Photo above: Antioch BART station footbridge over the Highway 4 median, looking east, February 2018. Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
About an hour and 15 minutes each way. BART schedules a weekday morning ride from Antioch station to Embarcadero at 73 minutes, and the adult Clipper fare is $9.65 (BART schedule and fare data for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, checked September 25, 2026). Trains leave Antioch every 20 minutes in the morning rush, and you walk across one platform to change trains on the way.
Driving is the other choice. Highway 4 is the main road out of East County, and it’s a different kind of trip. Here’s how both work, so you can judge a house by the commute you’d actually have.
Where is the Antioch BART station?
At 1600 Slatten Ranch Road, just off Hillcrest Avenue, in the median of Highway 4. It’s the last stop on BART’s Yellow line (BART station info for Antioch, checked September 25, 2026). BART’s project page adds a bike and pedestrian path to Hillcrest Avenue and bus connections from Tri Delta Transit (BART, BART to Antioch project page, checked September 25, 2026).
The service is newer than most of BART. BART to Antioch started carrying riders on Saturday, May 26, 2018. It runs 10 miles from Pittsburg/Bay Point and added two stations, Pittsburg Center and Antioch (same BART project page).
Do I have to change trains?
Yes, once, but you don’t leave the platform. Antioch trains are Diesel Multiple Unit trains that run on their own tracks in the Highway 4 median. They meet regular BART trains at a transfer platform just east of Pittsburg/Bay Point, where you step off one train and walk across to the other. BART says that platform can only be reached by train (BART, BART to Antioch project page and Antioch station info, checked September 25, 2026).
BART’s schedule treats it as one trip. The 73-minute time already includes the switch. The Antioch to Pittsburg/Bay Point leg alone is scheduled at 18 minutes.
What does a real weekday look like?
Here are sample departures from BART’s schedule for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, Antioch to Embarcadero (BART schedule data, checked September 25, 2026). A few other early trains run too:
| Leave Antioch | Arrive Embarcadero | Scheduled time |
|---|---|---|
| 4:51 a.m. | 6:00 a.m. | 69 min |
| 5:31 a.m. | 6:40 a.m. | 69 min |
| 6:47 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | 73 min |
| 7:07 a.m. | 8:20 a.m. | 73 min |
| 7:27 a.m. | 8:40 a.m. | 73 min |
| 7:47 a.m. | 9:00 a.m. | 73 min |
| 8:07 a.m. | 9:20 a.m. | 73 min |
Going home, the same day’s schedule has trains leaving Embarcadero at 5:00, 5:20, 5:40 and 6:00 p.m., each due into Antioch 72 minutes later. On Saturday, October 10, 2026, the 9:07 a.m. from Antioch is scheduled into Embarcadero at 10:20 a.m., also every 20 minutes (same BART data).
Want a closer job? The same Tuesday schedule shows Antioch to Walnut Creek at 37 minutes for $5.40 and Antioch to 12th St. Oakland City Center at 61 minutes for $7.30. Schedules change, so run your own trip in the planner at bart.gov before you count on a time.
How much does BART cost from Antioch?
$9.65 each way to Embarcadero or Montgomery on an adult Clipper card. Discount Clipper fares for the same trip are $4.80 with Clipper START, $4.80 for youth and $3.60 for seniors and riders with disabilities (BART fare data, checked September 25, 2026).
Put it in the budget like a bill. Ten one-way rides a week at the adult fare is $96.50, and five days of daily parking adds $17.00. That’s $113.50 a week before you buy lunch in the city. BART also notes a one-time $3 fee for a new Clipper card, or you can load Clipper on your phone at no charge (BART to Antioch project page, checked September 25, 2026).
Where do I park, and will I find a spot?
In BART’s lots at the station. BART lists daily parking at $3.40, carpool parking at $3.40, single or multi-day reserved spaces at $6 a day and monthly reserved permits at $105. It lists the lot’s fill time as “capacity available at all times,” and says a lot added in 2021 brought 850 new spaces (BART station info for Antioch, checked September 25, 2026). You pay in the BART Official app.
The station also has 12 on-demand BikeLink lockers and rider restrooms (same source).
Can I take a bus to Antioch BART?
Yes. Tri Delta Transit runs several routes that start or end at Antioch BART (Tri Delta Transit route pages, checked September 25, 2026):
- Route 371, Antioch BART to Pittsburg/Bay Point BART, seven days a week.
- Route 373, Antioch BART to the Brentwood Park and Ride, seven days a week.
- Route 375, Antioch BART to Slatten Ranch Center, seven days a week.
- Route 376, Antioch BART to Kaiser Antioch Medical Center, weekdays only. Tri Delta’s schedule change dropped its Saturday and Sunday service with the timetable that took effect August 9, 2026.
A local adult cash fare is $2.00, or $1.25 as a BART transfer, and a general day pass is $3.75 (Tri Delta Transit, Fares and Passes page, checked September 25, 2026). Check the timetable for the stop nearest the house before you rely on it.
