BART Yellow Line

Such a convenient line that takes you from Pittsburg, straight to the SFO airport! It takes about 1.5hrs each way, but it’s worth it to not have to bother a friend to drive you all the way to the airport. and it’s probably about the same price in gas to get there too. But you get to skip the traffic & people watch, relax & listen to music!

It’s a decent airport link. I like the airport station because it connects to two AirTrain stops, and the AirTrain lies to you and says there’s only one. This is for traffic flow purposes apparently, but I ignore it and get to the platform more quickly. The service is frequent enough that you can always sit. One time, I even scored a ride to SFO on a Millbrae train because they were doing track work and had to route all trains to the airport!
So why only three stars? Because the old seats are disgusting and haven’t all been cycled out to the new plastic-​y ones, and because they don’t route all trains to SFO even though there’s just one stop to go south of the airport. Also, the fleet has to be replaced and it now costs $ 8.25 to go to the city.

I take this line all the time and I have to say that it is one of the better ones. I usually start at Rockridge and go to Contra Costa and sometimes San Francisco. This line gets me to my destination when I want to almost every time. Another plus is the 9 to 10 car trains every time! No short, cramped trains that only go to the center of the station! I also like that I get a seat almost every time on this line.
This line is also a convenient way for me to get to San Francisco Airport. Since Rockridge is my main station, I can go from there to SFO without having to transfer. And unlike Oakland Airport, BART goes straight to SFO.

I know, I know. Giving five stars to a BART line?
Yes, BART is overpriced; yes, its police officers sometimes kill passengers for no reason; yes, its cloth seats are scary-​if-​comfortable.
But the Pittsburg/​Bay Point line? Hell yeah. My favorite thing about this line is that it has eight-​to-​ten-​car trains all day. Every day. All the time. OK, I might be exaggerating, but when it’s the middle of the day and you’re tired of being crammed into a ridiculous three-​car train for your ride through the Transbay Tube, it’s downright blissful to be able to go to the very front or back of the train and actually find a seat. In fact, when the Pittsburg/​Bay Point train is the next one coming, I often walk all the way to the end of the platform just to get in the coveted first car.
There are good reasons for my delight. First, no bikes. Yea! And if someone tries to bring a bike on this car, the operator (inaccurate to call them drivers, as they don’t actually drive the trains) will yell at him and/​or make snarky announcements over the PA about how bikes aren’t allowed in the first car. Oh, and the first car is also usually free of hooligans and children trying to raise money for their basketball teams, although some of these children are natural showmen (and –women) and are sometimes quite entertaining. Did I mention that there are empty seats?
A word of advice. If you’re not riding this train to the end of the line, DO NOT FALL ASLEEP on it. I’ve done that before. It takes a really long time to get from Pittsburg/​Bay Point Station back to MacArthur Station. Believe me, I know.