BART service restored hours after vandalism stopped trains

BART service resumes in East Bay after day-long disruption

Two BART lines from Hayward south to the Berryessa Station resumes service late Friday. This, after officials said a vandal cut fiber lines near the Hayward station, disrupting service for thousands of passengers for most of the day.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Normal BART service was restored Friday afternoon after an apparent act of vandalism caused an hours-long disruption between the Hayward and Berryessa stations, a spokesperson for the transit agency said.

What happened?

What we know:

BART initially issued an alert before 5 a.m. about the problem, which investigators determined was due to the cutting of fiber near the Hayward Maintenance Complex, BART spokesperson Michelle Robertson said.

"The fiber cut prevents BART from being able to safely run trains," the agency said on social media.

The apparent vandalism caused Green line trains from Daly City to turn back at the Bay Fair station and Orange line trains from Richmond to stop at the Hayward station, and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit buses took riders to and from stations in the affected area between the Hayward and Berryessa stations.

BART back on track

Normal service resumed as of shortly before 3 p.m. on both the Green and Orange lines, Robertson said.

No details were immediately available from BART about the suspected vandal.

Bay City News contributed to this report.