SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Bay Area Rapid Transit is running trains at reduced speeds due to the warm weather, the transit system announced Friday. BART trains between Orinda and Pittsburg/Bay Point stations operate at a slower rate between 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m
Passengers are advised to add 20 minutes to the scheduled travel time to accommodate delays.
Eastbound traffic on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge was blocked
Trains between Hayward and Fremont as well as Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton stations also run slower due to high temperatures. Passengers on these lines are advised to add 10 minutes to the scheduled travel time to accommodate delays.
Friday’s planned slowdown follows an incident in June 2021 when a Yellow Line BART train derailed between Pleasant Hill and Concord stations. BART later blamed high temperatures for the derailment. Temperatures in Concord that day were around 100 degrees.
