Millbrae BART Station

Love this station as it is side by side with Caltrain. Located right next to HWY 101. It is so convenient and the parking fee is very reasonable and hope it doesn’t go up anytime soon. Very spacious parking including a garage and open lot. Very useful for me when I don’t want to drive to the city or east bay.
Unlike most stations where it is loitered with stench and homeless people or sketchy folks lingering around makes it uneasy to use this transportation. However I feel very safe when using this station. Five stars for plenty of parking, convenience, well lit and stationed side by side with Caltrain.

This is definitely one of the better Bart stations I’ve been to. I read somewhere that it’s the largest public transportation multi-​modal transportation platform west of the Mississippi. Not sure how true that is but it is relatively large. It consists of a BART and CalTrain. Very convenient for those traveling further out in the Bay Area. I haven’t used the CalTrain here so this review is solely for Bart.
Like I was saying earlier, this is one of the better Bart stations I’ve been to. Why? Because it’s cleaner, large parking structure, has friendlier employees and is pretty easy to navigate for new commuters. It’s easy to navigate because Millbrae is the last stop in the line so you only have one platform to get on (which is clearly marked near the escalators) and there are signs all over the station routing you to the right place and telling you where each train goes. Not to mention it is CLEAN! And yes, I know this may seem unimportant but the escalators are most always functioning. Trust, something this small makes a huge difference. I’ve been to Bart stations where all escalators aren’t working and just getting up the stairs takes a good 3 – 5 minutes. Not to mention what a bummer that is for people who need to use escalators or have young kids.
One critique I have is to add more stairs and Clipper card machines. Even with the escalators, the stairs do get congested during peak hours. Another is to create more parking spots for the people who don’t have reserved parking privileges. Oftentimes, there are a ton of parking spots in the reserved parking.

was my first time using BART…
the attendant there was extremely helpful. And then I realized I forgot my Alcatraz tix at the hotel so we had to leave and come back. The attendant stamped our cards and said to make sure to see him when we returned so we wouldn’t have to pay.

Awesome for SFO parking. You cannot beat $ 6.50/day and free weekends for covered parking, no less! Pro tip: the walkway to the platform is on parking level 4

Since parking can be a nightmare in SF, I decided to park and ride Caltrain in. The parking il has to be paid using a Bart machine and only takes cash. I didn’t know this. I went to the window to ask and was dismissed like an annoyance. I’m sorry for asking a question, but last time I checked that was your job. So rude! I absolutely love using public transportation, but it’s people like this that ruin it. Would it hurt you to be polite?

Easy to get in and out of the station. They offer free parking and you can keep the car there overnight which makes it convenient. They have both Caltrain and Bart that come through. They also have a bus and taxi station so it’s really convenient.

This Bart station is cold and I think that’s my biggest problem with it ! Otherwise it’s huge. and conveniently close to an in n out and a Panera. Big plus.

I parked my car in the garage and used the Bart system to arrive at SFO. I returned with my window shattered and my personal belongings gone. I don’t know if the Bart police do much patrolling here.

I was looking for a great deal on parking around SFO airport for a quick little weekend vacation. It always a pain to find parking and I like to have a plan. My usual plan was Park to SFO lot which is around $ 19 a day.
So she tells me that you can go online and book a BART long term space and then take the BART train to the shuttle. I look it up and book my ticket for $ 6.50 each day and print out my voucher.
I parked and felt comfortable leaving my car there for the weekend. Hopped the train to San Bruno then to the airport. It was easy and saved $ 37.50 over the other parking lot.
Next time, I’ll just park my car at San Bruno and save that extra stop but wanted to share my Airport parking tip. This works at any BART station and OAK and SFO airports.

One of my favorite BART stations as it’s the last stop on the peninsula BART track. You can walk across the tracks and get on CalTrain to go farther south.
There is always parking here, even though you sometimes have to park in the far east lot. It’s still an easy walk. The escalators here are usually working, too. Fast in and out of this station. I like it because the train is usually waiting for me as I come down the stairs.
Open, safe feeling about this station as it’s not underground, closed in.

The station itself is better than I expected. Based on my NYC Transit experience, any restrooms that is private, doesn’t require rain boots and has tp is a big perk.
The gent manning the booth is surly to be sure but, again, not unexpected by yours truly.
Don’t get me started about this Bay Area (home of Silicon Valley) Rapid Transit station having cash only parking machines and commuter benefit cards that can only be used at certain stations in the city.

I think it’s so funny that BART and Caltrain are actually separate Unilocal entities even though they’re pretty much merged together. Anyways, dull BART station that rarely has well-​timed arrivals with Caltrain. I’ve never had to wait going from Caltrain to BART direction since BARTs come and go pretty frequently – I do love that this is an easy connection to just about anywhere. But going from BART to Caltrain always sucks because I’m stuck waiting around for an hour for the Caltrain to come.
Anyways, there’s not much to do here. I guess it does smell better than other BART stations as some Unilocal reviewers have said, but definitely not much to do and pretty lackluster.

I go to the Millbrae BART Station pretty often.
I like the station because it’s one of the ones where I feel very safe. The station is also clean! No pee smell here! Finding parking usually isn’t too bad either… Also, seats are always available because the station is at the end of the line.
Yay! I’m a fan. :)

Its mostly professionals coming to and from work that use this particular station. Its above ground so you can use your phone while you wait for the bart. Also, you will always get a seat since it’s the first station on the Bart line into the city. Parking is plentiful, of course free on weekends. Generally clean and safe.
Warning! The intersection coming into this station is notorious for ticketing people who don’t fully stop while making a right on red.

