RICHMOND — An equipment problem shut down two of BART’s service lines in the East Bay through the morning commute early Friday, officials said.
The unspecified issue began when service opened at 5 a.m. on BART’s red line between Richmond and Oakland’s MacArthur Station. Officials said they had restored service around 11:10 a.m.
Service on BART’s orange line between the Richmond and Berryessa stations also was down intermittently.
The orange line began running again about 6 a.m., according to social media posts from BART. An update from the agency on its website at 8 a.m. said the orange line was again down.
The rest of BART’s system ran normally through the morning commute.
Crews troubleshot the problem, according to BART, but officials did not immediately say more about the specific issue.
During the delay, riders on the Richmond line were told they should seek other means to get to the MacArthur Station. The agency said that “while we do have extra staff at each station to help with buses, there isn’t a direct bus bridge.”
BART received aid from AC Transit, which ran buses from the Richmond station to its station at 19th and Broadway in Oakland — a ride that was expected to take about an hour and 25 minutes, as opposed to about 20 minutes on BART. AC Transit also was busing passengers from the El Cerrito del Norte, El Cerrito Plaza, North Berkeley, Downtown Berkeley and Ashby stations in between the stations and all the way to Oakland.
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