BART Service Resumes After West Oakland Crash Brings Live Power Line Down On Tracks
OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- BART officials confirmed that train service has resumed after a crash in West Oakland Thursday afternoon brought a live power line down on the tracks between West Oakland and Lake Merritt stations.
BART officials said train service was resuming as of about 1:30 p.m.
BART is recovering from an earlier problem. We have resumed normal service through the Transbay Tube and downtown Oakland in all directions.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) October 1, 2020
The @SFBARTalert Twitter account first posted about the issue at around 12:48 p.m.
There is a delay developing in Downtown Oakland in all directions due to an obstruction on the track.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) October 1, 2020
A follow-up post clarified to state that service had been stopped between Lake Merritt, 12th Street and West Oakland due to the obstruction.
BART service has stopped between Lake Merritt, 12th Street and West Oakland due to an obstruction on the track.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) October 1, 2020
Just after 1 p.m., the @SFBARTalert account tweeted that a downed power line had stopped service. 511.org announced a bus bridge would be provided.
BART service has stopped in the Transbay Tube and between West Oakland, Lake Merritt and 12th St. due to a down power line.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) October 1, 2020
Police in Oakland tweeted out photos of a crash involving a semi-truck at Adeline and 3rd Street that brought down live wires.
TRAFFIC ALERT: Live wires down at Adeline/3rd Street⚡️Semi-truck crashed into power pole. Please use alternate routes. pic.twitter.com/q9nvFTpvFK
— Oakland Police Dept. (@oaklandpoliceca) October 1, 2020
BART issued a service alert that clarified that BART train service had stopped in the Transbay Tube due to a down power line between West Oakland and Lake Merritt.
Mutual aid is being provided by AC Transit to cover parallel service between 19th St. and the Salesforece Transit Center in San Francisco on bus NL. AC Transit bus 62 is connecting passengers between Lake Merritt and West Oakland.
Transit officials later announced that Yellow Line trains were running from Antioch to Bay Fair during the stoppage but that all Red Line trains were cancelled until service resumed with SF trains turning back at Embarcadero.
BART officials later confirmed that the crash in Oakland was what caused the service disruption.