Emery Go Round
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Emery Go-Round is a zero-fare bus service in Emeryville, California
Emeryville, California
Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and...

, near Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

. It has three lines that run five days a week, with more limited service on weekends, and no or reduced service on holidays. It provides a crucial link between the Amtrak station
Emeryville (Amtrak station)
The Emeryville Amtrak station is an Amtrak station in Emeryville, California that replaced the older Amtrak 16th Street Station in Oakland. The original Beaux-Arts Oakland 16th Street Station was declared unsafe due to unreinforced masonry after sustaining damage in the Loma Prieta Earthquake of...

, where some trains terminate, and the local-transport BART system (although Capital Corridor riders get faster transfers from Richmond Station). Emery Go-Round also provides access to major shopping areas, businesses, schools, and some larger residences around Emeryville. It is funded by commercial property owners in the citywide transportation business improvement district.

All the bus lines provide service to the MacArthur BART station in Oakland.

Route list

  • Shellmound/Powell - Watergate to BART station via Shellmound and 40th Streets
  • Hollis - Berkeley Bowl West to BART station via Hollis Avenue and 40th Street
  • Watergate Express - Watergate to BART station via I-80 (morning and afternoon peak periods only)
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