SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — BART service has been restored after a brief shutdown through the Transbay Tube and downtown San Francisco on Thursday morning.
The transit agency issued an alert at 8:25 a.m. Thursday about red and green line service being closed between the West Oakland and 24th Street Mission stations.
BART says a computer network hardware failure is to blame for the shutdown. Crews cut over to another device in order to restore service.
Service was stalled for about an hour, but that was long enough to impact a lot of people on their morning commute.
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We spoke with one commuter who was relieved that she arrived just after service was restored, but said she had been stuck in other BART shutdowns.
“My option is just going back to Mission Street, and then just take the Muni, I guess, but no, yeah, but otherwise just wait. And luckily, it just came back,” said Daly City resident Theresa Guevarra.
Guevarra also noted that BART fares keep going up despite repeated service disruptions.
The BART board voted 8-1 Thursday morning on a worst-case scenario in case the agency doesn’t secure additional funding. It would involve closing some stations and reducing service, if needed.
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