BART Restores Service Systemwide After Computer Failure Halts Trains For Hours
BART restored service shortly before 12:30 p.m. Sunday following a computer failure that idled trains and kept stations across the system closed for more than four hours.
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BART restored service shortly before 12:30 p.m. Sunday following a computer failure that idled trains and kept stations across the system closed for more than four hours.
Starting Monday, BART will be adding more trains to certain lines during peak commute times to keep up with increased ridership, BART officials said
BART trains will not be traveling Saturday, Sunday or Monday between the Bay Fair and South Hayward stations as crews replace track and track components.
The BART police department is launching a new initiative to help riders request assistance from officers.
The city of Berkeley plans to hold the first of three community meetings on Monday to discuss planning for the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations.
A coalition of Bay Area transit agencies released a joint plan Wednesday to assuage rider fears of contracting COVID-19.
Firefighters extinguished a fire that erupted below a BART track overpass Tuesday morning and shutting down service on the San Leandro and Dublin/Pleasanton lines, officials said.
A six-story, 284-unit apartment building just north of the Pleasant Hill-Contra Costa Centre BART station could be approved Tuesday.
The city of Richmond announced a partnership late last week with the company Volta Charging to place electric vehicle charging stations near the Richmond BART station parking garage at no taxpayer cost.
BART passengers traveling between Bayfair and South Hayward stations in the East Bay this weekend will need to transfer to a free bus due to a track replacement project.
BART service to San Francisco International Airport was halted during the Wednesday morning commute due to police activity at the airport station.
BART joined a nationwide group of public transit agencies Tuesday to call on the federal government to allocate between $32 billion and $36 billion in relief funding for public transit in its next COVID-19 pandemic relief funding package.
An electrical fire inside a BART tunnel in San Francisco -- quickly extinguished by firefighters -- contributed to major delays along the system, BART officials said Monday.
A 22-year-old man wearing a mask made popular by the horror movie "Scream" was arrested following a brutal attack that seriously injured a 19-year-old man on a BART train, authorities said.
BART will raise parking fees at its Coliseum, Fruitvale, Lake Merritt, Macarthur, Rockridge and West Oakland stations due to a new parking fee tax in the city of Oakland.
BART is posting weekly online charts showing the typical number of people riding trains on its lines at various times so that riders can make safe choices about when to commute during the novel coronavirus emergency.
BART announced Monday that the option to pay for parking at its stations through the agency's official smartphone app will now be available at all stations throughout the system.
The BART Board of Directors voted 7-2 Thursday to approve the transit agency's $2.42 billion budget for fiscal year 2021, which goes into effect next Wednesday.
In response to recent rising ridership numbers as COVID-19 restrictions ease, BART on Monday began sending three extra commute trains to Pittsburg/Bay Point.
The coronavirus pandemic has hit transit agencies across the Bay Area hard, with BART still operating at slightly more than 10 percent of normal ridership.
BART passengers traveling between Lafayette and Rockridge stations in the East Bay this weekend will need to transfer to a free bus due to an ongoing track upgrade project.
The family of Oscar Grant III, who was killed by a BART police officer on New Year's Day in 2009, is demanding BART Director Debora Allen step down.
BART police are seeking a woman who pushed a man onto the tracks as a train was approaching at the Downtown Berkeley station Monday night.
The BART Board of Directors this week approved a mixed-use housing development at the West Oakland station that will include some 350,000 square feet of retail and office space.
The final countdown has begun. The nearly 20-year wait by San Jose area residents for BART service is less than 24 hours away from coming to an end after a ceremonial first trip to mark the opening of the new Berryessa Station Friday.
