BART trains on schedule after police activity
Staff - 11/14/2010
BART trains are back on scheduled 10-minute delays Sunday afternoon after police activity in the East Bay caused trains to be delayed by 40 minutes.
Staff - 11/14/2010
BART trains are back on scheduled 10-minute delays Sunday afternoon after police activity in the East Bay caused trains to be delayed by 40 minutes.
BART service restored after body found on tracks
Roman Gokhman - 09/16/2008
A man's body was found lying along San Francisco-bound BART tracks at the Richmond station Tuesday afternoon and investigators are trying to determine if the man jumped or fell onto the tracks.
Roman Gokhman - 09/16/2008
A man's body was found lying along San Francisco-bound BART tracks at the Richmond station Tuesday afternoon and investigators are trying to determine if the man jumped or fell onto the tracks.
Person Found Dead On BART Tracks In Richmond
Staff - 09/16/2008
The Bay Area Rapid Transit Richmond station reopened around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday following an incident that killed one person on the tracks, a BART spokesman said.
Staff - 09/16/2008
The Bay Area Rapid Transit Richmond station reopened around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday following an incident that killed one person on the tracks, a BART spokesman said.
BART service resumes after death at Civic Center station
Steve Rubenstein - 08/17/2008
Full BART service was restored this afternoon after a nearly three-hour disruption that began when a man was struck and killed by a train at the Civic Center station, a BART spokesman said.
Steve Rubenstein - 08/17/2008
Full BART service was restored this afternoon after a nearly three-hour disruption that began when a man was struck and killed by a train at the Civic Center station, a BART spokesman said.
BART mourns collegue killed in plane crash
Staff - 06/30/2008
Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers Monday are honoring a colleague who was killed in a plane crash in Nevada over the weekend by wearing black mourning strips across their badges, a BART spokesman said.
Staff - 06/30/2008
Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers Monday are honoring a colleague who was killed in a plane crash in Nevada over the weekend by wearing black mourning strips across their badges, a BART spokesman said.
BART train rolls over woman - she lives
Will Reisman - 06/26/2008
A woman climbed onto the tracks at the Montgomery Street BART station Wednesday, lay down as a train approached and escaped with barely a scratch, officials from the transit agency said.
Will Reisman - 06/26/2008
A woman climbed onto the tracks at the Montgomery Street BART station Wednesday, lay down as a train approached and escaped with barely a scratch, officials from the transit agency said.
Man killed by BART train was UC-Berkeley composer
Robert Salonga - 02/05/2008
Renowned composer and University of California-Berkeley associate professor Jorge Liderman died Sunday morning after being struck by a BART train in an apparent suicide, authorities said.
Robert Salonga - 02/05/2008
Renowned composer and University of California-Berkeley associate professor Jorge Liderman died Sunday morning after being struck by a BART train in an apparent suicide, authorities said.
Man killed by BART train identified
Staff - 02/04/2008
A 50-year-old man who was hit and killed by a BART train has been identified as Jorge Liderman, a Bay Area composer and UC Berkeley music professor.
Staff - 02/04/2008
A 50-year-old man who was hit and killed by a BART train has been identified as Jorge Liderman, a Bay Area composer and UC Berkeley music professor.
Composer Liderman dies in apparent suicide
Joshua Kosman - 02/04/2008
A 50-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train in BART's El Cerrito Plaza Station on Sunday morning has been identified as Jorge Liderman, a prominent local composer and a professor in the music department at UC Berkeley.
Joshua Kosman - 02/04/2008
A 50-year-old man who was struck and killed by a train in BART's El Cerrito Plaza Station on Sunday morning has been identified as Jorge Liderman, a prominent local composer and a professor in the music department at UC Berkeley.
Concert turns into memorial for composer who died in BART suicide
Robert Taylor - 02/04/2008
The world premiere of a concerto by Richmond composer Jorge Liderman was transformed into a memorial event in San Francisco Monday, a day after he was struck and killed by a BART train in an apparent suicide.
Robert Taylor - 02/04/2008
The world premiere of a concerto by Richmond composer Jorge Liderman was transformed into a memorial event in San Francisco Monday, a day after he was struck and killed by a BART train in an apparent suicide.
