban Infrastructure: Analyzing the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Extension to San Francisco Airport (SFO). ProQuest. pp. 278–282. ISBN 978-0-549-83255-3.

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