BART Recovering From Delay On Fremont Line
BART is recovering from a 10 to 15 minute delay this morning due to equipment problems, according to an alert on Twitter, posted at about 6 a.m.
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BART is recovering from a 10 to 15 minute delay this morning due to equipment problems, according to an alert on Twitter, posted at about 6 a.m.
People who rely on BART to travel between San Francisco and the Peninsula to the East Bay will have to find alternate ways across the bay later this summer. The transit agency will close the Transbay tube for repairs during the first weekend in August and over Labor Day weekend.
BART officials Wednesday morning said the system is running on time again following delays due to pine needles catching fire on the tracks.
A BART train narrowly missed striking a 57-year-old woman who fell onto the tracks at the North Concord/Martinez station Friday evening, a BART police lieutenant said.
Riders who depend on BART to ship them to and from work, school and appointments notice delays are becoming more common. And they're not the only ones.
All BART stations are now open after a fire on a train closed multiple stations in Alameda County earlier Thursday, according to BART officials.
BART trains through the Transbay Tube are delayed over 20 minutes in the East Bay and San Francisco directions Monday afternoon because maintenance crews needed to take a measurement, a BART spokesman said.
A fight or disturbance between six or seven people at a San Francisco BART station was the reason for major delays in part of the system Sunday night, a BART police officer said.
It was a party getting into San Francisco for Sunday's Gay Pride Parade. Paradegoers were in a raucous, good mood as they crowded onto BART trains, ferries, and Caltrains heading to The City.
BART police have become one of the first police departments in the country to implement a specific policy governing interactions with transgender individuals, BART officials said Thursday.
PG&E was working to restore power to customers in Walnut Creek Thursday evening after downed lines caused an outage that shut down BART service for around two hours and affected as many as 3,000 customers.
The bathroom at the 10 stations have been closed since the September 11 terrorist attacks.
The West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station has reopened Wednesday morning following a death on the tracks, according to BART officials.
BART service was recovering Tuesday morning after reports of smoke on the underground tracks in San Francisco.
BART closed the 16th Street Mission station in San Francisco earlier Sunday afternoon because a person was talking about explosives and possibly blowing up a train, a BART police lieutenant said Sunday.
Many Warriors fans are taking BART to get to the streets of Oakland for Friday's victory parade and celebration, but it's not clear the system will break the previous ridership record.
Workers constructing the BART extension into Antioch accidentally sparked a grass fire Wednesday afternoon that burned roughly 7 acres of vegetation, a fire official said.
The 12th Street Oakland City Center BART station was shut down tonight because of crowds celebrating the Golden State Warriors' NBA title.
Bus and rail operators of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) command some of the nation's highest paid salaries in the transportation industry.
BART's Board of Directors passed a new $1.6 billion budget Thursday that promises longer and more frequent trains for riders of two East Bay lines beginning in September.
Fire at a BART substation stopped service for East Bay riders between Hayward and Fremont Tuesday afternoon. The system is now recovering with 10 to 15 minute delays.
Officials say a number of power outages have hit thousands of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. customers Monday, including more than 40,000 in the East Bay and 10,000 in San Jose.
Monday's hot weather led to delays throughout the BART system and a the closure of a station in Berkeley for several hours.
BART has announced major closures this summer, likely over Labor Day Weekend, for critical track maintenance that will close the Transbay Tube for five days.
BART service is beginning to recover Thursday evening from major delays systemwide causing by an equipment problem in San Francisco.
