The BART repair garage in Richmond. Photograph by Angela Johnston. In 2018, Bay Area commuters will be able to go a little bit farther on BART. The transit agency is building a 10-mile extension from the Pittsburgh station, to Antioch. It’ll be called E-BART — the E for East Contra Costa County. And when commuters get to Pittsburg, they’ll have to get out, and transfer to another BART train. That’s because the new extension is being build with standard gauge tracks. The rest of BART has wider tracks and cars that are made to fit them. It’s this this wider-than-normal feature that makes traditional BART cars and tracks different and
