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>>> B.A.R.T.
TRAINS ARE RUNNING AGAIN ON AN
EAST BAY LINE AFTER THAT TRAIN
DERAILMENT STOPPED SERVICE ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
KRON4'S MIKE PELTON HAS BEEN
SPENDING THE WEEKEND AT THE
CONCORD B.A.R.T.
STATION AND HAS A LIVE UPDATE.
GOOD MORNING, MIKE.
>> Reporter: MARTY, B.A.R.T.
HOPED TO GET SERVICE BACK UP
AND RUNNING BY 8:00 THIS
MORNING.
THEY DID JUST THAT THANKS TO
MAINTENANCE CREWS WHO WORKED
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT COMPLETING
NECESSARY REPAIRS AND BRINGING
RELIEF TO THREE DOZEN COMMUTERS
WAITING HERE AT 8:00 THIS
MORNING.
YOU CAN SEE THEM BOARDING THAT
FIRST B.A.R.T.
TRAIN WHICH LEFT ON TIME AFTER
8:00.
AS CREWS RAN SEVERAL TEST
TRAINS AND CONDUCTED TRACK
INSPECTIONS EARLIER IN THE
MORNING.
MAINTENANCE CREWS WORKED
THROUGH THE NIGHT BOTH
REPAIRING AND REPLACING SOME
OF THE DAMAGED TRACK STEMMING
FROM FRIDAY EVENING'S
DERAILMENT OF AN OUT-OF-SERVICE
TRAIN AT A CROSSOVER POINT
KNOWN AS AN INTERLOCKING JUST
OUTSIDE THE STATION.
NOW, THIS MORNING PASSENGERS
ARE RELIEVED TO GET BACK ON THE
TRAINS AND SOMEHOW FULL
CONFIDENCE -- SOME HAVE FULL
CONFIDENCE IN B.A.R.T.
DESPITE THE DERAILMENT.
>> I WAS HAPPY THAT IT WAS A
TRAIN THAT WAS OUT OF SERVICE.
IF IT HAD BEEN A TRAIN THAT HAD
PEOPLE ON IT AND WAS COMING,
SAY, FROM THE CITY ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON, I WOULD BE
EXPERIENCING CHILLS RIGHT ABOUT
NOW.
>> Reporter: AND THE CAUSE OF
THE DERAILMENT REMAINS UNDER
INVESTIGATION BY BOTH THE
B.A.R.T.
SAFETY BOARD AND THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION BUT THE
BIG NEWS FOR COMMUTERS THIS
MORNING, MARTY, ALL STATIONS
ALONG THE PITTSBURG BAY POINT
LINE BACK OPEN TODAY.
BACK TO YOU, MARTY.
>> THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
THANK YOU, MIKE PELTON
REPORTING LIVE FROM THE CONCORD
B.A.R.T.
STATION.
REMIND YOU, TO KEEP IT HERE ON
KRON4, WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE
LATEST ON THE REOPENING OF THE
B.A.R.T.