BART Red Line Not Running Between Richmond, Millbrae SFO As Electrical Woes Continue
BART's red line service is not running Tuesday between Richmond station and Millbrae/SFO due to ongoing power issues.
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BART's red line service is not running Tuesday between Richmond station and Millbrae/SFO due to ongoing power issues.
The headcount of BART's workforce declined by roughly 250 employees since March 2021 due in part to the vaccination mandate, an incentivized retirement program and miscellaneous resignations, retirements and involuntary dismissals.
Bay Area transit agencies report increases in ridership in recent weeks, as more people commute to offices and, perhaps, sidestep the rising cost of gasoline.
BART officials announced Thursday that Lateefah Simon was removed from the agency's Board of Directors after a dispute over whether she lived in the district she represented.
Full service on BART's Red Line may not return within the next week due to a broken power cable between the El Cerrito Plaza and Ashby stations, officials with the transit agency said Thursday.
After the Red Line between Richmond and MacArthur stations closed due to power issues, BART provided some options this week.
Some Bay Area BART riders will have to start taking alternate routes. BART is suspending service on the Red Line indefinitely for repairs after days of electrical problems on the busy Richmond-Millbrae line.
BART service on the busy Richmond line came to a halt during Monday morning's commute as crews dealt with an electrical fire, and service continued to have issues well into the afternoon.
BART work crews scrambled Monday morning to repair at door in the Berkeley Tunnel that has caused major delays in the commute from Walnut Creek, Concord and other East Bay communities.
Police activity surrounding a suspicious person on a BART train closed the Walnut Creek station for a short period Monday evening before the person was detained, according to authorities.
The BART tunnel into downtown San Jose could face significant delays and cost overruns in a "worst case scenario," according to a scathing federal report made public Friday.
BART will begin offering service on all five of the system's lines Sunday for the first time in the transit agency's history.
Later this month, BART will restore service to pre-pandemic levels by running trains until midnight every day of the week.
A fatal train strike in the East Bay has led to the closure the Orinda BART station for nearly three hours with trains single-tracking through the area, according to transit officials.
BART police arrested a man on a murder charge after a body was found near the South Hayward station Wednesday.
BART officials unveiled a new bathroom at the Powell Street Station in San Francisco on Wednesday, the first of what will be several new bathrooms at underground BART stations.
BART expects to hold a ceremony in San Francisco on Wednesday for the reopening of its Powell Street station restrooms, which have been closed for more than 20 years due to safety concerns.
Interstate 580 reopened Saturday afternoon after an hours-long closure that began with a pickup truck plunging onto BART tracks and the subsequent bomb squad investigation of a suspicious device in a vehicle at Eden Canyon Road.
Concord police on Wednesday evicted the last dozen or so residents of an encampment along San Miguel Road, in a field under BART tracks.
Rescue crews scrambled to free a man caught under a BART train Tuesday after he fell onto the tracks at San Bruno station Tuesday afternoon.
Police officers shot and killed an armed suspect Thursday morning outside San Francisco International Airport's International Terminal near the entrance to the BART station.
As BART makes strides in its power cable replacement project, trains will run until midnight on Sundays again starting Feb. 14.
As BART makes strides in its power cable replacement project, trains will run until midnight on Sundays again starting Feb. 14.
Transit officials on Monday evening were reporting major BART delays at San Francisco's Civic Center station for travelers headed to the East Bay due to a train with an equipment problem.
Public transportation around the Bay Area continues to face shortages during the pandemic.
