1:22 PM: The North Berkeley and downtown Berkeley BART stations reopened
this afternoon after power was restored to most of the city’s 27,000 PG&E customers who lost electricity during an outage this morning, officials said.
Power was restored at about 1 p.m. to all but 3,000 customers affected by the outage, which began at about 11:15 a.m., PG&E spokeswoman Fiona Chan said.
BART trains ran at reduced speeds through Berkeley during the outage and did not stop at the downtown and North Berkeley stations, agency spokesman Jim Allison.
Allison said the stations were reopened at about 1 p.m., and trains were expected to running at full speed soon after.
Delays were reported on the Richmond line in the Richmond, Fremont and Millbrae directions while the power was out.
The outage affected a portion of downtown Berkeley between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Fulton Street, from Cedar Street to Bancroft Way, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
The area from University Avenue south to Bancroft Way was also in the dark between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Shattuck Avenue.
Another area north of the university campus, from Hearst Avenue to Le Conte Avenue, was also impacted between Oxford Street and Highland Place.
1:07 PM: According to BART, “Berkeley and North Berkeley stations have re-opened. We have restored full service. We continue to have 10-15 minute delays to Millbrae and Fremont.”
12:46 PM: About 27,000 PG&E customers are without power in Berkeley this afternoon, and the outage is affecting the North Berkeley and downtown Berkeley BART stations, PG&E and BART officials said.
BART trains were not stopping at the stations as of noon because of the outage, which began at about 11:15 a.m., BART spokesman Jim Allison said.
Delays were reported on the Richmond line in the Richmond, Fremont and Millbrae directions, he said.
It was unclear when power might be restored.
The outage affected a portion of downtown Berkeley between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Fulton Street, from Cedar Street to Bancroft Way, a PG&E spokeswoman said.
The area from University Avenue south to Bancroft Way was also in the dark between Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Shattuck Avenue.
Another area north of the university campus, from Hearst Avenue to Le Conte Avenue, was also impacted between Oxford Street and Highland Place.
12:10 PM: BART trains are not stopping at the downtown and north Berkeley stations because of power outages at the two stations, a BART spokesman said.
It’s unclear what caused the outages, which began at about 11:15 a.m., spokesman Jim Allison said.
He did not know when the stations might be reopened.
A BART dispatcher said trains going through the area were delayed by about 10 minutes because of the closures.
Janna Brancolini, Bay City News
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