Major BART Delays Reported At San Francisco Stations
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- There were major delay reported on BART Tuesday evening in San Francisco due to an equipment problem on the track, BART officials said.
The BART Twitter account had posted about multiple 10-minute delays on Tuesday starting shortly before 1 p.m., but starting at 5:42 p.m., the account tweeted about equipment problems in San Francisco four different times.
There is a 10-minute delay on the San Francisco Line in the SFO, Millbrae and Daly City directions due to an equipment problem on the track.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) September 18, 2019
One of the tweets indicated there were delays in the East Bay direction, but the most recent was reporting a major delay headed towards the San Francisco International Airport, Millbrae and Daly City directions.
There is a major delay at San Francisco stations in the SFO, Millbrae, Daly City directions due to an equipment problem on the track.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) September 18, 2019
In response to some rider complaints, BART later provided some details on the problems.
There were multiple problems that caused tonight's delays.
— BART (@SFBART) September 18, 2019
It started with trackside equipment problems that forced us to operate multiple trains in road manual mode, which is slower.
Then we had a car that had its brakes engage on a moving train. That caused more delays. https://t.co/x7ZmbfV5sJ
There was no indication when the problem would be resolved.