OAKLAND – Three BART stations in Oakland were closed around 9:40 p.m. Friday due to an equipment problem on the tracks, the transit agency said.
The closed stations are MacArthur, 19th Street Oakland and 12th Street Oakland City Center, BART said on social media.
The closures followed the announcement of significant system-wide delays.
BART service has been suspended between Ashby, West Oakland, Rockridge and Lake Merritt stations, the transit agency said.
According to the transit agency, AC Transit provided assistance with buses No. 62, No. 14 and No. 18 to serve the West Oakland, 12th Street, Lake Merritt and Fruitvale stations. Bus No. 72 served 12th Street and 19th Street and the MacArthur station. The Rockridge station was served by buses No. 51B and Ashby No. F.
The breakdown on Friday evening was the latest disruption that passengers have experienced in recent weeks. On Monday Smoke in an eastbound train at MacArthur Station required the evacuation of passengers from vehicles, resulting in a brief closure of the station and two hours of significant delay.
End of July A power outage and a fire at a substation forced the closure of several East Bay stations and disrupted operations for several days..
During this outage, firefighters extinguished the fire in a BART switch room between the 19th St. Oakland and Fruitvale stations hours after initial delays. About 300 passengers were evacuated, the fire department said. Two days later the problems remainedOn August 8, the system suffered a network computer crash This resulted in several stations in East Bay being temporarily closed, causing significant delays in service on the Berryessa Line.
