November 21, 2025
For BART riders, the reasons for commute service interruptions in recent months have been numerous. Fires near the track, computer network issues and electrical issues all have contributed to significant stoppages or delays.
On Friday, it was vandalism. The agency said that damage suspected an apparent fiber-cable cut near the Hayward train yard forced the closure of BART's service to and from Hayward to the Berryessa/North San Jose station for most of Friday.
Both the Orange Line and Green Line normally serve riders traveling to and from those stations, but service was stopped during the hours-long outage Friday before being restored around 2:30 p.m.. Orange Line trains were in full service, while Green Line trains were running from Daly City to South Hayward.
The Transbay Tube remained open, and service across the San Francisco Bay did not stop operating. BART spokesperson Filippi said AC Transit buses were available at the closed-down stations to take passengers where they needed to go.
BART has had ongoing service issues since May. Just last month, BART endured two straight Mondays in which issues interrupted the commute. A week before that, the agency had to shut down one of its lines and suspend service on the other.
Computer equipment issues also caused a chaotic day in September when the agency had a system-wide shutdown. BART also had to shut down all 50 of its stations for nearly five hours in May.
In addition, BART had to close its Red Line from Richmond to Millbrae on Aug. 21, the first day that it started it's new Tap and Ride system.
An electrical outage on July 2, shut down BART's Yellow Line in eastern and central Contra Costa County. And fires near the tracks between the Daly City and Balboa Park stations and near the San Leandro station stopped trains service on consecutive days in May.
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