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Reuters
09-05-2025
- Reuters
San Francisco's commuter trains stopped for four hours by computer outage
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9 - A computer outage knocked out train service in the San Francisco Bay area for about four hours on Friday morning, causing headaches for some commuters in the high-tech capital. The Bay Area Rapid Transit agency suspended train service systemwide around 5 a.m. PDT and resumed a little after 9 a.m. PDT. The network connects San Francisco, Oakland, both cities' airports, Berkeley and the East Bay area. BART attributed the shutdown to an unspecified computer problem. Officials advised commuters to take buses, trams and ferries instead. A prolonged pandemic-related slump in the number of people working in downtown San Francisco probably limited potential snarls. BART train ridership has been less than half of what it was in 2019. Downtown San Francisco's commercial buildings have among the lowest occupancy rates in the nation for business property, and many people work from home on Fridays. Google Maps showed car traffic into the city was about normal with no major delays. The city transport service in San Francisco, called Muni, and its classic cable cars, mostly used by tourists, were running as usual. The Bay Area is one of the largest metropolitan regions on the U.S. West Coast of the United States with a population of about 7 million.
CBS News
09-05-2025
- CBS News
Entire BART system shut down due to computer outage
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced Friday morning that all service is suspended, as the agency deals with a computer outage. Around 4:30 a.m. the agency first announced that the system was being suspended due to a train control system problem. As of 6:40 a.m., trains remain shut down. Due to a computer networking problem BART service is suspended system wide until further notice. Seek alternate means of transportation. Find more info at — BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) May 9, 2025 It is unclear when service would resume. Additional details about the outage were not immediately available. BART urged commuters to use alternate means of transportation. This is a breaking news update. More details to come.
