Service Changes Effective Sunday, August 6
Service Changes Effective Sunday, August 6
July 13,2023
AC Transit is making changes to improve our service reliability and prepare for the upcoming school year. The changes will go into effect on Sunday, August 6.
We are working to better match service levels to bus operator availability. It will mean some minor reductions in the frequency of many lines.
Line 7 will be extended to the Emeryville Amtrak Station as a one-year pilot to restore transit service on Ashby Avenue that was discontinued when Line 80 was suspended. Line 7 will connect downtown Berkeley to Ashby and Emeryville via Bancroft Way, Durant Ave., and College Ave.
The Line 78 pilot is ending due to low ridership and challenges with bus-ferry schedule alignment. Find alternatives here.
A full list of changes can be found below.
Highlights of changes:
- Lines and trips designed to serve schools resume for the fall.
- Line 7 extended to serve Ashby Ave. and Emeryville Amtrak as a one-year pilot.
- Line 33 between Highland Ave. and Highland Way and Estates Dr. and Inverleith Terrace reduced to trips around school bell times.
- Stops on Foothill Blvd. at Foothill Square relocated along Foothill Blvd. for operational efficiency.
- Numerous lines have schedule changes to improve reliability.
- The Line 78 pilot has ended.
Changes effective Sunday, August 6:
| Line | Description of Changes |
| 1T | Late-night trips on Tempo Line 1T rescheduled to reflect operations in Downtown Oakland. Service will end at 14th St. and Broadway after 9 pm nightly. Other minor schedule changes. |
| 7 | Weekend service added. Line has been extended to serve Emeryville Amtrak from El Cerrito del Norte BART via San Pablo Ave., Barrett Ave., Arlington Blvd., Arlington Ave., Shattuck Ave., Durant Ave./Bancroft Way, College Ave., Ashby Ave., and Hollis St. Buses operate every 30 minutes from 6 am to 10 pm. |
| 12 | Weekday service will run every 23 minutes rather than every 20 minutes. |
| 18 | Weekday service will run every 16 minutes rather than every 15 minutes. |
| 19 | Weekday and weekend service to Downtown Oakland will have different schedules. Weekday service begins later, serving Fruitvale BART at 6:43 am and Downtown Oakland at 7:20 am, and ends earlier, last trip from Fruitvale BART at 9:53 pm and last trip from Downtown Oakland at 10:30 pm. Service extended to Seminary Ave. at San Leandro St. Other minor schedule changes. |
| 20 and 21 | Service will run approximately every 34 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. |
| 28 | Weekday service trip to San Leandro BART scheduled to leave Hayward BART at 2:45 pm will leave five minutes later at 2:50 pm. All subsequent times on that trip will be adjusted five minutes later. |
| 29 | Weekday service will run every 24 minutes rather than every 20 minutes during peak times. |
| 33 | Weekday service will run every 18 minutes rather than every 15 minutes during peak times. Service between Highland Ave. and Highland Way and Estates Dr. and Inverleith Terrace reduced to run three trips in the mornings between 7 am and 8 am and six trips in the afternoons between 2:47 pm and 4:09 pm. |
| 39 | Additional afternoon trips added. Some trips extended to Seminary Ave. at San Leandro St. |
| 45 | Weekday afternoon peak service will run every 20 minutes rather than every 15 minutes. |
| 51A | Weekday service will run every 12 minutes rather than every 10 minutes during most of the day, and every 15 minutes instead of every 20 minutes during the early evening. (Is every 20 minutes 10:35 pm -11:55 pm and every 15 minutes in early morning.) Weekend evening and night service increased to every 15 minutes rather than every 20 minutes, improving transfers between Line 51A and Line 51B. Other minor schedule changes. |
| 51B | Weekday service will run every 15 minutes rather than every 12 minutes during the early morning and late evening. Schedule changes throughout weekend service. |
| 52 | Weekday service will run every 16 minutes rather than every 15 minutes. |
| 54 | Weekday service will run every 17 minutes rather than every 15 minutes. |
| 65 | Routing in Downtown Berkeley changed to begin and end on Allston Way at Shattuck Ave. with Line 67. From Oxford St., Line 65 will operate via Allston Way, Shattuck Ave., and University Ave. |
