SMART Train To Run On Holiday Schedule Monday

BAY AREA, CA – Transit agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area, including Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, will operate on modified schedules Monday for the Presidents Day holiday.

SMART Train is operating on a weekend/holiday schedule. This means that there will be 10 trips instead of the usual 34 trips along the 43-mile route to and from the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa and downtown San Rafael, with stops at stations in between the two cities.

Southbound service will begin at 10:13 a.m. out of Santa Rosa and northbound service will begin at 11:52 a.m. out of San Rafael on Monday. Click here to see the full schedule.

In observance of the holiday, Golden Gate Transit will operate on Sunday/holiday service schedules. Larkspur and Sausalito ferries will operate on weekend/holiday service schedules.

Elsewhere around the Bay Area, BART will run on a Saturday schedule, opening at 6 a.m. and running until midnight. However, in the morning there will be two extra trains on the Richmond/Daly City line, BART officials said.

There will also be longer trains on the Pittsburg/Bay Point/Millbrae, Richmond/Warm Springs line and Dublin/Pleasanton/Daly City lines in the morning for start of service. In addition, parking will be free at BART parking lots, agency officials said.

San Francisco Municipal Railway buses and light-rail vehicles will operate on a Saturday schedule, transit officials said.

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit local and transbay lines will operate on Sunday schedules. The AC Transit Ticket Office in downtown Oakland will be closed, agency officials said.

Caltrain will also operate on a modified schedule on Monday. The monthly pass is honored for unlimited trips between all zones on Presidents Day, according to the agency.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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