Tree limb on tracks causes massive BART delays in San Francisco

Tuesday, January 10, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- BART faced systemwide delays after a tree limb fell onto the tracks near Balboa Park in San Francisco Tuesday evening. Service resumed after crews cleared the tree from the tracks shortly after 10 p.m. that night.

A tree fell on the tracks between Daly City and the Balboa Park Station around 5:30 p.m., stopping trains in both directions and causing major delays throughout the system.
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Before that, delays were caused by another equipment problem on the tracks near Daly City. That also affected passengers headed in both directions, BART officials said at about 4:50 p.m.

The equipment problem did not appear related to the brief power outage that occurred at the 24th Street station in San Francisco earlier Tuesday afternoon, a dispatcher said.


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BART tweeted that crews were heading to the scene to resolve the issue.

No further details were immediately available.
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