BART train strikes and kills man
Staff - 02/03/2008
A 50-year-old man is dead after a BART train struck him on the tracks at the El Cerrito station.
Staff - 02/03/2008
A 50-year-old man is dead after a BART train struck him on the tracks at the El Cerrito station.
Apparent suicide halts BART station
B.W. Liou - 10/31/2007
A middle-aged man was struck and killed by a BART train Tuesday evening at the Powell Street station in San Francisco, closing the station for about an hour and a half to a throng of onlookers and riders waiting to get home.
B.W. Liou - 10/31/2007
A middle-aged man was struck and killed by a BART train Tuesday evening at the Powell Street station in San Francisco, closing the station for about an hour and a half to a throng of onlookers and riders waiting to get home.
BART reopens station after apparent suicide
Staff - 10/31/2007
BART's Powell Street station in San Francisco was reopened just before 8 p.m. tonight after authories shut it down for two hours to investigate a death on the tracks.
Staff - 10/31/2007
BART's Powell Street station in San Francisco was reopened just before 8 p.m. tonight after authories shut it down for two hours to investigate a death on the tracks.
Body under BART disrupts rush hour
Staff - 10/30/2007
A body discovered under a Bay Area Rapid Transit train at their Powell Street station in San Francisco resulted in the closure of the station and delays throughout the BART system during Tuesday evening's rush hour.
Staff - 10/30/2007
A body discovered under a Bay Area Rapid Transit train at their Powell Street station in San Francisco resulted in the closure of the station and delays throughout the BART system during Tuesday evening's rush hour.
BART kills man at rush hour
Linda Sandsmark - 09/02/2005
A passenger fatality at the San Leandro BART station Friday morning left witnesses stunned and riders scrambling for alternate forms of transportation.
Linda Sandsmark - 09/02/2005
A passenger fatality at the San Leandro BART station Friday morning left witnesses stunned and riders scrambling for alternate forms of transportation.
Apparent suicide snarls BART
Suzanne Herel - 08/26/2005
BART restored service to near-normal and reopened its San Leandro station at 9:46 a.m. after a morning commute that was snarled by an apparent suicide on the tracks.
Suzanne Herel - 08/26/2005
BART restored service to near-normal and reopened its San Leandro station at 9:46 a.m. after a morning commute that was snarled by an apparent suicide on the tracks.
Death on tracks slows BART trains
Sophia Kazmi - 08/26/2005
The San Leandro BART station has reopened this morning after being shut down for about 21/2 hours following a fatality on the tracks there.
Sophia Kazmi - 08/26/2005
The San Leandro BART station has reopened this morning after being shut down for about 21/2 hours following a fatality on the tracks there.
Police Investigate Man Run Over by BART
Staff - 10/26/2004
Investigators are trying to learn how a man ended up on Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks at the Fruitvale station Monday night, a BART spokesman said Tuesday morning.
Staff - 10/26/2004
Investigators are trying to learn how a man ended up on Bay Area Rapid Transit tracks at the Fruitvale station Monday night, a BART spokesman said Tuesday morning.
BART officer talks man out of suicide
Demian Bulwa - 04/28/2004
A BART police officer persuaded a man on the tracks near the Pleasant Hill station to come back to the platform, thwarting an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday morning that caused delays of nearly 40 minutes, officials said.
Demian Bulwa - 04/28/2004
A BART police officer persuaded a man on the tracks near the Pleasant Hill station to come back to the platform, thwarting an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday morning that caused delays of nearly 40 minutes, officials said.
Man leaves BART tracks for water
Nathaniel Hoffman - 04/27/2004
BART police stopped trains at the Pleasant Hill station for about a half-hour today when BART patrons and a train operator saw a man walking toward Walnut Creek on the track overpass above Treat Boulevard, a BART official said.
Nathaniel Hoffman - 04/27/2004
BART police stopped trains at the Pleasant Hill station for about a half-hour today when BART patrons and a train operator saw a man walking toward Walnut Creek on the track overpass above Treat Boulevard, a BART official said.