BART Trains Now Stopping At El Cerrito Del Norte Station After Power Outage
EL CERRITO (CBS SF) -- BART trains were not stopping at the El Cerrito del Norte station Tuesday evening because of an equipment problem at the station, transit officials said. Service was restored around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening.
Svc has been restored and trains are stopping at DELN stn.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) March 6, 2019
At 6:34 p.m., the BART Alert Twitter account posted that trains were passing through the station due to an equipment problem.
Trains are not stopping at DELN due to an equipment prob at stn.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) March 6, 2019
The agency later confirmed that trains were running through the station because of a power outage in the area. PG&E said that approximately 3,000 customers were being affected by the outage that extended north through El Cerrito and west into Richmond.
Trains are not stopping at DELN due to a pg&e power outage. parallel bus svc is available via a/c transit bus 72, 72m and 76.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) March 6, 2019
BART officials said that they transported a new generator for the station to mitigate the outage, while PG&E crews worked on restoring power.