BART - San Bruno Station

Convenient to the Tanforan mall and next to police station. Try Bart. It builds character.

Half off sale for the month of September. No better time to try Bart again. I've been having to use it a lot lately - if your worried about the who ha flu bring your N95 masks. I see that the most seasoned Bart riders have that along with some reading material.

Bart trains can get crowded. Especially during rush hour at connecting trains. Maybe avoid that if you can but if you've got a direct route you might want to give it a try.

I recently saw a very model type lady get on the train here. She was very well dressed and chose not to sit down although many many seats were open. She angled her body slightly into the wall against a metal vertical handbar jamming her shoulder - locked in place. She didn't touch anything. Thats classy. She was a pro at this Bart thing.

I don't remember what kind of mask she wore but I was curious how she could balance so well with the unpredictable starting and stopping of the train. She was wearing very stylish but sensible shoes that I remember thing was aiding in her balancing act.

IDk you might not want to bring the children. For one thing they will want to touch everything..... but it depends on your parenting technique. I've personally not witnessed anything much except some youngsters smoking between the cars which I think could make a great designated smoking section anyway.

Terrible trash all over. Urine in corners probably been there for months










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Conveniently located, farely well kept with an annex police station on site.

Protips:
Effective January 1, 2018, there will be a $0.50 surcharge per trip for paper tickets.
To avoid the surcharge, get a Clipper Card at clippercard.com

BART plans to modify at least 1 ticket machine in each station to vend Clipper Cards. ETA by the end of 2017.

San Bruno One-Way Fares as of October 2017:

to any Downtown SF station: $4.30 or $1.60 youth, senior, or RTC Clipper card

to SSF, Colma, Daly City: $3.20 or $1.20 youth, senior, or RTC Clipper card

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The San Bruno BART station is a great place to segue to get to the city. Depending on what time you arrive as there's plenty of parking trains come through every 9 to 12 minutes giving easy access into San Francisco especially shopping at Westfield.

Of all the BART Stations I've been to, San Bruno is definitely the best. Located conveniently right across from Tanforan Shopping Center, and with a Police Department right next door. Plus, connections to CalTrain and SamTran buses right there- couldn't be more convenient. Really appreciate the departure time board outside of the station, so that you don't have to enter the building until it's close to your train's arrival. The inside of the building is very clean and pleasant. Perhaps because it is the next to last stop on the San Mateo County leg of BART, it doesn't seem to get the same sort of shady characters as you sometimes encounter at the Millbrae station. This is what a well-thought out BART station should look like !

The San Bruno BART Station was clean, conveniently located and pretty well kept up. There was a police presence when I was there, and the operator, Winston, was very friendly and helpful. There is a side street on Huntington, which makes it very easy for shuttles and LYFT drivers to pull up to pick up. On the other side, it leads straight to the mall. Which is also very convenient. We were in town for Labor Day weekend and were able to travel with ease. The system is fairly easy to navigate as long as you know where you are headed, or if you are feeling adventurous.

1st time taking the Bart or train. I was excited! I've taken train @ airports but this is so nice to get experience.

Icky area, but you are located right next to Police station, Target, JCPenny's, CineMark movie theaters.

A bit icky area. But boyfriend & I opted for the train experience.

We were going from Bart station in South San Fransisco to Powell (China Town). We got round trip tickets, for 8$ each. Buy tickets outside & enter in w/tickets. If NO ticket you do not enter Bart train station.

It's easy transportation & I suggest females do not go alone, I'm one of those that always brings someone protective. Boyfriend helps.

Parking was FREE on weekends. Pay for parking Monday-Friday. It's in a big huge parking structure.

Totally do it.

While this station appears to have been updated more recently than some of the other BART stations, seeing a dead pidgeon stuck in the trash nets above the platform open areas and the water damaged ceilings at platform level under the builing makes this just another typical gross BART station.

Well I ended up at this station by accident while trying to get to the airport. Coming from someone who has a good deal of experience with the metro in the DC area although the Bart and metro are similar there are some differences. 1. The colored line of the train that shows up is a bit of a courtesy only. It's just a color and apparently nothing more as I had discovered. 2. This station is pretty nice though it's clean it's bright and is also a transfer point to get to the airport. Remember folks if going to SFO be sure to look for the train that says it's going to SFO specifically. Otherwise you'll make the same error and end up in Millbrae and have to go back up one stop to San Bruno. Luckily I left plenty early as sometimes trains can be delayed and such. Thankfully there were nice riders who showed us the way to SFO when we were in Millbrae.

I've taken this BART station many times.

Often times, you get off here to transfer to the SFO train if you got on the Millbrae station train.
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This station leads you to be right outside of Tanforan Mall. So very convenient for that.
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If you are parking here, there is a huge structure, but parking can get busy as it is mall/movie theatre parking.