BERKELEY, CA – OCTOBER 15: A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train emerges from a tunnel on October 15, 2013 in Berkeley, California. BART management and union leaders with Bay the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1555 and the SEIU Local 1021 continue to negotiate a new contract for workers as the threat of a transit strike continues to loom over the heads of Bay Area commuters. BART, the nation’s fifth-largest commuter rail system, carries nearly 400,000 passengers every weekday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
BART is reporting major delays Tuesday morning on its Antioch line because of an equipment problem on the track near Pleasant Hill.
A BART spokesperson said around 6:30 a.m. that the equipment problem is affecting trains in both directions on the Antioch line, and that trains have been removed from service as a result.
Bus shuttles are taking riders between the Concord and Walnut Creek stations, according to the transit agency.
A stretch of BART track between its Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre and Concord stations has had various problems in recent months, including a partial train derailment in June, and has been the site of several weekends of track upgrade work by the agency's crews.
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There is no estimate yet for when BART service will return to normal Tuesday.
