RICHMOND — An equipment problem shut down BART train service on two of its service lines early Friday, officials said.
At 8 a.m., BART’s red line service between Richmond and Oakland’s MacArthur station was not available, nor was the service on its orange line between the Richmond and Berryessa stations.
The lines were down when trains began running at 5 a.m. The orange line began running again about 6 a.m., according to social media posts from BART. An update from the agency on its web site at 8 a.m. said the orange line was again down.
The rest of BART’s system was running as normal.
It was not known how long the red line would remain down but the shutdown was expected to last through the morning commute.
Crews were working to troubleshoot the problem, according to BART.
Richmond riders 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 busses from the Richmond station to its station at 20th and Broadway in Oakland — a ride that was expected to take about an hour, 25 minutes. AC Transit also was bussing 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.
No other information was available immediately.
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