What about driving Highway 4?
It’s the road nearly everyone in Antioch uses. The Contra Costa Transportation Authority calls State Route 4 the primary east-west link connecting Antioch, Bay Point, Pittsburg and Brentwood with central Contra Costa and the rest of the Bay Area (CCTA news release, June 30, 2025).
The freeway was rebuilt alongside BART. Highway 4 went from four to eight lanes between Loveridge Road in Pittsburg and just west of State Route 160 in Antioch, part of about $1 billion invested in the corridor, including the $525 million BART to Antioch project (BART, BART to Antioch project page, checked September 25, 2026).
The next big piece is west of you, where Highway 4 meets I-680. In June 2025, CCTA said the interchange project won $58 million in state Trade Corridor funds, paired with about $160 million from Regional Measure 3 and Measure J. The plan includes a new elevated ramp from southbound I-680 to eastbound Highway 4 and removes a loop ramp. CCTA said then that construction was slated to begin the following year and wrap up by the end of 2028 (CCTA, “CCTA awarded $58 million to relieve I-680/SR-4 bottleneck in Contra Costa County,” June 30, 2025). Check ccta.ca.gov for where it stands now.
How long is the drive to San Francisco?
We won’t print a number, because no official source publishes a typical drive time, and Highway 4 swings a lot by hour and direction. Open 511.org, the Bay Area’s official traffic site, at the time you’d really leave and watch it for a week.
The toll is fixed. A two-axle car pays $8.50 on the Bay Bridge in 2026. With a FasTrak tag it rises to $9.00 in 2027, $9.50 in 2028, $10.00 in 2029 and $10.50 in 2030 (MTC, “New Bridge Toll Rates Now in Effect,” January 2, 2026). Add gas and city parking, then compare it with the $113.50 BART week above.
How should the commute shape my Antioch home search?
Time the trip from the front door, not from the station. A home a few minutes from Hillcrest Avenue and Slatten Ranch Road gets you to the platform fast. A home in the south end of town may mean a longer drive or a bus to the station first, and that adds up twice a day.
Then do one test run. Leave the house you like at your real start time on a weekday, park or ride the bus, take the 7:07, and time it to your desk. Do the ride home too. One morning tells you more than any listing.
Questions people also ask
Is there a direct BART train from Antioch to San Francisco?
Not quite. You ride a BART to Antioch diesel train to a transfer platform just east of Pittsburg/Bay Point, then walk across the platform to a regular BART train into the city. BART’s schedule counts it as one trip. On Tuesday, October 6, 2026, the weekday morning trip to Embarcadero is scheduled at 73 minutes, per BART data checked September 25, 2026.
How much is BART from Antioch to San Francisco?
The adult Clipper fare from Antioch to Embarcadero or Montgomery is $9.65 each way, per BART fare data checked September 25, 2026. Clipper START and youth riders pay $4.80, and seniors and riders with disabilities pay $3.60. Daily parking at Antioch station is $3.40, so a full commuting day with parking runs $22.70 at the adult fare.
How often do trains leave Antioch in the morning?
Every 20 minutes during the weekday morning rush. BART’s schedule for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 shows Antioch departures to Embarcadero at 6:47, 7:07, 7:27, 7:47 and 8:07 a.m., each scheduled at 73 minutes, per BART data checked September 25, 2026. The first trains, from 4:51 a.m., are scheduled a few minutes faster.
Is parking free at Antioch BART?
No. BART lists daily parking at Antioch station at $3.40, the same for carpool parking. Reserved spaces are $6 a day and a monthly reserved permit is $105, paid in the BART Official app. BART lists capacity available at all times and says a 2021 lot added 850 spaces, per its station info checked September 25, 2026.
Your next step
Tell us where you work and what time you need to be there. We’ll pull Antioch homes by their real door-to-platform time, with recent sales next to each one. Talk to an Antioch agent on our team or call (510) 949-5525.
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By Bill Davis, DRE #01880656, The Davis Team at eXp Realty, Antioch, CA. Updated September 25, 2026.
Sources
- BART, official schedule and fare data (api.bart.gov) for Tuesday, October 6, 2026 and Saturday, October 10, 2026 (checked September 25, 2026)
- BART, Antioch station info and access details: bart.gov/stations/antc (checked September 25, 2026)
- BART, BART to Antioch: East Contra Costa BART Extension: bart.gov/about/projects/ecc (checked September 25, 2026)
- Tri Delta Transit, route pages for Routes 371, 373, 375 and 376, Annual Schedule Change page, and Fares and Passes: trideltatransit.com (checked September 25, 2026)
- Contra Costa Transportation Authority, “CCTA awarded $58 million to relieve I-680/SR-4 bottleneck in Contra Costa County,” June 30, 2025: ccta.ca.gov (checked September 25, 2026)
- MTC (Bay Area regional transportation agency), “New Bridge Toll Rates Now in Effect,” January 2, 2026: mtc.ca.gov (checked September 25, 2026)
- 511.org, Bay Area traveler information