BART Alternating Test, Shuttle Trains On Troubled East Bay Line
Alternating BART test and shuttle trains will be running Monday between two East Bay stations where there's an electrical glitch that is still being investigated, agency officials said.
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Alternating BART test and shuttle trains will be running Monday between two East Bay stations where there's an electrical glitch that is still being investigated, agency officials said.
The regular train service will last all weekend and BART officials hope to continue the service through the Monday morning commute.
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BART reports major delays on the Pittsburg / Bay Point line Thursday morning after a car being chased by police crashed into a fence next to the tracks in Walnut Creek.
Two weeks after an electrical glitch knocked BART train cars out of commission between two East Bay stations, the source of the problem remains mysterious and normal service has yet to resume there.
Bay Area Rapid Transit officials said it's expected that normal service on the Pittsburg/Bay Point line will return soon, but there's still no firm date established.
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Buses that have taken BART riders between East Bay stations where a still-mysterious glitch knocked train cars out of commission last week are being replaced by another temporary solution, the agency's officials said Friday.
BART still has no timeline for when service will be restored between the North Concord/Martinez and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations, more than a week after a mysterious electrical spike damaged dozens of cars along that stretch of track.
As BART is getting ready to ask voters for $3.5 billion in bonds to keep the system running, and amid rising rider frustration over a track problem in the East Bay, the agency is handing out $1,000 bonuses to many of its workers.
BART train service is gradually returning to a route between two East Bay stations that was beset by an electrical issue that damaged train cars a week ago.
BART officials have deployed a new high-tech tool in their attempt to identify the source of an electrical spike that is damaging passenger cars and has forced the temporary shutdown of regular service between the North Concord and Pittsburgh/Bay Point stations.
BART announced Monday that the agency would run trains between the North Concord and Pittsburg/Bay Point Stations during the peak commute hours as the hunt for a mysterious electrical problem continues.
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BART officials said on Friday trains will not be running between the Pittsburg/Bay Point and North Concord/Martinez stations through at least Monday.
BART officials announced Friday that the bus bridge between Pittsburg/Bay Point and North Concord stations "will likely last through the weekend and Monday."
BART platforms were crowded Friday morning with frustrated passengers as the massive BART transit system limped through a morning commute hampered by electrical problems in the East Bay and in the Transbay Tube.
BART riders could be looking at months of shorter, more crowded trains as a consequence of an ongoing electrical issue that afflicted part of the Pittsburg/Bay Point line Wednesday morning, according to the agency.
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