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Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
The Richmond BART Station is located at 1700 Nevin Ave., Richmond CA 94801
BART System Map
BART connects the San Francisco Peninsula with Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton, and other cities in the East Bay. The system map shows all cities served. Visit www.bart.gov to plan your next trip.
BART connects the San Francisco Peninsula with Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton, and other cities in the East Bay. The system map shows all cities served. Visit www.bart.gov to plan your next trip.
Fares
BART fares are set with a mileage-based formula; therefore time-based passes (e.g., weekly or monthly) are not available. To find the cost of a particular BART trip, use the Bart Fare Calculator.
Children 4 and under ride free but everyone else must have a ticket. BART tickets are like debit cards with stored value. All BART stations have automatic ticket vending machines that accept nickels, dimes, quarters and $1 coins, as well as $1 $5, $10 and $20 bills. You can also use credit and debit cards in select machines.
To learn more about Clipper Card, discount BART tickets visit www.bart.gov.
Connecting Transit Routes
The Richmond BART station is served by AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, and AMTRAK.
Parking
BART fares are set with a mileage-based formula; therefore time-based passes (e.g., weekly or monthly) are not available. To find the cost of a particular BART trip, use the Bart Fare Calculator.
Children 4 and under ride free but everyone else must have a ticket. BART tickets are like debit cards with stored value. All BART stations have automatic ticket vending machines that accept nickels, dimes, quarters and $1 coins, as well as $1 $5, $10 and $20 bills. You can also use credit and debit cards in select machines.
To learn more about Clipper Card, discount BART tickets visit www.bart.gov.
Connecting Transit Routes
The Richmond BART station is served by AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, and AMTRAK.
Parking
The Richmond BART station has a daily parking for a fee of $2 per day. The daily parking fees vary by station and are posted at each station. Daily fee parkers may park in the designated “Fee” area of a station. To park at the Richmond BART station, fees are required Monday through Friday from 4:00 am – 3:00 pm. If you arrive after 3 pm and exit before 4 am, parking is free.
There are 4 ways to pay for parking:
1. EZ Rider Parking Linked to Your Clipper Card
Using a Clipper card makes you eligible for EZ Rider Parking on days you ride BART. Just set up an EZ Rider Parking account with a credit/debit card and your Clipper card serial number at the BART parking website called "EZ Rider". Once you register, you will receive a hang tag, which you display in your car. To pay for parking, simply tag your Clipper card at a Parking Validation Machine after entering the fare gates. This deducts the daily fee charge from your EZ Rider Parking account only on the days that you park and tag the validation machine.
2. Cash Payment
A. Proceed through the fare gates and go to addfare/parking validation machine. B. Enter your stall number. C. Insert your cash. D. Take your receipt from the bottom tray of the parking validation machine.
3. BART Blue Ticket
This is for use only if you use a blue ticket to enter the faregates. A BART Blue ticket is the paper/plastic ticket that you receive when you purchase your fare ticket at the station.
A. Proceed through the fare gates and go to addfare/parking validation machine. B. Insert your blue BART ticket. The total value required on that ticket prior to entering must be at least the minimum ride's fare from that location plus the daily parking fee in effect. C. Enter your stall number. D. Take your receipt from the bottom tray of the parking validation machine.
For more information about bart parking, visit BART parking.
4. Select-a-Spot (Reserved Parking) online
Select-a-spot allows riders to purchase a single day reserved spot, month reserved, or airport/long term parking.
A. Log on to select-a-spot.
B. Select Parking Type: Single Day, Monthly Reserved, or APLT (Airport/Long-Term)
C. Choose your BART station.
D. Choose your parking dates.
E. Confirm and pay for your reservation.
Single Day Permit – When you use the on-line reservation system you may purchase a maximum of 10 Single Day permits. This permit allows you to park in designated areas throughout the day and does NOT allow overnight parking. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
After 10 am you may park anywhere in the station's other non-restricted parking areas on a space available basis utilizing your single day reserved parking permit.
Single Day permits are valid only for use throughout each day and do not permit vehicles to remain on BART property for periods in excess of 24 consecutive hours before becoming subject to citation and possibly towing for abandonment.
You will be required to printout a single day permit for each day of your reservation and display the permit through the front windshield of the vehicle with the permit facing outward and clearly displaying the permit number. Failure to display a valid permit may result in a citation or towing.
Patrons seeking a longer term permit should refer to the APLT / Long Term or Monthly parking permit programs.
The cost for single day reserved parking at the Richmond BART is $4.50 Monday – Friday.
Monthly Parking Permit – You may purchase a monthly parking permit that allows you to utilize it for reoccurring daily use throughout the week at designated stations. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
However, these permits do not allow for the vehicle to remain on BART property for any longer than 24 hours before they become subject to citation and possibly towing. For longer term permits please refer to APLT Airport / Long Term reservations.
The cost for monthly reserved parking at the Richmond BART is $73.50 Monday – Friday.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) – APLT (Airport / Long Term) Program permits can be purchased for periods of up to 30 days. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
Customers who purchase a long term parking permit may park in the station's permit/reserved or other areas that are non-restricted. This is the only permit that allows parking in excess of 24 consecutive hours and is subject to parking charges for weekends and holiday periods depending upon the start date and end date of the reservation and is as further explained below.
You will be required to printout your APLT (Airport / Long Term) permit for your reservation and display the permit through the front windshield of the vehicle with the permit facing outward and clearly displaying the permit number. Failure to display a valid permit may result in a citation or towing.
