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Yahoo
26-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
BART Green Line resumes after weeklong track fire disruption
OAKLAND, Calif. - Normal service on BART's Green Line resumed on Memorial Day after a nearly weeklong disruption due to an electrical fire on the San Leandro tracks. Shortly before 9 a.m. Monday, BART officials said trains were once again running on the Green Line, six days after a fire near the San Leandro station suspended service. The Green Line serves Berryessa in San Jose and Daly City. That line has been stopped since May 20, when a fire at the BART station in San Leandro, sent sparks flying and stopped train service. It turns out that a small feeder cable failed, which started a fire that took out communications and train control, BART officials said last week. BART is operating on a Sunday schedule for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, from 8 a.m. until about midnight. All five lines will be in service until about 9 p.m., and after that BART will run three-line (Yellow, Blue, and Orange) service.
CBS News
22-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
BART says Green Line likely down through Memorial Day after San Leandro fire
BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay Officials with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) said service on the Green Line will likely remain out of service through the Memorial Day holiday weekend, as crews continue to repair damage from Tuesday's fire in San Leandro. The agency said Thursday that the line, which runs from Daly City to the Berryessa / North San Jose station, is projected to reopen on Tuesday, May 27. BART said all stations are open and riders can access every part of the system. Riders traveling from the Berryessa to San Francisco can take an Orange Line train towards Richmond and can transfer at Bay Fair station to a Blue Line train towards Daly City. Crews are continuing to perform repairs to damaged trackside train control equipment following the fire, which broke out early Tuesday morning near the San Leandro station. Fire seen on the BART trackway near the San Leandro BART station on May 20, 2025. CBS An investigation is underway into the root cause off the fire. The agency said there was an electrical fault on its DC power system from a 1,000-volt DC cable that was part of BART's original system, and a fire started. The fire, which damaged trackside train control equipment, sections of fiber and a 34.5kV cable, led to service being disrupted in the East Bay for much of the day. "The electrical fault should have been isolated, but it bypassed our various protections such as transfer trips and circuit breakers," BART said in a statement. "While faults are not uncommon in the BART system, it is very rare that this fault escalated to this level." Tuesday's fire was the second major disruption to BART service in less than two weeks. A computer glitch shut down the entire system for several hours during the morning commute on May 9, which impacted tens of thousands of riders.
CBS News
21-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
BART restores service to all stations after track fire; Green Line service still suspended
BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay BART track fire near San Leandro station knocks out service to much of the East Bay BART service has been restored to all 50 of its train stations, agency officials said Wednesday morning, a day after a fire just south of the San Leandro station caused a major disruption in operations. All stations are open to commuters. However, there is no Green line service yet due to the fire damaging track equipment, BART said on social media around 6:20 a.m. Passengers traveling from the Berryessa station toward San Francisco are advised to take the Orange line going to Richmond, then transfer at Bay Fair to a Blue line train going to Daly City. The cause of the fire, which started around 5 a.m. Tuesday, is not yet confirmed.
