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Happy Birthday, BART! On September 11, 1972, BART opened for service operating through 12 stations from MacArthur Station to Fremont Station. In the first five days, it transported over 100,000 passengers. BART trains travel an average speed of 35 miles an hour with a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour. Now BART operates 50 stations across 131 miles of track and transported an average of 408,000 passengers daily in 2019. BART’s extension to San Francisco International Airport opened in 2003. Have you ever taken BART to the airport? This image was posted on September 09, 2022.