"The second of the two issues happened about 11:50 a.m. when a tree fell on the tracks between the South Hayward and Fremont stations, BART spokesperson Chris Filippi said. That forced closure of BART's Orange Line between those two stations. Trains going north from the South Hayward station were operating on the line, Filippi said, as were trains operating south of the Fremont station."
"The Orange Line serves customers between the Berryessa station in San Jose and the Richmond station. AC Transit busses 200 and 216 honored BART tickets between the South Hayward and Fremont stations, as didbus 9, which helped customers navigate the route between the Union City and South Hayward stations. The Union City station was the only other station affected by the closure."
"The mess on the Orange Line happened hours after BART closed its entire Red Line following a power issue between the Glen Park and Montgomery stations in San Francisco. Filipi said BART closed the line which serves riders between Richmond and Millbrae and goes through San Francisco International Airport to keep the San Francisco lines from becoming too congested during the outage."
BART experienced two separate service disruptions on Wednesday. A fallen tree at about 11:50 a.m. struck the tracks between South Hayward and Fremont, forcing a closure of the Orange Line between those stations while trains continued north of South Hayward and south of Fremont. AC Transit buses 200 and 216 honored BART tickets for the segment, and bus 9 provided connections between Union City and South Hayward. Earlier the same day, a power issue between Glen Park and Montgomery prompted a full Red Line shutdown; riders were redirected via Orange and Yellow Line transfers and BART-provided buses and shuttles to reach airport and Millbrae destinations.
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