"A computer equipment problem early Friday through the commute into chaos for BART riders, as authorities shut down the entire system for the second time since May. In a series of social media statements, BART said the computer network issue followed a network upgrade. The agency did not say when the system would be open and urged riders to seek other means of transportation."
"It's the second time since May that BART has closed its entire system. On May 9, BART closed all 50 stations for nearly five hours, because of a network connectivity issue that prevented controllers from seeing train locations on the tracks and made safe operation of the system impossible. AC Transit and the San Francisco Ferry Service were honoring BART tickets, according to the agency."
A computer equipment problem early Friday forced a shutdown of the entire BART system during the morning commute, the second full-system closure since May. BART said the failure followed a network upgrade, offered no reopening time, and urged riders to use other transportation. On May 9, network connectivity failures closed all 50 stations for nearly five hours because controllers could not see train locations, making safe operation impossible. AC Transit and the San Francisco Ferry Service honored BART tickets during the outage. Other summer disruptions included Red Line closures after Tap and Ride launch, a July 2 Yellow Line electrical outage, June 11 unscheduled track maintenance, and fires that shut segments in May.
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