BART to OAK - Coliseum Station

The SFO to OAK BART Route is a breeze. About once a month I travel north to a town near the Oregon/California border. I need to take 2 flights. One from Riverside to the Bay Area, then continue on from the Bay Area via OAK. Usually, it's more convenient and cheaper to fly into SFO. Then I BART it to Oakland OAK. Once I get to Coliseum Station, I take the free, automated trolly to OAK airport. The BART Station at SFO is adjacent to Parking Garage G (International Terminal). Then at Balboa Park Station, I transfer to the OAK/Berryessa line.

What i like about this particular station is its convenient location: it is THE stop to get in and out of Oakland airport.

I've had many runs here and not once did I encounter any problems - be it people or just the general surroundings.

I've even gone through once to get to a basketball game when the Warriors were still playing at the Oracle. And even then, even with the enormous crowd, getting to and from was reasonably breezy.

Whoever planned this stop was smart. Kudos to whoever he/she/they may be. Brilliant!

I love taking BART here because of the special train from the Coliseum station to the Airport. That beats waiting for the $2 shuttle on the street, something I was advised against doing. But the ease of getting from the station to BART is fantastic, especially when coming from a trip. I talked a friend of mine at work and she was intrigued, so we took the last trip together. She loved it too!

Oddly enough, I find the trip to be a bit relaxing and so I do feel a sense of calm, whether coming or going from the airport. I do have to admit, that it was weird to be on a tram that didn't seem to have a driver. But, I got used to it and look forward to the trip.

What this has over the SFO shuttle is proximity to where I live. It is great to go from the airport to Richmond BART and take an Uber home. This shuttle is wonderful and I'm glad that it's finally up and running.

Great addition to the Oakland Airport and Bart. Very convenient and runs frequently.....just not sure if it's running during Shelter in Place.

Living in the EastBay and flying out of Oakland airport all the time made for this connection a godsend! This short connection from the Coliseum BART station to OAK was a long anticipated extension that I don't mind taking. Gone is the pain of looking for exact change of $6 just for a bus ride!

Here's a few things you might wanna take note of:
~ It's just a three car train with probably half of the blue seats reserved for the elderly, pregnant, and blind.
~ The other half, as well as the front and tail end of the seats are open with ample standing room for you and your luggage.
~ Fire extinguishers are located under the handicap seats.
~ No food or smoking allowed, thank you.
~ Call buttons and emergency speakers just in case.
~ The announcement and loud speakers are, well pretty loud. You won't miss hearing the rules.
~ There's a marquee up above with station and other helpful information.
~ Plenty of glass all around the train for a great view of Oakland.

Sure my buddy John M. may think it's overpriced. Okay, yeah maybe it is, but to me it's a time-saver! And an Economy Parking money saver; Spending over $80+ on airport parking simply blows.

Super Easy and Economical Way To Get To The Oakland Airport !!! I Love It !!! I recently had a Party I had to attend in LA a while back . So I decided to fly this time . Air Bart is easy to use .

I stashed my Whip at the San Leandro BART station . Free Parking . Jumped on Bart there and rode to the Oakland Coliseum Bart Station . Then Transferred to the Air Bart Tram which goes straight to Terminal 1 at the Oakland Airport . Since its Elevated its almost a non stop ride.

It was a Short Walk to Southwest Airlines .

The Trams are Fairly New and Very Clean . They have plenty of room for Luggage .

Round Trip From San Leandro Bart its under $16 not Bad at all.

Air Bart is Baller On A Budget Approved !!!

Torn up about the disappearance of the old bus system, I am not. I don't miss it, I didn't love it, and it won't ever live on in my mind as "the good ol' days" of getting to the airport.

Is the new monorail type train perfect? Nah, but it's light years ahead of the old bus system.

Here's the deal: If you want to get on BART from the Oakland International Airport, you have to get to the Coliseum station. You used to take the terrible old bus, but they built an above-ground rail that shuttles back and forth. On the OAK side, you catch this by going outside, across all lanes of airport traffic, and heading up the tall skinny escalator. Just follow the signs. All but about 25 feet of this walk is weather protected, so even if it's raining you're out of it for the most part.

On the BART side, you exit the regular BART train and head to the end of the platform and take the escalators up. Again, just follow the signs.

