We’ve collected the transit schedules for Labor Day to make it easier to know which buses and trains are running and how often to expect them. For more information about specific schedules, click the links below.
Transit Operators Running Sunday Service on Labor Day
No Service
Is getting around West County getting harder? Is traffic on I-80 at every hour of the day getting you down? If you’re interested in providing input to the design of public transportation that works for you, join staff and other citizens at a community workshop to help shape the future of transit in West County.
The West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) is hosting a series of community workshops and an online survey to develop realistic public transportation alternatives to driving and commuting on congested roadways. Do you live in Richmond and want an express bus to see your family in Oakland? Do you live in Hercules and want BART to get you into San Francisco on workdays? These are just some of the options being considered, but policy makers need your input to decide which options will move the region one step closer to reality.
If you live, work, or travel anywhere in West County and are interested in expanding your transportation options, WCCTAC wants to hear from you! Attend the workshop closest to you or the one that works best for your schedule (the same information will be provided at each workshop). Attendees will have a chance to win pre-loaded Clipper Cards from 511 Contra Costa!
West County Community Workshops:
Tuesday, April 12
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
San Pablo City Council Chambers
13831 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo
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Wednesday, April 13
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Pinole City Council Chambers
2131 Pear Street, Pinole
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Thursday, April 14
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Richmond City Council Chambers
440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond
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If you can’t make it to one of the workshops, your option can still be heard. One week before the April meetings, WCCTAC will post a brief survey to learn more about your preferred travel methods and favorite destinations at WestCountyTransitStudy.com. Using your the public’s, WCCTAC will determine which transit options will make it to the next stage. A second round of workshops will be held in the fall to see what the public thinks about the options that were advanced.
On Presidents Day (Monday, February 15), some transit agencies will run on regular weekday schedules while others will run on holiday schedules. We’ve collected all the schedules for easy reference.
Click any link below for additional schedule information.
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 18), some transit agencies will run on regular weekday schedules while others will run on holiday schedules. We’ve collected the transit schedules for easy reference.
Click any link below for additional schedule information.
On New Year’s Day, all transit agencies serving Contra Costa County will be on Sunday or Holiday schedules. On New Year’s Eve, BART will run until 3am and WestCAT will offer a Modified Holiday Service schedule.
Special Note Regarding BART: San Francisco-bound Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond trains will not stop at Embarcadero Station after 8pm on New Year’s Eve. After the San Francisco fireworks show is over, passengers bound for Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond must use Montgomery Street Station. Trains on these lines will not stop at Embarcadero Station on their way out of San Francisco.
Free Transit: AC Transit & Muni will be offering free travel from 8pm New Year’s Eve until 5am the following morning. During the complimentary service, there is no need to tag your Clipper card.
Click any link below for additional schedule information.
New Year’s Eve (December 31)
New Year’s Day (January 1)
On Christmas Day, all transit agencies serving Contra Costa County will be on Sunday or Holiday schedules. Modified service will be offered by some local transit agencies on the day before Christmas.
Click any link below for additional schedule information.
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Christmas Day (December 25)
December 26th
On Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26), all transit agencies serving Contra Costa County will be running on modified schedules. In addition, some agencies will run on modified schedules the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 27).
Click any link below for detailed schedule information.
Thanksgiving Day – Nov. 26
Day After Thanksgiving – Nov. 27
The wait is over! Clipper is now accepted on County Connection, WestCAT, Wheels (LAVTA) and Tri Delta Transit buses. Here is some information to help you get started using Clipper:
How to Get a Clipper Card: If you don’t already have a Clipper card, you can order one by phone, visit ClipperCard.com, or purchase one at transit agency ticket offices and select retail stores. (Details)
31-Day Pass vs. Cash: You can use a 31-Day Pass or cash value on a Clipper card. To determine the best value for you, visit the appropriate fare page:
Clipper Discounts: Clipper offers discount cards for youths and seniors. Customers with disabilities may also receive a discount card through the Regional Transit Connection (RTC) program. (Details)
Clipper Applies Transit Agency Discounts: Each transit agency offers its own discounted fares, passes, and/or tickets for adults, youths, seniors and passengers with disabilities. When you use cash value on a Youth, Senior or RTC Clipper card, Clipper automatically applies any available discounts for which you are eligible.
Routes Which Now Accept Clipper:
How to Use Clipper: Tag your card by holding it flat against the Clipper logo on the Clipper card reader, and wait for the beep and green light. If your card balance is low, the reader will beep twice and display a yellow light. You can still board the bus, but you will need to add value to your card before your next trip. If you do not have enough value on your card, the reader will beep three times and display a red light, and you will not be able to pay your fare with Clipper.
Transfers Between Bus Systems: Clipper automatically grants you one free transfer from other Wheels, County Connection, Tri Delta Transit and WestCAT routes. If you are transferring to a transit service that does not accept Clipper, you should request a paper transfer.
