BART opens Pittsburg/Antioch extension.(San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit district, CA)(Transit Update)(Brief Article) From: Railway Age | Date: January 1, 1997 | COPYRIGHT 1997 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) completed the first expansion of its original system in 20 years with the opening of 7.8 miles of new double-track main line serving new stations at North Concord/Martinez and Pittsburg/Bay Point (pictured at right).

The communities served by the extension participated with state and local agencies in planning the route as well as in designing elements for the new stations and parking lots. The $506 million project ...