Air BART

Air BART

AirBART is the official shuttle bus service connecting the Bay Area Rapid Transit's Coliseum/Oakland Airport station with Oakland International Airport (OAK). Buses stop at street level just outside the BART station and serve both airport terminals with one stop at the airport along the third curb. Buses run every ten minutes, seven days a week. Service begins at 5 a.m. (with 20-minute frequency until 6 a.m.) Monday to Saturday and at 8 a.m. on Sunday, and runs until midnight.

A ride costs $3 ($1 for children 12 years and younger, seniors 65 years and older, and disabled persons). To speed up boarding, AirBART requires exact fare to be paid for boarding the bus, which can be fulfilled with either exact change, one dollar bills, a ticket from the AirBART vending machine (credit card or debit card only) located at the terminal AirBART pickup location, or a $3 BART ticket. Payment is deposited into a standard transit type farebox on board the bus. BART recommends that riders not purchase tickets from strangers as they may be fraudulent. Depending on traffic, the ride takes ten to fifteen minutes (delays caused mostly by Raider game traffic).

AirBART is a joint project of BART and the Port of Oakland, which owns and operates the airport. As of December 2009, the AirBART fleet consists of five Eldorado Axess buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG).

Read more about Air BART:  Alternatives, Oakland Airport Connector

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