Statement on 2/26 temporary service disruption

BART service was temporarily interrupted this morning between West Oakland and 24th St. Mission stations due to a datacenter hardware failure. The failure temporarily resulted in a loss of visibility from the Operations Control Center and train service in the area was temporarily stopped for just shy of an hour. BART crews quickly identified the root issue and were able to re-route communications to another device, which allowed for the restoration of service. The incident began at approximately 8am and service was restored around 9am. In response to the disruption the SF Bay Ferry added an extra unscheduled ferry trip and AC Transit and Muni were providing free rides for impacted BART riders.