The train itself is usually 3 cars, and there aren't many seats. I rode it the first week and it was shiny, plush, and sparkling clean. These days it's not bad, but the shine is off. Once you exit at the Coliseum station, you'll have ticket machines there where you can either load your Clipper Card or just use cash/card to buy a ticket. Look at the fee chart and see where you want to go by starting at "Oakland International Airport" as your departure and then whatever your destination is. Don't calculate the math from Coliseum, as there's an extra fare you pay for by boarding at the airport. It's like $6 tacked onto your fare, which, for the convenience of a ten-minute train ride (they say it's eight, but that's optimistic) is a good deal. Remember that if you fly into or out of SFO you pay an extra $5 or so for boarding BART there.

Buy your ticket, then use the turnstiles as normal to get to the Coliseum station proper. From there, it's just like any ol' BART trip.

Honestly, I love flying into OAK and taking BART into San Francisco. With only a few stops before going under the water, it's at least 15-20 minutes faster for me to get into downtown compared to flying into SFO and having all those Daly City stops. I didn't love it so much when the AirBART bus was all we had to get from the station to the airport, but this train did indeed make the difference for me. It's slick, it's automated, it runs frequently, and it takes me right where I want to go. Unless the were to re-route the actual BART line to OAK, I'm not sure what more you could do for convenience. It's not perfect, but it absolutely means that I will now skip the madhouse of SFO, get into the city faster, and only pay $1.30 more to do it. Good riddance, bus.

REVIEWER # 7

BART!

Straight love and hate relationship! Our relationship could be better if you fixed a lot of your cons and we added more pros!

PROS:
-BART is VERY convenient (Well, so I thought). I decided to move work locations because, honestly, public transportation is better than driving to work especially with the high increase of traffic within the last couple of years.
-BART has stations in almost all key parts of the Bay Area. There is literally no need to drive in the Bay Area!

CONS:
-BART is not the MOST reliable form of transportation. No matter how early I get up for work....I can NEVER make it to work on time because of those damn BART delays! COME ON, BART! We have to get better at this. I do understand that "things happen" but this is happening WAYYYY to much.

-Every other morning there seems to be come suspicious activity happening in SAn Francisco BART Stations and once my train gets to West Oakland Bart the operator announces that the BART train is going out of service! WHAT? INSANE! So EVERYONE off boards the train then 2 minute later the operator comes back and states that the train is back in service! OMG! TIP for you? Why don't you tell your operators to NOT off board people on the train until they are CERTAIN the train will be going out of service, please!

-Okay, I understand that there have been new operators and it may be there first time driving a big train BUT I am really starting to hate the sudden stops that occur when I am trying to enjoy my ride. The operators slam on the brakes and all you see are people flying all over the train. I have to admit that there have been times that I have lost my balance because of the sudden stops. Please BART, let's get it together!

I have to admit, that I thought BART topped any and all public transportation in the world until I went to Hong Kong and seen there transportation and was WOW'd!

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BART, just a word of advice? How about you follow the model from HK and I truly believe that we can reduce some of the delays and people killing themselves on the tracks!

I really hope BART gets better at these delays! It's frustrating and quite ridiculous, if you ask me! Let's work on being on time. Oh yea, what happened to the new trains that we are supposed to be seeing? Oh yea and you give fees for riders who take up 2 seats, right? Well, who is responsible for catching those people? Because every morning the homeless are sleeping on the seats and ride the train from start to end and NO ONE is able to sit down!

I hope BART gets better over time.

So much better than the old "AirBART" (aka bus) option from getting to and from the airport & Oakland Coliseum.

I still wish they were able to do something like the SF airport (even though I much prefer to fly in and out of Oakland when visiting the Bay Area) where the BART was just connected directly to the airport, but I'm guessing that would be pretty complicated. As of now, the shuttles are still fairly clean and run smoothly. They also appear to run pretty often.

This sky rail, "Oakland Airport Shuttle Train Service" apparently replaced the "AirBART" buses.

Hundreds of people who attended the Family Bridges Benefit Concert got to see the "Oakland Airport Shuttle Train Service" system in full operation.

The only thing I would think helpful in addition to this excellent airport connection would be moving sidewalks because travelers probably have baggage.

The BART access for the "Oakland Airport Shuttle Train Service" platform area is located on the BART platform. Simply exit a BART train and walk to the south end of the platform. There appears to be at least two other ways to get up to the new automated connector train's embarkation spot; via the Amtrak Station or from street-side. But I have yet to try that.

I'm Yelping the system 4-Stars because an official name the system is still elusive, ambiguous, or unappealing.