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BART train splits in two in Transbay Tube

Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

(03-16) 09:58 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A BART train split in two this morning as it was traveling west through the Transbay Tube, causing long delays through the morning commute.

The nine-car train, bound for San Francisco International Airport from Pittsburg-Bay Point, was just east of San Francisco's Embarcadero Station when two cars came uncoupled at 6:23 a.m., said BART spokesman Linton Johnson.

A fail-safe mechanism automatically stopped both sections of the train immediately. The five-car section was moved out of the way at 6:55 a.m. by the operator, but because the rear four-car section no longer had an operator, another employee had to be brought in, Johnson said.

The shorter section of the train was finally moved west out of the tube at 7:10 a.m.

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