SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- BART service is restored after a computer outage shut down the entire system for commuters Friday morning. Riders experienced major delays to all destinations as services came back online, but BART says this should not carry over into Saturday.
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It was a tough Friday morning across the Bay Area if you rely on BART. With no trains rolling, commuters had to pivot to their cars or buses to get into San Francisco from the East Bay and Peninsula.
BART officials say Friday morning's outage impacted 40,000 commuters. A typical Friday morning serves about 160,000 passengers.
Having no transbay BART service sent thousands of riders jumping into their cars and crowding the Bay Bridge toll plaza. There was no Friday light commute here.
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For many, the ferry was the fastest option in the morning with traffic on the bridge.
Hundreds waited in line to cross from the East Bay into San Francisco at the Jack London Square ferry station -- people with suitcases, laptops in hand, taking work meetings while standing waiting for the next ferry to arrive.
There has been a lot of concerns about BART's outdated train control system. But BART officials say that wasn't the problem Friday morning, saying the root cause had to do with network devices not communicating properly with each other.