If I ever go to the city and I’m not getting a ride, I’m almost always taking BART in. And I’ll usually go from Fremont station or Millbrae station, both southern terminuses of BART. I go to Millbrae when I’m ok with driving a bit longer from SJ and having a slightly shorter BART ride into downtown SF.
One major plus is that they have a lot of parking, including a four story covered parking garage. On weekdays you have to pay for parking. Weekends don’t worry about it! Save yourself the headaches and get a Clipper card with BART money loaded in and set up the Autoload — it’s so convenient not having to deal with adding value or getting tons of change or having to worry about those flimsy tickets.
This station also links up with Caltrain, so I’ve taken Caltrain up from SJ and transferred over to BART here at Millbrae to get to SFO.
And on weekends you can leave your car in the garage, the 24 hour limit parking rule doesn’t apply on Saturdays and Sundays. So I’ve left my car here overnight when I went to the city Saturday night and slept over and came back via BART on Sunday. Check out BART’s parking section on their website for more info and any changes.
Oh and another bonus is that this BART station is really close to the 101 exit and on ramps (not like Fremont which you have to drive forever down Mowry after exiting 880). There’s also a restroom once you tag into the BART station, but bring hand sanitizer and tissues just in case!
The not-​so-​good thing is that there are red light cameras at the millbrae and Rollins intersection and I swear the camera just goes off whenever it wants. The light flashes even when you have the green light! Makes me nervous when I have to make any kind of turn!

On my first time riding the Chicago equivalent of BART, I unknowingly sat in a big olé camouflaged pile of pee on the partially rubbed away fabric seat for an hour trip into the city.
I’d had an inkling of suspicion and then confirmation that it was pee when I went to readjust in my sitting position and it gushed a little in feeling and sound, but I decided to commit to it still for two reasons:
1) I was already sitting and it required minimal effort of my part to continue to do that.
2) All the other seats were taken (made total sense why the one I was sitting in was empty now) and I’d ultimately rather lay in poop or sit in pee than stand for even just an hour… at least when it’s too late to undo the initial gush of pee from the seat that had already soaked into my jeans.
My first BART experience compared to my first ‘L’ experience, was world’s better.
I’d basically only heard BART horror stories up until my first ever ride into SF from the Millbrae station, but to my luck (and secretly dismay), I didn’t see a single unsavory thing. No one pooped on the seat, the guy next to me wasn’t rubbing medicinal cream on his wang, and there wasn’t even the faintest hint of a pee smell here. Man, the suburbs really are a magical place, I thought.
Parking at this station is either easy peasy or an absolute nightmare, as I recently found out. I think the key is to get here at like 9:30 and wait it out circling the ‘open at 10am’ spots in the garage until it hits 10am exactly. It sucks because at that point where you’ve already driven to BART and then circled for 30-​minutes, you probably could have just driven into the city and be there before your BART would have left the station, but you’d also probably be paying $ 50 buck instead of $ 2 to park in that scenario, so it’s a trade off of how much your time is worth and how much is in your bank account.
The station itself is pretty damn clean and the first BART I ever rode on was the neateo 70s kind with that carpeting, which was actually really clean. Very reminiscent of the Disney World monorail.
I know the fnew-​to-​BART will wear off and likely go down in a blaze of glory, but I’d like to leave this review right here to remember my pretty A-​OK first experience on this legendary mode of transportation.

I guess this is as good as they get.
This station is generally clean, very seldomly attended to during the weekends, and has free parking on the weekends. The station has plenty of seating and trash cans for your convenience and buying a ticket is a breeze.
This station is convenient for those who want to go to the city but don’t want to deal with parking, particularly in the Embarcadero area. Although I really don’t care much for how long it takes from Millbrae to Embarcadero. It’s such a short drive when no traffic, but it takes over 45 min at the minimum!

Who reviews BART stations??? I guess I do. One of the better ones in the system with lots of parking, clean, well lighted, and easy to navigate.
Transfer to Caltrain here.

Generally speaking, the transfer from CalTrain to BART is a painless one. Feels safe and well-​lit, unlike some of the BART stations in the city, there aren’t really any né’er-do-wells around trying to steal your wallet or sell you heroin, which is a nice feature.
On Thursdays there’s an «Off the Grid» event, which means that on that far north end of the parking lot you’ll see a line-​up of about 10 food trucks. Most of my favorites haven’t made an appearance YET, but here’s hoping that turns around in the near future.

This BART station is just over a decade old and as such looks and feels significantly cleaner/​fresher. It’s also the southernmost station on the Peninsula; I really wish it would extend down into Redwood City or at least to San Mateo, and in fact I’d be happy if BART eventually extended down to San Jose and effectively phased out Caltrain, but there’s a lot of history behind why that likely won’t ever happen.
Parking is plentiful at this station and it feels safer than most other BART stations. A group of drunk guys returning home from a Giants game did threaten to beat me up once, but that was after I yelled at them for shouting racist crap at me.
Anyway, thanks to this BART station my habits have changed over the past decade: unless I know for certain that I’m headed somewhere in the city west of Divisadero, I pretty much don’t ever drive into SF anymore. This is great because I don’t have the stress of driving into and around the busier parts of the city, and my BART fare round trip ends up usually being about the same (or less) than what I would have spent on parking. And trips to Oakland/​El Cerrito/​Berkeley are a total breeze.
Probably the only disadvantage to boarding at Millbrae is that the BART cars at Millbrae tend be the ones with the dingiest interiors. I’m waiting for the day all of the cars are upgraded with hard plastic (or otherwise easily wipeable) seating.