San Bruno B.A.R.T.

  A female pedestrian who was fatally struck by a Caltrain vehicle in Burlingame Friday evening has been identified by the San Mateo County coroner's office but her name is not being revealed until her family is notified.

  The collision occurred around 6 p.m. when the victim attempted to cross the tracks north of a pedestrian crossing between the Burlingame and Broadway stations, both in Burlingame, according to Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn.

  The northbound No. 373 Baby Bullet train, which had last stopped in Redwood City, wasn't scheduled to stop again until Millbrae and was speeding through Burlingame when the pedestrian was hit.

  Within a few minutes, a conductor announced a person had been killed and the train would be held until further notice, prompting a flurry of cell phone calls among riders telling friends and family they would be running late.

  Shortly afterward, the train's engineer, who appeared agitated, was overheard saying he had sounded the horn to alert the pedestrian but to no avail.

  By 6:45 p.m., riders were being let off the train through the rear car. They trudged through the gravel along the tracks toward California Drive to find another way home.

  Meanwhile, at the Burlingame station, a short section of Burlingame Avenue was cordoned off between California Drive and Carolan Avenue as the death was being investigated by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction over the Caltrain tracks.

  Sheriff's Sgt. Roger Copeland said a witness had told investigators the pedestrian had walked around a closed yellow pedestrian gate at the northern end of the Burlingame station before she attempted to cross to the southbound platform.

  Parents and teenagers on their way to a football game at Burlingame High School just a block away from the station were allowed to duck underneath the yellow police tape and cross. Many asked what had happened and gasped when they saw the body covered by a yellow tarp.

  Caltrain officials limited service between San Francisco and Hayward Park stations after the collision but reopened tracks in both directions around 7:40 p.m.

  Train service remained between 30 and 40 minutes behind schedule systemwide as of 10 p.m., Dunn said.