For security purposes, these permits will only display the date of the first day of the permit reservation and enforcement officers will verify the permit duration electronically.
(APLT) Airport / Long Term Weekend and Holiday Exception:
APLT (Airport / Long Term) reservations beginning and ending on any weekday and spanning a BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday are subject to daily parking charges throughout the on-line reservation including the BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday covered throughout the reservation period. APLT (Airport / Long Term) reservations beginning or ending on a BART designated Holiday, a Saturday or Sunday are not charged for parking on that BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are not available for purchase at any of the BART stations and can only be purchased online prior to arriving at the station.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) Consecutive Purchasing Prohibited
APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are the sole property of BART and may be rescinded at anytime. APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are valid for up to a maximum of 30 days and cannot be purchased consecutively without the vehicle having left the premises for at least 72 hours.
The cost for APLT parking at the Richmond BART is $5.50 Monday – Friday.
1. EZ Rider Parking Linked to Your Clipper Card
Using a Clipper card makes you eligible for EZ Rider Parking on days you ride BART. Just set up an EZ Rider Parking account with a credit/debit card and your Clipper card serial number at the BART parking website called "EZ Rider". Once you register, you will receive a hang tag, which you display in your car. To pay for parking, simply tag your Clipper card at a Parking Validation Machine after entering the fare gates. This deducts the daily fee charge from your EZ Rider Parking account only on the days that you park and tag the validation machine.
2. Cash Payment
A. Proceed through the fare gates and go to addfare/parking validation machine. B. Enter your stall number. C. Insert your cash. D. Take your receipt from the bottom tray of the parking validation machine.
3. BART Blue Ticket
This is for use only if you use a blue ticket to enter the faregates. A BART Blue ticket is the paper/plastic ticket that you receive when you purchase your fare ticket at the station.
A. Proceed through the fare gates and go to addfare/parking validation machine. B. Insert your blue BART ticket. The total value required on that ticket prior to entering must be at least the minimum ride's fare from that location plus the daily parking fee in effect. C. Enter your stall number. D. Take your receipt from the bottom tray of the parking validation machine.
For more information about bart parking, visit BART parking.
4. Select-a-Spot (Reserved Parking) online
Select-a-spot allows riders to purchase a single day reserved spot, month reserved, or airport/long term parking.
A. Log on to select-a-spot.
B. Select Parking Type: Single Day, Monthly Reserved, or APLT (Airport/Long-Term)
C. Choose your BART station.
D. Choose your parking dates.
E. Confirm and pay for your reservation.
Single Day Permit – When you use the on-line reservation system you may purchase a maximum of 10 Single Day permits. This permit allows you to park in designated areas throughout the day and does NOT allow overnight parking. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
After 10 am you may park anywhere in the station's other non-restricted parking areas on a space available basis utilizing your single day reserved parking permit.
Single Day permits are valid only for use throughout each day and do not permit vehicles to remain on BART property for periods in excess of 24 consecutive hours before becoming subject to citation and possibly towing for abandonment.
You will be required to printout a single day permit for each day of your reservation and display the permit through the front windshield of the vehicle with the permit facing outward and clearly displaying the permit number. Failure to display a valid permit may result in a citation or towing.
Patrons seeking a longer term permit should refer to the APLT / Long Term or Monthly parking permit programs.
The cost for single day reserved parking at the Richmond BART is $4.50 Monday – Friday.
Monthly Parking Permit – You may purchase a monthly parking permit that allows you to utilize it for reoccurring daily use throughout the week at designated stations. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
However, these permits do not allow for the vehicle to remain on BART property for any longer than 24 hours before they become subject to citation and possibly towing. For longer term permits please refer to APLT Airport / Long Term reservations.
The cost for monthly reserved parking at the Richmond BART is $73.50 Monday – Friday.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) – APLT (Airport / Long Term) Program permits can be purchased for periods of up to 30 days. These permits offer you a space to park in the stations permit/reserved areas up until 10 am Monday through Friday. After 10:00 am these permit/reserved areas are open to the general public and space cannot be reserved.
Customers who purchase a long term parking permit may park in the station's permit/reserved or other areas that are non-restricted. This is the only permit that allows parking in excess of 24 consecutive hours and is subject to parking charges for weekends and holiday periods depending upon the start date and end date of the reservation and is as further explained below.
You will be required to printout your APLT (Airport / Long Term) permit for your reservation and display the permit through the front windshield of the vehicle with the permit facing outward and clearly displaying the permit number. Failure to display a valid permit may result in a citation or towing.
For security purposes, these permits will only display the date of the first day of the permit reservation and enforcement officers will verify the permit duration electronically.
(APLT) Airport / Long Term Weekend and Holiday Exception:
APLT (Airport / Long Term) reservations beginning and ending on any weekday and spanning a BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday are subject to daily parking charges throughout the on-line reservation including the BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday covered throughout the reservation period. APLT (Airport / Long Term) reservations beginning or ending on a BART designated Holiday, a Saturday or Sunday are not charged for parking on that BART designated Holiday, Saturday or Sunday.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are not available for purchase at any of the BART stations and can only be purchased online prior to arriving at the station.
APLT (Airport / Long Term) Consecutive Purchasing Prohibited
APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are the sole property of BART and may be rescinded at anytime. APLT (Airport / Long Term) permits are valid for up to a maximum of 30 days and cannot be purchased consecutively without the vehicle having left the premises for at least 72 hours.
The cost for APLT parking at the Richmond BART is $5.50 Monday – Friday.