Day Pass: A Day Pass gives you unlimited rides on a single day: $3.75 for adults and youth, $1.75 for senior and RTC customers. The Day Pass is a regional pass good on most Tri Delta Transit, County Connection, WestCAT and Wheels routes. You get the Day Pass discount automatically – once you pay $3.75 in fares in a day on any combination of the participating transit services, your rides will be free of charge for the rest of that day. Free transfers and fares paid on WestCAT Lynx Transbay service do not apply toward a Day Pass.
For more information on how using Clipper works with regard to a specific transit agency, visit ClipperCard.com and click the logo of the transit agency you’re interested in.
Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11. While most transit agencies serving Contra Costa County will be running on regular weekday schedules, both Tri Delta Transit and WestCAT will be operating on holiday schedules.
Holiday Schedule
Weekday Schedule
We’ve collected the transit schedules for Labor Day to make it easier to know which buses and trains are running and how often to expect them. For more information about specific schedules, click the links below.
Transit Operators Running Sunday Service on Labor Day
No Service
June 18 is National Dump the Pump Day! It’s a great opportunity to change up your routine, ride public transportation (instead of driving) and save some money. A recent report from the American Public Transportation Association shows that a two-person household downsizing to one car can save, on average, more than $9,569 a year!
Saving money isn’t the only reason to try riding transit on Dump the Pump Day. This year Spare the Air, WestCAT, BART, Wheels (LAVTA) & SolTrans are all offering something extra to encourage you to ri5de the bus or train. We’ve compiled their tweets (showing what they’ve got going on for June 18) below.
And if Dump the Pump Day inspires you to take transit more often, you might qualify for the $25 Drive Less Commuter Incentive! Find out more on our Public Transit page.
Take the #dumpthepump pledge, sign up for #SpareTheAir Alerts, and enter to receive a bag and $25 Clipper Card http://t.co/pEz875fmXt — Spare The Air (@SpareTheAir) June 16, 2015
Enter to win a $20 Local Stored Value Bus Pass or a $50 Lynx Stored Ride Pass for National Dump the Pump Day see https://t.co/94EHf2owVd
— WestCAT Transit (@WCCTA) June 15, 2015
See Wheels historic Rideo bus at the Alameda County Fair. Take Route 8 and get a Buy One Get One Free voucher! #DumpThePump pic.twitter.com/zcfxGzRMBV — Wheels Bus (@wheelsbus) June 17, 2015
Dump the Pump and Ride Free — When? Thursday, June 18, –What? Free rides on all SolTrans Local Fixed… http://t.co/mFkmBSgvoR
— SolTrans (@SolTransRide) June 12, 2015
The Summer Youth Pass is back for 2015! Youths 17 and under can get 3 months of unlimited rides on Tri Delta Transit and WestCAT fixed-route buses for just $50.
WestCAT, Tri Delta Transit and 511 Contra Costa have teamed up to offer this year’s Summer Youth Pass. Passes are available to anyone 17 years of age and under for just $50 each.
The pass is in the form of a waterproof wristband and is good for 3 months of unlimited rides (June 1 through August 31) on all Tri Delta Transit fixed-route buses and all WestCAT fixed-route and express buses (including the 30Z Martinez Link)*.
Passes are currently on sale and can be purchased any one of three ways:
In Person: Pick up a Summer Youth Pass at the Tri Delta Transit administrative office (801 Wilbur Ave, Antioch) or at WestCAT (601 Walter Ave, Pinole) during business hours
Online: Click here to order the Summer Youth Pass via the Tri Delta Transit website
Mail/Fax/Phone: You can fax or mail in a completed order form to Tri Delta Transit (download here), or place your order by phone (credit card orders only) by calling 925-754-6622
For more information about the promotion or either transit agency, please visit WestCAT.org or TriDeltaTransit.com, or call WestCAT at (510) 724-3331 or Tri Delta Transit at (925) 754-4040.
If you ride WestCAT’s LYNX route, get ready to start seeing double!
AC Transit handed off a shiny, new 80-seat double-decker bus (on loan from manufacturer Alexander Dennis) to WestCAT earlier this week, and it went into active use today!
The double-decker bus will be part of the LYNX fleet for a demonstration period through March 26-April 13. In order to give everyone an opportunity to experience the new vehicle, the bus will be scheduled for use on various LYNX runs. WestCAT will use Twitter (@wccta), Facebook (facebook.com/wccta), and their website to advise customers on which runs the bus will be traveling on a particular day.
WestCAT is testing the bus to see if double-deckers would be a useful addition to the LYNX fleet. Those who ride the double-decker bus will be asked for feedback, which will be used to help the agency determine whether to consider acquiring similar buses. If the WestCAT Board of Directors decides to purchase double-decker buses, customers could see them in service as early as 2017.
