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BART to SFO
Posted on June 21st, 2003 4 commentsBeing a fan of transit (not that I take it very much anymore), I wasn’t going to pass up BART to SFO preview day. Judging by the crowds, a lot of other people wanted to check it out too.
My dad (who was already at my house) and I headed down to the Colma BART station. We boarded the SFO-bound train and off we went.
The trains were packedAfter a uneventful ride, we arrived at the new airport station. We didn’t get out along the way to see the other two stations (which I affectionately call “Costco” and “Target”), since we’d just end up waiting 20 mins for the next train.
The SFO station itself wasn’t really impressive… it sure was crowded though. I went on a mission to find the free posters they were giving out, while other people were after the free drinks. Seeing how we had never been on the AirTrain system, we took a ride around the airport on it. It was a lot more exciting than the BART ride itself.
After a quick loop around the International terminal, it was time to take BART over to the monstrosity known as the Millbrae BART/Caltrain station. This involved waiting 20 minutes for a 3 minute ride over there.
This is probably the most interesting station, but we didn’t stick around for long. We went downstairs and found seats (!) on a train bound for SF… and off we went back to Colma. The whole trip wasn’t nearly as exciting as I was hoping for (too many people!) and I don’t know how anyone will navigate suitcases through that mess, but heck, I had nothing better to do!
4 responses to “BART to SFO”
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The only thing I think about when I see trains is the time I had Mononucleosis in Europe and vomited (more than once) while traveling on the Eurail. This is a hard thing to accomplish when the bathroom is moving. Luckily there were handrails.
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Naina June 23rd, 2004 at 09:24
Jeff,
What kind of camera did you use to take these photos? Was it a Canon? Which model….I’m hoping
it wasnt a super high end one…I have a mere Canon Powershot G3, and I dint get this kind of crispness. Please advise.
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WOW!
SAM June 25th, 2003 at 17:02