Live updates: BART says service restored following systemwide outage

We are still monitoring how the commute is into the city right now after that shutdown.

Getting to San Francisco was almost mission impossible for many commuters Friday morning. But BART trains are now rolling through the Transbay Tube

With all the trains halted in the morning, commuters pivoted to buses.

The Salesforce Transit Center was busier than normal, and AC Transit buses were crowded with riders familiar with bus service.

Everyone was late. "I come from Alameda," said one commuter, Artemis Gaitanos. "I was on my way to Fruitvale BART Station. Unfortunately, it's caused me about a 45-minute delay to get to work in the city. There was a lot of traffic leaving the island and coming into the city."

ABC7 News was there when the first train arrived into Embarcadero Station from the East Bay at about 9:45 a.m. - along with a lot of relieved faces.

Some commuters took the systemwide BART outage as a chance to try out the San Francisco Bay Ferry.

ABC7 News talked with one man who works the overnight shift and he ended up stuck in the city trying to figure out how to get home.

His option: the ferry.

And despite the dramatic increase in commute time, he was able to see a bright side with the sudden schedule shift. He is heading to Concord and hopefully arrived in the East Bay as service slowly returned.

BART train service is back up and running systemwide for the first time Friday after being shut down for hours due to a computer networking problem.

BART announced that the trains were running again at about 9:20 a.m. after initially alerting commuters shortly before 4:30 a.m. about the service disruption.

Officials with the transit agency previously said that there would just be limited East Bay service resuming earlier Friday before eventually saying trains would also be running in San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

BART didn't say what might have led to the computer problem.

BART says that service has been restored systemwide following an hours-long outage during the morning commute.

The transit agency says to expect major delays to all destinations.