BART - Millbrae Station

This is a great place for long term parking.

The instruction on the permit stated that, "A limited number of Airport/Long Term spaces are available in the Monthly Reserved parking area." Basically, it means that get in before 10am, and you can park in any space available at the Monthly Reserved Parking area. There's NO sign indicating it's for Airport/Long Term. Just park in one of the Montyly Reserved Parking space. Of course, make sure you display the permit on the dashboard.

If you park over the weekend, say, from Fri-Mon, the system automatically charges you for 4 days including sat. & sun.

If you are heading to SFO via Bart on M-F before 7pm., you need to transfer in San Bruno. After 7pm, Bart goes directly to SFO without needing to transfer and for Sat. & Sun, all day.

Other than the lack of signage and a slight hazzle to hual your luggage (if you have a lot,) this place is clean, cheap, with plenty of covered parking that is excellent as an alternative to parking at SFO.

A side note on getting a bart ticket, if you use your credit card, it automatically rings up $20.00 credit. Since going to SFO from Millbrae (one way) cost $4.00, you need to press the "subtract $1.00" button (press 16 times) until it has $4.00 credit remains, then you press the print ticket button. Otherwise, you will end up having a $20.00 bart ticket.

Public transit option from Caltrain to San Francisco International Airport.

I highly recommend this option to get to the airport. You can take it from downtown San Francisco to the airport. Also, if you are in the South Bay, you can take Caltrain to Milbrae and then transfer to BART for a short ride to the airport.

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I have a new Maltipoo puppy named Juju, and she typed the headline for this review using her paw. Let me translate what she wrote:

Millbrae BART Station is the last stop in the Peninsula. It first opened on June 22, 2003 with the expansion of the line to the San Francisco International Airport, along with the stations in South San Francisco and San Bruno. It's been serving riders on the south side of the Bay for 20 years now.

Ideally located next to Highway 101, El Camino Blvd. and close to 280, it's easily accessible and drivable. There's also SamTrans and CalTrans close by.

I remember it being a lone structure when it first opened as it was surrounded by parking lots. Now, it's surrounded by condos, apartments, multi-level parking structure and small businesses.

It's clean and feels safe and secluded here. Not that I'd hang round here, but it's peaceful and relaxing outside the entrance. They have some cool artwork installed that adds a nice aesthetic if you stop and see just for a moment from our busy lives.

Let's see how the place evolves another 20 years down the road.

Decided to take a train from the airport and to the center city which is approximately 40 minutes and I figured it would be a good tour-like ride. I was able to get the train pass on my phone but had a little trouble with the pay reader picking up the signal from my phone but all is good.

The trains ran every 20 minutes or so which was bad and although my train was loud I did like the convenience of it. Exiting the train station was another story because you also had the beep your way out which literally took me 10 minutes just to get the signal and the reader to connect which was pretty annoying.

Overall it wasn't a bad ride

Took BART from Powell station to SFO. One can take either the yellow or red line (Millbrae SFO).

Cost from Downtown San Francisco Powell station is $10 one way, 1/3 of the cost of a Lyft ride.

Very convenient!

The Millbrae Caltrain / BART station is lovely and is an essential station!!! It is in an important location that provides access to places like SFO International Airport, and it is very clean and well-maintained. The BART - Millbrae station is huge, featuring many lines of tracks, two stories with stairs, escalators, and elevators. It is one of the busiest locations due to it serving as an important transportation point, and it is always reliable. It is also easy to navigate the BART - Caltrain station. A Clipper card will get you on both the BART or the Caltrain if you plan to hop on often.

The BART Train is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area and has six routes. At Millbrae I know it has at least a yellow line and a red line - they take you many places (for example the Red line takes you to SFO Airport).

The Caltrain can also get you anywhere you would like in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Caltrain itself has multiple cars and has amenities like bike cars, two stories of seats within each car, and is accommodating for wheelchairs - I watched the Caltrain conductor extend a secure metal ramp.

If you ever find yourself itching to explore the Bay Area / San Francisco Peninsula / Santa Clara Valley, BART and Caltrain will always be able to take you where you would like to go!!!

From the Millbrae station, transferring between Bart and Caltrain is fairly simple. Crossing the platform from BART to Caltrain can be done in a matter of minutes via escalator/stairs.

The station has clear signage to provide you with guidance. Both systems have free apps with live departures / arrivals to assist with the timing. Or try Google map app for one app to provide you with both schedules in real time.

A clipper card will save you both time and money on fare.

"9 car train bound for Richmond" Before 5/2019 and 1/2020 I was a regular at this BART station. It was the nearest one at the time and costed me less money to board here than in Fremont. I must declare there was a short time where I worked for the agency and it brought me easy access to where I was assigned to at the time. I had so many good memories here from dates with people I have been in relationship with to unfortunate interviews in the area. If you are transferring by the C-train all you have to do is go through the transfer gates if you are a clipper card holder. Otherwise you must follow the signs to ticket machines on the top level.
Note: Choose this station for weekends in San Francisco because you can park for free and save time. There is 0 fear of a full parking lot so park to your hearts content.
I will continue to use this station if I am not going to the Berkeley area.

One of the nicer Bart stations, and the only connection to Caltrain.

This Bart station is big! I've read that it was intended to be a bigger hub of public transportation, but that fell through. It's the end/beginning of the line, so you're pretty much guaranteed to get a seat if you start your journey here. You can transfer on to the Caltrain if you need to go to the South Bay. Or vice versa. The area is pretty nice too so safety is never a worry around here.

The parking lot is huge. $3 to park. If you arrive after 3pm, I believe it's free. The structure pretty much never fills up so that's one less thing to worry about.

You can't expect to much when its really cheap to take the Bart Station anywhere. SO from Millbrae to San Fran Downtown financial district is only $4.65. Its not the cleanest train. But it does get you from one place to another. It is fast but again its also very loud.

The machines are a bit confusing to use because you have to subtract amount from ticket.
But again good thing is that there is always someone onsite to help you.

It does go to the airport. So if you want to take this instead of taxi, you have an option. Also note that this train is not the safest at night. Seems sketchy at night but oh well.

Overall, I enjoyed the cheap good fast ride.

Not enough seating
The fare boxes are out all the time
The elevator button doesn't always work
homeless people are in the elevator
detours to the airport sucks
figuring out where to take the train