Normal service restored on the Green Line following May 20 fire
Update (5/26/25, 8:30am)
As of Sunday, May 25, normal service has been restored on the Green Line. That means BART is now offering service on all five lines. Crews had been working overnight since the Tuesday morning fire at San Leandro Station to replace wayside track equipment so Green Line service could be restored. Trains are running on a Sunday schedule for Memorial Day on all 5 BART lines.
Update (5/22/25, 1:45pm)
Our crews continue to make repairs to the damaged trackside train control equipment from Tuesday's fire. Our current projections for returning Green Line service is Tuesday, May 27, 2025. All 50 stations are open and riders can get to all locations but there is no Green Line service.
There is an investigation into the root cause of the fire. We know there was an electrical fault on our DC power system, from our 1000 volt DC cable that was part of BART's original system (50+ years old) and a fire started. The fire then damaged trackside train control equipment and sections of fiber and our 34.5kV cable.
While faults are not uncommon in the BART system, it is very rare that this fault escalated to this level. Typically electrical faults are isolated by protections such as transfer trips and circuit breakers.
On May 22, 2025, the BART Board of Directors were given updates about this service disruption and well as the one that occurred on May 9, 2025, when a computer network problem prevented BART service from starting in the morning, causing a systemwide outage until 9am.
Update (5/21/25, 8:55am)
Service was restored to all fifty BART stations at the start of revenue service this morning after an early morning fire on Tuesday near San Leandro Station. Trains are again running between Lake Merritt, Berryessa/North San Jose, and Dublin/Pleasanton stations.
All stations are open, and riders can access every part of the system.
Trains will be running at reduced speeds between Bay Fair and Coliseum stations, and there is currently no Green Line service due to fire damage to wayside track equipment. Repairs are expected to take several days.
There is redundant service, meaning riders can get anywhere in the system they want to go, just in some cases, with a transfer. Passengers traveling from Berryessa to San Francisco can take the Orange Line (toward Richmond) and transfer at Bay Fair to a Blue Line train (toward Daly City).
We are running longer trains on the Orange Line to accommodate increased ridership on this line.
Limited BART service was restored earlier Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 p.m., with trains running from Berryessa to Bay Fair and Bay Fair to Dublin/Pleasanton stations.
The fire was related to a power issue and there is an active investigation into exactly what happened.
Update (5/20, 9:46 pm)
Systemwide BART service will be restored Wednesday, May 21 with trains again running between Lake Merritt, Berryessa/North San Jose, and Dublin/Pleasanton stations after an early Tuesday morning fire on the tracks just south of San Leandro Station.
All stations will be open with service to all areas of the system, but trains will be running at reduced speeds between Bay Fair and Coliseum stations.
The fire was reported at 5am on May 20, and service was halted between Berryessa, Dublin/Pleasanton, and Lake Merritt. Stations with no service were closed.
Limited BART service was restored earlier Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 p.m., with trains running from Berryessa to Bay Fair and Bay Fair to Dublin/Pleasanton stations.
The determination to resume service followed repairs, inspections, and testing of the track and various equipment.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
Update (5/20, 5:23pm): BART service has been partially restored and trains are running from Berryessa to Bay Fair and Bay Fair to Dublin/Pleasanton.
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 caused damage to wayside equipment. Crews are currently assessing and repairing.
The estimated time for service restoration is between 3:30pm and 5:30pm.