Civic Center Station: one week closure of stairway at UN Plaza entrance 2/9-2/14

The stairway that serves the Civic Center-UN Plaza BART entrance will be closed to public access from Monday, February 9 - Saturday, February 14, to complete stainless steel cladding installation along the new escalator walls.

This is the only access into Civic Center Station at this entrance. Riders can exit the station via the escalator next to the stairway.

Riders should use the following options to access the Civic Center station during this one-week period:

North Side of Market Street - Stairway Access
- Entrance in front of Orpheum Theatre
- Stair-only Entrance at 7th Street @ Charles J. Brenham Place
North Side of Market Street - Elevator Access
- Elevator at UN Plaza
South Side of Market Street - Stairway / Escalator Access
- 8th & Market Canopy Entrance
- Mid-Block Stair only Entrance (New Canopy Just opened!)
- 7th & Market Street - Entrance has both stairway and escalator

Status of the Escalator Project
There are two escalator units located above the Civic Center Station that serve the United Nations Plaza on the north side of Market Street. The BART Escalator Renovation Project contractor has been working since August 2025 on the first of the two units and expects to complete the first unit by early March 2026. The contractor will begin work on the second escalator unit in mid-March. All work at the Civic Center / UN Plaza entrance is expected to be completed by August 2026.

BART's Escalator Renovation Project is replacing 45 escalator units (41 BART plus 4 additional MUNI escalators) in the four downtown stations at both platform and street levels. To date, BART has completed installation of 23 units, 4 are currently under construction, and there are 18 remaining escalator units to be completed through January 2029.