BART service through the Transbay Tube came to a sudden halt Sunday due to a “loss of communication,” in the tube, the transit agency said.
The issue began just after 4 p.m., according to BART spokesperson Anna Duckworth. The agency has crews working in the tunnel, but doesn’t have details about what caused the issue or when service through the tube could be restored.
BART is running buses across the Bay Bridge between the Salesforce Transit Center and multiple locations in the East Bay, including the Downtown Berkeley BART station, MacArthur BART station, Fruitvale, and El Cerrito, according to a map (opens in new tab) shared during the service outage. Trains are turning around at Embarcadero and West Oakland stations to avoid the tunnel.
BART continues to operate throughout the rest of the system.
BART is running buses between San Francisco and the East Bay after a “loss in communcations” halted train service through the transbay tube. | Source: BART
The outage marks the latest snafu in BART service after a series of meltdowns last year.
It comes at a sensitive time for the transit agency, which is relying on voters to approve a new regional sales tax it needs to close a structural budget deficit of over $350 million.
If the tax is not passed, BART has warned it could shut down as many as 15 stations by July 2027, and could potentially shut down completely within two years.