Flooding on the concourse and platform levels at the BART Civic Center Station prompted transit officials to close the station.
Flooding on the concourse and platform levels at the BART Civic Center Station prompted transit officials to close the station late this afternoon.
At around 2:50 p.m., BART said on Twitter reported that the possible cause of flooding originated from the Muni platform level which sits above the BART platform.
Here is what we know: Civic Center Station is currently CLOSED due to flooding on the platform. An issue on the @sfmta_muni platform was leaking water to our platform. Muni engineers are on scene to fix the issue. BART personnel are on scene too. Will continue to update you here. https://t.co/2TDgkWx59D
— BART (@SFBART) January 16, 2019
BART spokesperson Anna Duckworth said that BART trains would skip Civic Center Station during the closure. About a half hour later, BART tweeted the station had reopened.
🙏🙏 Civic Center Station is now RE-OPENED. Trains are stopping at the station now, according to our Operations Control Center. Thanks to all for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience.
— BART (@SFBART) January 16, 2019
Erica Kato, spokesperson for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said Muni subway service is unaffected by the flooding.
Jerold serves as a reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief for SFBay covering transportation and occasionally City Hall and the Mayor's Office in San Francisco. His work on transportation has been recognized by the San Francisco Press Club. Born and raised in San Francisco, he graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in journalism. Jerold previously wrote for the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization. When not reporting, you can find Jerold taking Muni to check out new places to eat in the city.
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