Tuesday, June 18, 2013

BART Day of Deaths

Story:
In the morning, there was a death in Colma but it didn't affect me.

I got a call from my father around 4pm saying there was a "medical emergency" at Hayward station. Sounds like a death. I got to BART around 5:45ish and there were notifications on the screens at BART as well as regular announcements about BART not going any further than Bay Fair. I called my wife and we tried to figure out if she should pick me up at Bay Fair or Dublin/Pleasanton. When I got on the train, they said there were buses from Bay Fair to South Hayward, so I told my wife that I'll make it home but late.  The BART driver communicated a lot and as we got close Bay Fair, he said things are changing and we may make it past there. He was right and we were the first train to go past Bay Fair towards Fremont. We went very slow the whole way. When we got to Bay Fair, the driver said that we would not stop at Hayward, so a lady freaked out and got off the train at Bay Fair. We actually ended up stopping at Hayward.

Communication: Pretty good

Update BART.gov: Yes, but not much information

Delay Time: about 30 minutes

Delay Overall Rating(10 being worst): 7 but could have been near a 9 or 10

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