We thought we were going to stand in line for hours and we were in line for 15 minutes. 'It's been a breeze, it's been fantastic. They decided on the ferry instead of BART after learning of the fire. Mark Ayers hopped on the ferry at Jack London Square to get to the Giants game with his young son and a friend.

While there were some disgruntled commuters, many were Giant's fans were simply happy to have a way of getting to this afternoon's game. Fares will not be collected.ġ:52 p.m.: BART tweeted that it plans to resume service at 4:00 p.m.ġ2:34 p.m.: The California Report Senior Producer Ingrid Becker hopped on a ferry with about 600 people this morning. AC Transit will also deploy an extra 20 buses between the San Francisco Transbay Temporary Terminal and the MacArthur BART station beginning at 2 p.m. BART officials say that they will run trains at a reduced schedule beginning at 4 p.m., and will resume full service for tomorrow's morning commute.Ģ:46 p.m.: BART says that it will be up and running at 4 p.m. BART will also run an extra hour of direct service on the the Fremont to Daly City Line tonight.ģ:40 p.m.: BART is currently sending eight test trains through the tube. 'We're still at this time putting out hotspots, and we need a structural engineer to tell us actually if the cement parking garage is safe at this point,' she said.Ĥ:19 p.m.: BART has restored limited service. PG&E had to come shut off a gas line before firefighters could begin their battle.īattalion Chief Lisa Baker says it's too soon for investigators to move in.

this morning at a three-story senior residential building under construction. It's unclear how long it will take crews to get the tracks cleared, although officials hope to get service restored after the morning rush. In some ways, the fire couldn't have happened in a worse spot - West Oakland is the station where BART trains leave the East Bay for San Francisco. An accident close to the Bay Bridge metering lights has also led to back-ups on I-80. An early-morning fire at a building near the West Oakland station crippled service at the point where four BART lines enter the Transbay Tube. If your morning commute included a trip across San Francisco Bay on BART, you probably had to make alternate plans.

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