Limited BART Service Resumes After Grass Fire Tuesday

CONCORD, CA — UPDATE: Limited BART train service resumed Tuesday morning between the Concord and Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre stations after an early morning grass fire shut down service, according to the transit agency.

The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. and has since been extinguished, but BART spokeswoman Anna Duckworth said it had burned near the agency's Concord maintenance yard and trains were not able to be dispatched from the yard.

The trains were eventually able to get out, and as of 9:15 a.m., trains were taking turns traveling on a single track between the two stations while crews work to set up a new power configuration to run trains on both tracks through the area, according to BART officials.

During the service outage, five buses have been taking riders between the two stations, Duckworth said. County Connection bus lines 11, 14 and 15 also connect between the two stations.

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A grass fire early Tuesday morning has shut down BART train service between the Concord and Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre stations, a spokeswoman for the transit agency said.

The fire was reported shortly before 5 a.m. and has since been extinguished, but BART spokeswoman Anna Duckworth said it had burned near the agency's Concord maintenance yard and trains have not been able to be dispatched from the yard.

Service remained shut down between the two stations as of shortly after 7 a.m., and five buses are taking riders between the two stations, Duckworth said. County Connection bus lines 11, 14 and 15 also connect between the two stations.

There is no estimate for when regular train service will resume in the area.

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