BART is warning riders on the Concord line Thursday afternoon to expect delays of up to 20 minutes as trains go slower than usual in certain locations as a precaution amid triple-digit temperatures.
The transit agency had to close the tracks between the Concord and Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre stations on Tuesday evening after the intense heat in the region caused a minor deviation in a section of track and also caused problems with trackside equipment. The tracks did not reopen until Wednesday.
That segment of BART’s track has had various problems in recent months, including a partial train derailment in June due to a curve in the track that BART also blamed on hot weather.
And Newsom is pushing electric cars and speed rail!
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And are BART engineers working on a new, modified, or alternate rail design for warmer parts of the SF Bay Area to address the rail expansion? Perhaps overlay rail joints instead of butt joints?
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What rail designs are used in Las Vegas? The Middle East? Africa? Australia? Singapore? Malaysia?
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Oh, the gift that keeps giving is that I no longer have to take BART every day to work anymore!
Has anyone else noticed that BART runs slower than normal* when it is too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry or just too inconvenient for riders? Somehow other systems in other states are able to provide reliable service. The only thing reliable about BART is their never-ending quest for more taxes.
I experienced train delays and outages from SFO – took a leap of faith and jumped the red line to Richmond – and transferred to Antioch line (@19th street in Oakland). Many at Mcarthur station couldn’t fit onto the train. I exited at Walnut Creek – and saw busses lined up to assist those continuing on their journey East. Train was packed – and nobody knows what is going on (or why). There are no station agents to assist – and those there are also in the dark. Being kind is essential when being crammed in a slow train (packed beyond capacity with travelers). I met a public transit official on the packed train and we agreed there is Governmemt Malfeasance and dysfunction as to why these issues persist on the backs of taxpayers (trying to get from point A to point B). Stay safe everyone