BERKELEY — BART train service on its red line stopped Friday morning between Berkeley and Millbrae following what BART officials were calling a major medical emergency near Berkeley.
The trouble began about 6:30 a.m. following the incident near the North Berkeley station, BART spokesperson Michelle Robertson said.
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BART passengers on the red line coming from Richmond to Millbrae could take an orange line Berryessa-bound train and transfer at MacArthur station and board a yellow-line train from Antioch to the San Francisco Airport. Passengers coming from Millbrae could transfer from a yellow-line train to a Richmond-bound train at 19th Street.
Trains on the orange line between Richmond and Berkeley were single-tracked through those cities, Robertson said.
AC Transit was honoring BART tickets between downtown Berkeley and Richmond.
It was the second consecutive day that a medical emergency on the tracks disrupted service, and continued a recent trend of tough commutes for BART passengers.
On Wednesday, unscheduled track maintenance forced BART to close the red line and part of its green line early in the commute. A fire near the tracks closed service between the Daly City and Balboa Park stations on May 27, the day BART opened after a week-long closure of the green line caused by another fire near the San Leandro station.
Before those incidents, BART had to shut down its entire system for more than five hours on May 9. A network connectivity issue with BART’s computer system that prevented operators in the control system from seeing all trains on the track caused that shutdown.
BART did not have an estimate on how long the delay would last.
Please check back for updates.
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