Working through through the night, BART crews raced to repair a heat-related kink in a stretch of track between Concord and Pleasant Hill that halted trains on the Antioch line on Tuesday.
CONCORD -- Working through through the night, BART crews raced to repair a heat-related kink in a stretch of track between Concord and Pleasant Hill that halted trains on the Antioch line during Tuesday's heat wave. "We have restored train service between Concord and Pleasant Hill," the agency said in an email.
Problems began early in the day Tuesday as temperatures began soaring to record triple digit levels. Trains were slowed to make sure the rails maintain their integrity under the heat-related onslaught. BART spokesperson Chris Filippi said in a press announcement that a dangerous kink had developed on the tracks between Pleasant Hill and Concord.Jenea Mitchell and Kaitlyn Schaefer were among the passengers stranded.
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