BART postpones Concord/Walnut Creek BART service shutdown scheduled for Jan. 18-19

CONCORD, CA (Jan. 17, 2025) — The track shutdown and bus bridge that had been planned between Walnut Creek and Concord for Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19 has been postponed. Instead, BART will offer our regular weekend service on both days.

BART will provide Saturday service for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 20. Saturday service means BART will open at 6am and close at midnight and there is less frequency on the Yellow Line (service is every 20 minutes).

BART must replace decades old track components between Walnut Creek and Concord stations to ensure reliable service. A shutdown allows for the work to happen in the most efficient way possible as well as to provide safe conditions for workers.

The planned shutdown would have meant there would be no train service between Walnut Creek and Concord over the weekend. A bus bridge would bring passengers around the construction. However, BART officials announced on Wed. that the planned operation had been postponed, with no date announced for when the work will continue.