San Francisco Train Hub Restores Service After Hours-Long Outage

(Bloomberg) – The largest train system in the Gulf Region of San Francisco continued all services that lasted about six hours on Friday morning and left thousands of people trapped in the region.

The closure of the entire transit network of Mr. Rapid Transit was announced by an agency press release that accuses the interruption of a computer equipment problem at 5 am local time. The vehicles had to look for other transportation and war traffic at busy hours. After the restarts of the service, Bart said to wait for delays in all lines in an article on X.

Managing more than 170,000 riders a day, Bart struggled with technical problems. Most of the equipment of the system are original, mechanics must weld and rely on old computer programs. The train control system, which failed on Friday, is part of a $ 800 million upgrade that is currently ongoing.

Earlier this year, the system experienced a similar closure in its entire network due to technical difficulties extending for several hours.

As the system confronts financial issues, disruptions come. Since Pandemik aid has dried up, the Agency lost aaa’s scores from Moody’s scores in June due to the lack of new sustainable income resources to compensate for losses in Farebox. The budget deficit is estimated to be a balloon up to 400 million dollars a year starting in 2027 fiscal year.

In June, the state legislators and Governor Gavin Newsom extended an interest -free loan of $ 750 million for the Bart to avoid harsh service cuts for the next two years, rejecting a deduction of $ 1.1 billion for public transportation in June. However, the conditions of the loan are still waiting for a decision. If the conditions are not resolved until 8 September, the loan can be scrapped.

Voters in the Bart’s districts will take a ballot measure that will apply a new local sales tax for 10 to 15 years to help balance the budget in 2026. If the ballot fails and Bart does not find an alternative financing to close the operating deficit for the financial year of 2026-2027, the system section 9 may apply for bankruptcy.

(Updates that will reflect that the service continues throughout the system)

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