Transit to Bay To Breakers

BART trains will be running early and often Sunday to help East Bay runners get to and from the 100th Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. The Alameda/Oakland Ferry has added a special race-day service.

The race begins at Howard and Spear streets in San Francisco at 7 a.m Sunday, an hour earlier than in previous years.

BART will begin running trains at 5 a.m. Sunday. Stations will open 20 minutes before the first trains depart to allow patrons to buy tickets.

Before 8 a.m., trains are scheduled to arrive every 20 minutes. Those early trains will also have extra cars.

BART officials said the best stations for runners to use are the Embarcadero and Montgomery Street stops in downtown San Francisco. Both are a few blocks from the Bay to Breakers starting line.

BART officials warn runners that shoes and proper attire are required on trains. In other words, you may have to wear more than your costume on the trains.

The race-day ferry will depart from the ferry terminal at 2990 Main St in Alameda at 6 a.m. Sunday and from 530 Water St near Oakland's Jack London Square at 5:45 a.m. The ferry will arrive at the San Francisco Ferry Building at 6:25 a.m.

Return departures from the Ferry Building will be at at 1:25 p.m., 5:10 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 8:25 p.m., and 9:55 p.m.

Eve Pearlman, David Mills and Rachel Stern compiled this report.