| 70 | Weekday service to Richmond BART adjusted 9 minutes earlier with the first trip leaving Richmond Parkway Transit Center at 6:41 am and the last trip leaving at 7:41 pm. |
| 71 | Weekday service to Richmond Parkway Transit Center adjusted 5 minutes later with the first trip leaving El Cerrito Plaza BART at 6:25 am and the last trip leaving at 8:25 pm. |
| 72R | Sunday service to Contra Costa College adjusted 5 minutes later in the early morning and 3 minutes later throughout the day. Schedule changes on Sunday service to Jack London Square. |
| 74 | Weekday service adjusted 5 minutes earlier. |
| 76 | Weekday service to El Cerrito Del Norte BART adjusted 14 minutes later with the first trip leaving Richmond Parkway Transit Center at 5:44 am and the last trip leaving at 8:44 pm. Other minor schedule changes to weekday service to Richmond Parkway Transit Center. |
| 78 | Pilot line ended due to low ridership and challenges with bus-ferry schedule alignment. Find alternatives here. |
| 79 | Weekday schedule changes on service to El Cerrito Plaza BART and to Rockridge BART. Weekend service will run every 36 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. |
| 88 | Service to both Downtown Oakland and to Lake Merritt BART will operate every 20 minutes throughout the day. Weekday, weekend, and holiday schedules will be the same. |
| 90 | Schedule modified in both directions. To Coliseum BART, service will begin earlier by 7 minutes on weekdays and 10 minutes on weekends. It will end earlier by 4 minutes on weekdays and end later by 21 minutes on weekends. To Foothill Square, service will begin later by 9 minutes on weekdays and 5 minutes on weekends and end later by 12 minutes on weekdays and 5 minutes on weekends. Line 90 will no longer stop on Foothill Blvd. Instead, use stops on MacArthur Blvd. or on 106th St. |
| 96 | Service will run every 32 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. |
| 200 | Service will run every 24 minutes rather than every 20 minutes. |
| 215 | Kato Road & Benicia St. loop reversed. From terminal on Benicia St. at Kato Road, line will operate via Benicia St., Auburn St., and Kato Road to E. Warren Ave. Stop on Benicia St. at Auburn St. moved across Benicia St. Stop on Kato Road at Benicia St. removed. |
| 376 | Service will run every 40 minutes rather than every 30 minutes. |
| 651 | New line that will operate between Oakland Technical High School and 12th St. and Clay St. in Downtown Oakland. |
| 653 | Line will begin and end on 40th St. and Broadway rather than Broadway and MacArthur Blvd. |
| 660 | Line will begin on Broadway and Whitmore St. in the morning and end on Broadway and 42nd St. in the afternoon rather than Broadway and 40th St. |
| 682 | Line will operate on Moraga Ave. between Thornhill Dr. and Medau Place in both directions. |
| 683 | New line that will operate in the mornings only from Montclair Village to Bishop O’Dowd High School. via Mountain Blvd., Golf Links Road, and 98th Ave. |
| 800 | Last three trips from San Francisco to Downtown Oakland departing 24th St. Mission BART at 6:20 am, 6:50 am, and 7:20 am will be eliminated. Last trip from Richmond BART to San Francisco departing Richmond BART at 6:25 am will be eliminated. |
| Other | Trips that operate school days only resume for the fall. These are on lines 39, 57, 72M, 76, 93, 95, 97, and 600 through 699. Most lines have minor schedule changes to better meet school bell times. Minor schedule changes are made on lines 6, 14, 28, 40, 46L, 57, 62, 65, 72, 72M, 73, 86, 95, 97, 98, 212, 215, 251, 805, NL, NX, NX3, and O. |
“Minor schedule changes” are those that move the times of bus trips earlier or later by a few minutes.
New schedules and line maps are available at actransit.org. All lines have printable timetables available online, and pocket timetables are available on board buses for local bus lines and Transbay bus lines F, NL, O, and 800.
Our full listing of bus line timetables is available online or may be requested at the AC Transit Customer Service Center at 1600 Franklin Street in downtown Oakland. For specific questions, call (510) 891-4777, or use the online form.