On a recent Friday morning at the North Concord BART station, people exiting trains onto the platform were few and far between. Cows grazing placidly on the nearby hillsides seemed more plentiful.
It’s no surprise: ridership at the station was down more than 66% in 2024 compared with 2019. And trips to and from downtown San Francisco from the East Bay station were down even more, with 75% fewer trips in 2024 than before the pandemic.
After the pandemic shattered the Bay Area’s commuting patterns, yearly BART ridership has continued to struggle to rise to anywhere near 2019 levels. And while San Francisco’s downtown stations have suffered enormous losses in passenger traffic, BART’s most far-flung stations have also seen a disproportionate decline, a Chronicle analysis found.
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Along with North Concord, the Warm Springs/South Fremont and Millbrae stations suffered some of the largest overall ridership losses last year. Warm Springs saw 72% less ridership in 2024 compared to 2019, and Millbrae saw 67% less…