For more information about the double-decker bus demonstration, visit westcat.org or call (510) 724-3331.
Some transit agencies will be operating on non-weekday schedules on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Monday, January 19. Here are the transit schedules which will be in effect:
On Christmas Day, all transit agencies serving Contra Costa County will be on Sunday or Holiday schedules. Modified service will be offered by some local transit agencies on the days before and after Christmas. Here are the holiday service changes for December 22-26th:
Christmas Eve
**All other transit agencies will offer regular weekday service on Christmas Eve (December 24)
Christmas Day
December 26th
**All other transit agencies will offer regular weekday service on December 26
BART workers may strike as early as Sunday, October 13th. Here is a comprehensive guide from multiple transit agencies and general information for getting around if there is another BART strike.
The buses will go directly into San Francisco from 5 am to 8 am and back from a stop near the San Francisco Transbay Terminal (loading zone located at Howard Street between Fremont Street and Beale Street) from 3 PM to 7 PM. Weekend shuttle service will also be available in the event of a strike at the same nine stations listed above. Shuttles will run on Saturday from 6am-9am and 3pm-6pm, and on Sunday from 8am-11am and 3pm-6pm. For more detailed information please visit BART’s webpage.
The County Connection will operate in conjunction with the BART shuttle service.
AM Shuttle
PM shuttle
Riders are urged to confirm the number of buses, and departure times each evening after 6:30pm here.
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WESTCAT– WestCAT will set up temporary bus stops on Kearny Street outside of the El Cerrito del Norte BART station.
Transbay Service – During the stoppage Lynx routes will operate per the regular service schedule throughout the day. In addition, WestCAT will operate all JPX routes to and from San Francisco. The last vehicle leaving San Francisco in the evening will depart the Transbay Terminal at approximately 8 p.m.
Find out where to catch your bus on Kearny Street here
AC Transit will run regular service to San Francisco in the event of a strike, supplementing transbay lines to San Francisco with extra service when possible.
Note: AC Transit bus stops located inside BART stations will be moved outside BART property if BART strikes. BART station information sheets contain maps of the alternative locations, as well as information on transit alternatives to BART from each station.
Read more about AC Transit options for commuting to San Francisco.
WestCAT will not operate LYNX service during this weekend’s San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closure. The bridge will be closed to both directions starting Wednesday, August 28th at 8:00 PM through Tuesday, September 3rd at 5:00 AM.
During the Bay Bridge closure, WestCAT transbay LYNX service will not operate from Thursday, August 29, 2013 through Monday, September 2, 2013.
For Thursday and Friday, customers trying to get to San Francisco are being advised to catch a JX bus to the El Cerrito del Norte BART that has been revised to accommodate customers along the LYNX route in Rodeo and Hercules. Monday is Labor Day and the only WestCAT service operating on that day will be the Route J on a Sunday schedule.
The JX route will operate as follows:
See our route schedules online at www.westcat.org for specific departure times.
Additionally, WestCAT LYNX customers can take Routes JPX and J to El Cerrito del Norte BART.
The WestCAT LYNX 31-day pass is valid for use on all of WestCAT’s routes. During the bridge closure, customers with a valid 10-ride LYNX pass should not insert the pass into the farebox, but instead “flash” the pass to the driver.
Please be advised that in observance of Labor Day the only WestCAT service to operate on Monday, September 2nd will be the Route JR/JL on a Sunday schedule.
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WestCAT Lynx has a promotion happening right now, buy 1 Get 1 Free 31-day promo pass! Lynx is a fast, direct, convenient express bus service between Hercules and San Francisco. Some restrictions do apply. See the brochure at the link below.
Lynx has been in service since 2005 and this year WestCAT has reached a major milestone!
In May 2012, the LYNX carried the most passengers it has have carried in one month, 16,266 passengers! Compared to 6,540 passengers in May 2005.
Also, with the BART shutdown on June 14th, 2012 Lynx transported 1,143 passengers. A typical day usually averages 750 passengers.
Way to go Lynx!
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to the West Contra Costa Transit Authority, better known as WestCAT!
WestCAT in action. Photo credit: Paul Sullivan
On April 30th WestCAT received California Association for Coordinated Transportation’s (CalACT) prestigious “Outstanding Transportation Agency” award, distinguishing it from fellow agencies on a statewide level.
But that’s not all, 2012 marks WestCAT’s 35th year of operation– happy anniversary!
Read about the impressive award.
Last month we introduced you to the County Connection’s LINK. Today, meet WestCAT’s Dial-a-Ride service and Paratransit service.
Both Dial-a-Ride and Paratransit supplement the traditional fixed route WestCAT bus services. The WestCAT Dial-a-Ride will take people over 65 or with qualifying disabilities where they need to go when regular fixed route WestCAT buses just won’t work. Paratransit on the other hand is for people who are ADA certified and the service has specific guidelines.
