Major BART Delays During Evening Commute From Equipment Problem, Person On Tracks
OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- BART was experiencing major delays Wednesday afternoon during the evening commute because of separate incidents on the system, authorities said.
The agency reported a major delay at Powell St. Station in San Francisco because of an equipment problem on a train. Delays were reported in the eastbound direction.
The delays created a crush of passengers at other downtown San Francisco stations. One passenger at Embarcadero station tweeted an image showing a line of people waiting to get onto the platform, and said other passengers weren't being allowed through the gates.
The #BART delay scene here at Embaracadero station. The line is starting to loop around and we don't have permission to access the trains at this moment. pic.twitter.com/wjlM0xCTlM
— jazmin (she/her) (@jazzyeusebio) May 2, 2019
#bart why are you always trying to fail me. Really, we gotta reboot the train? #blackout #trainfail pic.twitter.com/m11zoOEKxw
— jamesnorman.eth (@MotownIni) May 2, 2019
Earlier trains were delayed up to 20 minutes at the MacArthur station in Oakland Wednesday afternoon because of a person walking on the trackway near the station, officials said.
As of 5:27 p.m., the delay was in the Antioch and Richmond directions.