Overview
- BART halted Yellow Line trains shortly after 5 a.m. because of a trackside third-rail power loss, stopping service between Orinda and Concord.
- Initial alerts described the affected segment as Pleasant Hill to Orinda before the agency updated it to Concord to Orinda as assessments evolved.
- Crews were dispatched to the scene and a bus bridge was requested to move riders around the outage during the morning commute.
- Service resumed around 6:40 a.m., with BART warning of residual delays as trains returned to schedule.
- The power issue hit East Bay commuters on a morning when transit advocates continue pressing a 2026 ballot measure to bolster funding for systems including BART.