Participants are encouraged to use public transportation or shuttles to get to the start line of Bay to Breakers. For those that need to drive, parking near the start line of the race is limited but available in the Financial and South of Market (SoMa) districts.

BART — The Embarcadero BART Station has access to the following BART lines and is located only two blocks from the start line:
Blue (Daly City, Dublin-Pleasanton)
Green (Daly City, Berryessa-North San Jose)
Red (Richmond, Millbrae)
Yellow (Antioch, SFO Intl Airport)

BART Special Race Day Schedule:
BART will provide four trains with limited stops before regular BART service.
These four trains will go out of service once they drop riders off at Embarcadero.
Riders cannot board a train at Embarcadero.  

• Train #1 will leave Millbrae at 6:29am, Daly City at 6:41am, 16th St./Mission at 6:52am, and then arrive at Embarcadero at 6:57am. No other stops will be made along the line.

• Train #2 will leave Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre at 6:23am, MacArthur at 6:43am, and West Oakland at 6:52am, and then arrive at Embarcadero at 6:58am.
  No other stops will be made along the line. 

• Train #3 will leave Dublin/Pleasanton at 6:17am, Bay Fair at 6:34am, and West Oakland at 6:55am and arrive at Embarcadero at 7:01am. No other stops will be made along the line. 

• Train #4 will leave El Cerrito del Norte at 6:33am, MacArthur at 6:46am, and West Oakland at 6:54am and arrive at Embarcadero at 7:02am. No other stops will be made along the line. 

Regular systemwide BART service starts at around 8am.
Plan your trip using the BART Trip Planner. 

 
MUNI – The following light rail lines access the Embarcadero Station located only two blocks from the start line:
J – Church
K – Ingleside
L – Taraval
M – Ocean View
N – Judah 

Plan Your Trip – Find your way around San Francisco and plan your trip to the start line of Bay to Breakers today.  Use “Embarcadero Station” for your destination to plan your trip to the start line.

PLAN YOUR TRIP
 

2026 Muni Bay to Breakers Special Service Plan:

• Muni Metro Subway opens early at 6am at select stations: West Portal, Forest Hill, Castro, Church, Van Ness, and Embarcadero. Train service starts at 6am from West Portal Station with trains every 12 minutes. 

• Early N Judah Train Service - Three extra eastbound N Trains depart La Playa at 6:10 a.m., 6:30 a.m., and 6:50 a.m., serving Van Ness and Embarcadero Stations downtown. 

• Extra morning buses in Routes 5 and 7 between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. 

• After the race, extra N Judah Trains, N Judah Express Buses to Civic Center BART, and extra 5R Fulton Rapid buses will take you back downtown. 

CalTrain Special Race Day Schedule:
 
-Train 901 will depart Palo Alto at 6:18am (or when full), arriving in SF by 7:00am (earlier if full)
-Train 903 will depart San Jose at 6:04am, arriving in SF at 7:20am.
 
The San Francisco Caltrain Station is located at Fourth & King streets, a 30-minute walk (1.4 miles) from the Start Line. 
Participants can walk to the starting line from the station or board an N Judah Muni train from King St. 
Schedule subject to change without notice. 

Please reference the updated Bay to Breakers race day schedule to plan your trip.