Another incident within a few days, what's wrong with BART?!
Report of smoke causing major BART delays
Story posted 2010.12.19 at 03:10 PM PST
A report of smoke in the Transbay Tube is causing major delays throughout the BART system Sunday afternoon, an agency spokesman said.
Smoke was reported around 1:45 p.m. on the tracks in the tube that take trains from San Francisco to Oakland, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said.
The smoke spread to the other side of the tube where trains come into San Francisco from the East Bay, so the entire tube was shut down, Johnson said.
As of 2:40 p.m., trains were beginning to travel again on the side of the tube that usually brings trains into San Francisco, but major delays remain because trains headed to the East Bay are also running on those tracks, Johnson said.
The only trains relatively unaffected by the problem are those that run between Richmond and Fremont, he said.
Inspectors were in the tube as of 2:40 p.m. to investigate the problem, Johnson said.
"We don't know exactly what it is," he said. Johnson said he did not know when the tube would be fully reopened.
"We want to make sure it's clear and safe to go through either side," he said.
Story posted 2010.12.19 at 03:10 PM PST
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Víctor Lei
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