Unlike regular Pratransit, Dial-a-Ride is open to the general public. Residents of Port Costa, Crockett, Viewpointe, and Rodeo may also use this service because of the steep terrain in these communities. Dial-A-Ride will transport general public passengers as far as the Hercules Transit Center to transfer to fixed route buses to complete their trip, while still giving seniors and people with disabilities priority.
You have to register to use either service. Once you are registered, call to arrange a ride for the following day(s) and a bus will come pick you up. You might have to share the bus with other passengers, but it will take you as close as possible to your destination.
To register for the WestCAT Dial-a-Ride, call (510) 724-7993. After that, you can call (510) 724-RIDE (510-724-7433) to schedule your ride. Trips must be scheduled at least one day prior to travel, or as early as three days in advance. To cancel a trip, call (510) 724-4466.
Dial-a-Ride operates during the following times:
Rides are $1.25 each way for seniors, people with disabilities, and people with Medicare cards, and $4 for the general public.
To sign up for WestCAT paratransit, call (510) 724-6320 to have the application mailed to you, or visit the WestCAT website.
These buses will arrive within 15 minutes before or after your arranged time.
Over 300 people a day ride the WestCAT Dial-a-Ride and Paratransit every day. Get started online, or tell someone you know today.
Contra Costa County has three great bus services, but sometimes your day takes you beyond the service area of just one.
If you live in the County Connection territory but need to get to Rodeo, served by WestCAT, you have to make a transfer. Already these agencies do their best to make transfers line up for a hassle-free connection.
With a new unlimited inter-agency pass, traveling between WestCat, Wheels, Tri Delta Transit, and The County Connection just got easier.
For $60, the new East Bay Value pass will let you ride any bus on WestCat, Wheels, Tri Delta Transit, and the County Connection’s fixed routes as many times as you want within one calendar month.
That includes Tri Delta Transit’s express 300 bus!
Where do these buses go? Well, check out these main transfer stations, or use 511’s Trip Planner to get started.
Hillcrest Park ‘n’ Ride, Antioch
The County Connection, Tri Delta Transit
Martinez Amtrak
The County Connection, Tri Delta Transit, WestCAT
Concord BART
The County Connection, Tri Delta Transit
Pleasant Hill BART
The County Connection, Wheels
Walnut Creek BART
The County Connection, Wheels
Dublin/Pleasanton BART
The County Connection, Wheels, Tri Delta Transit
ACE Station, Pleasanton
The County Connection, Wheels
Not that kind of lynx!
Meet the WestCAT Lynx, connecting Rodeo and Hercules to San Francisco’s Transbay Temporary Terminal.
As the Contra Costa Times noted, ridership on the Lynx is up 15% since 2010. The Lynx now averages 680 riders a day.
The Lynx runs a schedule from 5 am to 8:30 pm every weekday. Get from Hercules to Downtown San Francisco in 40 minutes! Read the whole schedule online.
Tired of $4 gas, a $6 toll, and more than $20 in parking? The Lynx is only $5 per adult each way, and monthly passes can save you dollars a day. Continue reading “Meet the WestCAT Lynx”
Tomorrow is National Dump the Pump Day. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) started this holiday six years ago as an opportunity to remind people that, often, the easiest way to save money is by leaving your car parked and taking transit.
Transit is a cheaper way to get to work, home, and recreational options than driving.
When we do drive, we benefit from our friends and neighbors leaving their cars at home – APTA estimates that in 2009, public transit use saved 785 million hours of travel time for drivers.
Want to find a way to celebrate Dump the Pump Day? (Other than taking the bus, of course).
Tomorrow, WestCAT, the Western Contra Costa Transit Authority, will pick one winner to receive a $20 value pass or a $20 Starbucks gift card. Email your name and contact info to WestCAT before the end of the day on Thursday, June 16 to enter. The winner will be announced Friday.
Not familiar with WestCAT? Explore the system below. It’s never too early to start getting ready for Dump the Pump Day 2012.
Looking for more reasons to love transit? From APTA:
Pinole, January 5, 2011– WestCAT Transit is pleased to partner with the Contra Costa County Library to provide instant access to free audiobooks and library services on the bus. With WestCAT’s new “En route Entertainment” you can now listen to over 600 audiobook titles on the bus with Contra Costa County Library’s “Snap & Go” mobile library access. Wirelessly download audiobooks directly to your cell phone for FREE. It is a great way to pass time on the bus!
WestCAT joins Tri Delta Transit as the second Contra Costa transit provider to offer the ability to download audiobooks onboard buses by scanning QR codes. In September of 2010, Tri Delta Transit announced the launch of its Free Books on Buses program.
Continue reading “Transform your Commute – Download Free Audiobooks on all WestCAT Transit Buses”
