Pete, any updates when ts is all going to gefixed . Station. Any word on when this is going to get fixed . Reporter no eta on when this is going to get fixed but weve seen it all morning, the bus dropping off people here at North Concord. I spoke to folks taking b. A. R. T. For their morning commute and they said it was very inconvenient for them. I mean it sucks early in the morning, you know, not trying to take the bus. Ive got to go all the way up to frisco. Reporter it wasnt the way b. A. R. T. Riders wanted to start their morning. A bus bridge will drop off passengers between the pittsburg bay point and North Concord stations after an electrical power surge along the tracks damaged 50 trains yesterday. The bigger impact systemwide is there are definitely less cars available this morning, so more crowding, which is extremely frustrating, because b. A. R. T. Is already crowded. Reporter two weeks ago, more than 80 trains going through the transbay tube had a similar situation and we
Two stays, bart has already sent a warning to get ready for more delays. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd is in concord. House of representativ hows it looking for tomorrow morning . I have the answer but riders may not like it. Bart is not sure in the North Concord service will be ready tomorrow. Still are things confusing at the North Concord station. I didnt know nothing about that. I seen the gates close and they said they shut done. An electrical power surge, possibly coming from the track, damaging several bart cars, causing two stations to shut down. Something damaged a part of the propulsion equipment. 25 cars traveling from North Concord to pittsburgh bay were damaged from the power surge. A similar incident damaged trains two weeks ago. 80 cars, two weeks ago, some of those have been repaired. What the riders have been experiencing, its about 16 trains are one car short. Reporter which means trains are crowded. Our taxes are pretty high. A good part of that should go to maintenance.