Commuter alert: No trains are running at all 50 BART stations Friday morning due to a train control system problem, the first time all service has shut down since 2019.
Stream local breaking news and original programming, live 24/7, from ABC7 Bay Area.All BART trains are stopped Friday morning because of an issue with its computer system, the agency said. BART posted on X that the systemwide suspension was due to a train control system problem.
It is impacting all 50 BART stations.INTERVIEW: BART spokesperson updates on systemwide shutdown ABC7 heard from BART spokesperson Chris Fillipi, who apologized to commuters for the systemwide shutdown due to a computer networking problem. BART spokesperson Chris Fillipi apologized for the inconvenience to commuters and said they do not know when service will resume, but there is an all-hands-on-deck response. ABC7 also spoke with BART Chief Communications Officer Alicia Trost, who explained the computer outage issue. "What's the issue is our train control computer cannot turn on properly, so that the staff in the control center can see everything, and that's obviously not safe," Trost said. "So we're not going to run service until all those things happen."The last time service at all 50 stations was shut down was 2019, when a similar computer system problem impacted service for hours.Copyright © 2025 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.
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