Millbrae Station
City: Millbrae
Millbrae Station is the only direct connection between BART and Caltrain systems.
Points of interest
Ticket machines are available at the elevated station concourse and at the northbound Caltrain platform. First time riders can purchase a reusable Clipper card from a vending machine before boarding. All riders must pass through the faregates with a valid Clipper card, mobile device with (Clipper enabled) Apple Pay/Google Pay, or paper ticket (no longer sold at stations). Keep the ticket, device, or card for the ride and use it to pass through the faregates again when exiting the station.
Riders using Clipper transferring from Caltrain need to "tag off" at a Caltrain Clipper reader on the platform before entering BART.
During daytime, Richmond - Millbrae - SFO line provides service to San Francisco and East Bay (Richmond direction), as well as SFO. line trains provides service at night to SF and East Bay, with stop at SFO.
All BART trains board on Platform #3 (the one just across from Caltrain). Check the destination for the BART train on the platform before boarding.
| Platform 3: to Richmond, SFO (daytime) to Antioch via SFO (night) | |
| Real time departures: | |
| ⇓ Next Station: San Bruno | ⇑ Next Station: SF Airport |
This station is served by Caltrain local/limited stop and Baby Bullet trains.
Caltrain ticket machines and Clipper card readers are located in the elevated concourse and on the Caltrain platforms. Riders can purchase new Clipper cards and add values/passes to the card from selected Caltrain ticket machines (as well as BART ticket machines) at this station.
All riders must have a valid paper/mobile ticket, or tagged Clipper card/mobile device before boarding Caltrain. Train crews may inspect for fares onboard. Riders using Clipper should "tag off" after exiting the train.
This station features side platforms for Caltrain. The northbound (SF) platform is adjacent to the BART platform and southbound (SJ) platform is across the tracks to the west. Use the elevated concourse to get from BART and the bus area to the SJ platform.
| Southbound to San Jose/Gilroy | Northbound to San Francisco |
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| ⇓ Next Station: Burlingame (weekday), Broadway (weekend) | ⇑ Next Station: San Bruno |
Caltrain service advisoryData provided by 511.org
This station has bus stops on both sides of the tracks. Most buses serve the bus stop on the west side. Some shuttles serve stops on the east side. East side of the station is currently under construction for housing development and remaining bus stops may be relocated as construction progresses.
BART Early Bird Express
Caltrain
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SamTrans
Parking diagram at the east side of Millbrae Station
Due to multiple ownership of the spaces at Millbrae, there are different fees and policies between the parking on the east and the west side of the station. BART and Caltrain passengers can park on either side of the station.
| Unreserved spaces (East side) | Reserved spaces | Carpool/Midday | Caltrain (West side) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | before 10am | $3 daily fee | reserved permit required | BART carpool permit + daily fee | $5.50 daily fee |
| Weekdays | 10am - 3pm | $3 daily fee | |||
| Weekdays | after 3pm | free | |||
| Weekends | all day | ||||
Reserved spaces require:
Caltrain monthly parking permits are accepted on the west parking lot only.
For parking spaces on the east side, remember the space number and pay the fee at an add fare machine. Caltrain riders can pay at a special parking machine located in the concourse.
For the west parking lot, remember the space number and pay the fee at a Caltrain ticket machine.
