Traffic & Transit
Mudslide Halts ACE Train For 2nd Straight Day
A train with hundreds of passengers is stuck between Fremont and Pleasanton.
FREMONT, CA — Hundreds of passengers were stuck on an Altamont Corridor Express train Wednesday morning near Sunol in Alameda County because of a landslide.
Train 1 was halted at 5:39 a.m. in between the Pleasanton and Fremont stations, according to David Lipari, a spokesman for ACE. The train remained stopped as of 7:30 a.m.
Train 3 was holding at Pleasanton and buses were being activated as a replacement option.
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Trains will be canceled for the rest of Wednesday and buses will only be used to get the stranded 223 passengers and three crew members to their destination. Buses will not be offered as an alternative for canceled trains, so those who continue to their destination will have to consider arranging return transportation, according to Lipari.
Lipari said Train 3 will be used to pull cars from the train back to Pleasanton and will eventually continue to its destination of Stockton, making all eastbound stops.
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It comes a day after 225 ACE passengers were stranded in the same area near Sunol because of another landslide. That delay affected a train heading at 8:40 a.m. It did not cause a derailment and no injuries were reported in either incident.
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