No service between Berryessa, Dublin, and Lake Merritt due to earlier fire

Updates:

The estimated time for service restoration is between 3:30pm and 5:30pm.

As of 12:30pm: VTA is providing a bus bridge between Berryessa, Milpitas, and Warm Springs.  The buses are running every 30 minutes.

As of 11:40am: Wheels bus service will provide three buses that will run between Dublin, Castro Valley, and Bay Fair. They will run every 45 minutes. From Bay Fair, riders will need to use AC Transit bus options.

There is currently no BART service between Berryessa, Dublin/Pleasanton, and Lake Merritt stations due to an earlier fire on the tracks just south of the San Leandro Station. Lake Merritt Station is closed. There is no service from Lake Merritt south.

BART’s Trip Planner accurately shows canceled trips on the Green, Orange, and Blue lines. However, BART’s Real Time Departures trains are not able to be canceled easily and quickly, which is why some trains are showing in real time departures. Please use the Trip Planner instead. BART has no control over Google Maps and Apple Maps.

AC Transit is providing mutual aid. This helpful webpage shows bus alternatives between BART stations: https://www.actransit.org/BART-alternatives

VTA is providing mutual aid at Berryessa and Milpitas stations.

Wheels is providing bus service between Dublin, Castro Valley, and Bay Fair.

The Yellow (Antioch to SFO) and Red lines (Richmond to Millbrae) are not impacted. 

The fire was reported at 5am and stations with no service were closed. We don’t yet know the cause of the fire. The fire has caused damage to BART equipment such as cables and other train control equipment. Crews are currently assessing and repairing. 

The estimated time for service restoration is between 3:30pm and 5:30pm.