I'm very sorry if you were trying to get into the city Friday evening via BART to kick of Pride weekend, or if you were just trying to get home to the East Bay from work. As those of you in one of those situations likely already know, Friday became a mess with BART single-tracking through the Transbay Tube starting around the height of rush hour at 6 p.m. The cause was a small debris fire under the tracks in the Tube, which had to be extinguished before regular service could resume.
CBS 5 reports via a BART spokesperson that the source of the fire was a blown insulator.
ABC 7 reported that the fire was extinguished as of about 7:30 p.m. and BART was trying to resume normal service.
BART was reporting "residual delays" as of 7:35 p.m.
Problem in the Tube was smoldering debris under track. Crew extinguished. Returning to normal service. Residual delays.
— SFBART (@SFBART) June 24, 2017
The issue, while minor, didn't exactly help BART's public relations problems.
oh my god i hate #bart pic.twitter.com/Rd7t2kOG4F
— Jennifer (@jennifwahpink) June 24, 2017
"Exit the station! There's no train!" #bart #delay 👿 pic.twitter.com/3IlOsnauNa
— Yalu Ye (@yaluye) June 24, 2017
Is there a worse major metro transit system than #BART?
— Dan Simoes (@dansimoes) June 24, 2017
#BART update: expect residual clusterfkage in all directions. Give up. Go to happy hour. It's not your fault. #bartdelay
— meganjelene (@meganjelene) June 24, 2017
