FILE – A BART train arrives at Powell Street station in San Francisco, Calif., on Feb. 15, 2022.
Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEBART officials said early Monday that service on the Richmond line to San Francisco will resume later this morning after the transit agency canceled service over the weekend, running only orange line trains. The news came on a day when hundreds of thousands of people are expect to pour into San Francisco for the Warriors parade.
On Monday, riders coming to and from the Richmond line can expect trains to arrive every 15 minutes in both directions until 8 p.m., when trains will run every 30 minutes.
“Some trains will be Orange line (Richmond to Berryessa) trains and some trains will be Red line trains (Richmond-Millbrae+SFO),” BART said.
BART added: “Transbay riders without direct service can expect a timed transfer between an Orange Line (Berryessa) train and a Yellow Line (SF/SFO) train going into San Francisco at MacArthur Station and a timed transfer between an Yellow Line (Antioch) train and a Orange Line (Richmond) train coming from San Francisco at 19th St. Oakland Station. A shuttle train will be provided between Millbrae and SFO to connect to Yellow line (Antioch-SFO) service.”
Later in the morning we will dispatch Red line trains that will provide direct service from the Richmond line to San Francisco. Trains will arrive every 15 minutes. Some trains will be Red line (SF/Millbrae) and some trains will be Orange line (Berryessa). https://t.co/XyUFQWdA21
— BART (@SFBART) June 20, 2022
BART first experienced problems on the red line on Friday due to a power cable failure. Over the weekend, the red line was canceled entirely and only orange line (Richmond to Berryessa) trains were running.
It’s not clear when direct service between Richmond and San Francisco will resume; the Warriors parade is scheduled to begin at 11: 20 a.m.
BART said crews are working to identify the location of the cable failure and, after this is complete, they will replace the cable. While the issue is similar to what caused train cancelations in March 2022, the fault is on a different location along Richmond line, BART said.
“BART has been working to replace all aged cable along the 10-mile Richmond line and unfortunately these problems have happened before full replacement was achieved,” BART said.
