BART Trains On The Move After Rush Hour Shutdown
OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- Jammed-packed BART trains began heading toward San Francisco Friday after a disabled train on the westbound tracks outside the Oakland West station halted service for more than hour, stranding thousands of passengers on station platforms.
BART officials reported the disabled train at about 7:45 a.m. Initially, they thought the train could be returned to the station and taken out of service, but they could not move the train.
Crews were able to restore some portion of service by 8:50 a.m., but officials warned commuters that they would still encounter major delays.
Major delay system wide in all dirs due to a disabled train at WOAK. Pls seek alt means of trans until further notice.
— BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) January 6, 2017
During the outage, passengers took to social media to voice their frustrations and post photos.
I guess I was meant to work from home today, that's what I get for trying to actually go to work on Friday - No #BART service to SF...
— Prolet Miteva (@proletm) January 6, 2017
No #BART service to SF... conductor said efforts to move stuck train failed. No ETA on fixing the issue. #workfromhomeday
— Joanne (@JoONeill_) January 6, 2017
Welcome to BARTmagedden everyone... #BART
— Julie Sigler (@_JulieSigler) January 6, 2017
The BART is not going to SF at this time. Multiple trains are turning back. @bart #SF #BART #traffic pic.twitter.com/D7djAqQ6wM
— Joshua Chin (@Whoisgold) January 6, 2017
That one time #BART was completely insane due to plateform 1 shutting down. pic.twitter.com/jwg6tQLhzk
— HeyEllwood (@HeyEllwood) January 6, 2017