The transport agency encouraged people visiting the train to avoid long ticket queues by adding the Clipper card app to their phones and immediately adding money. BART also advised people to download the app to areas away from stations for better mobile service. “The Clipper app is having some payment and purchasing issues,” a Bay Area Clipper tweet said. “We recommend that you load the Clipper card before entering @SFBART or leaving stations for better mobile service. We have an in-house team investigating right now and we apologize for the inconvenience.” BART posted a picture on Twitter showing a large queue of people at Dublin Station waiting to buy Clipper cards. This is the line to buy Clipper at Dublin Station right now. We have a table that sells Clipper cards at the station and we encourage people to add a digital card to their phone and add money right away. But this is a good picture of how busy he will be today. pic.twitter.com/Lxsu0zwYqb – BART (@SFBART) June 20, 2022 BART officials said service on the Richmond-San Francisco route resumed at 9 a.m. on Monday, after the transport service canceled the service at the weekend, running only trains with an orange line. The news came on a day when hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flock to San Francisco for the Warriors parade. On Monday, riders coming to and from the Richmond Line can expect trains to arrive every 15 minutes in both directions until 8 p.m., when trains run every 30 minutes. FILE – A BART train arrives at Powell Street Station in San Francisco, California on February 15, 2022. Douglas Zimmerman / SFGATE “Some trains will be Orange line (Richmond to Berriesa) and some will be Red line (Richmond-Millbrae + SFO) trains,” BART said. BART added: “Transbay riders without immediate service can expect a scheduled transfer between an Orange Line (Berryessa) train and a Yellow Line (SF / SFO) train to San Francisco at MacArthur station and a scheduled transfer between a Yellow Line (Antioch) train and an Orange Line (Richmond) train from San Francisco to 19th St. Oakland. A transfer train will be provided between Millbrae and SFO to connect to the Yellow Line (Antioch-SFO) service. BART first encountered problems on the red line on Friday due to a power cord failure. Over the weekend, the red line was completely canceled and only the orange line trains (Richmond to Berryessa) were running. It is unclear when the direct connection between Richmond and San Francisco will continue. the Warriors parade is scheduled to begin at 11:20 a.m. BART said crews are working to locate the fault in the cable and, once completed, will replace the cable. Although the issue is similar to the one that caused train cancellations in March 2022, the fault is at a different location along the Richmond Line, BART said. “BART is working to replace all obsolete cables along the 10 mile Richmond Line and unfortunately these problems occurred before the full replacement was achieved,” BART said.
