Yellow Line service impacts alert: Trackway repairs in Pleasant Hill on select Sundays
Update 1/4/23: The planned single-tracking near Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station on Sunday, January 8, 2023 has been cancelled due to severe weather forecasts.
Service will be reduced to one track near the Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station on Sunday, January 8, 2023 so BART crews can replace rail ties damaged in a derailment on this portion of the track in June. Riders in the area should expect delays of 15-20 minutes.
(Article updated 9/12 to add dates for October and November bus bridges)
BART is replacing concrete ties near the Pleasant Hill Station which were damaged as part of the derailment on this portion of the track in June. We have been operating trains at reduced speeds in this part of the system since the incident. The work will require three non-consecutive weekends in October and November when track crews will need the entire trackway space to perform these repairs. On the following weekends free buses will replace trains between the Pleasant Hill and Concord stations:
*October 15-16
*October 29-30
*November 12-13
Riders in the area should expect delays of 30 minutes on the bus bridge weekends. To avoid the bus bridge, riders can begin their westbound trips at Walnut Creek. Both stations have had ample parking on weekends throughout the pandemic.
On Saturdays and Sundays impacted by the shutdowns the last train of the night that normally leaves Antioch Station at 11:44 pm will be cancelled up to Concord Station. Passengers traveling southbound can catch the earlier train at 11:14 pm on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, all of the Saturday-only trips that begin or end at Pittsburg/Bay Point will be cancelled.
Riders can keep up with service impacts including the latest real-time departure information by downloading the official BART app. BART's Trip Planner has been updated to include the latest information on the bus bridge so it will be clear for riders that they must get off a train at Concord or Pleasant Hill to continue their trips. This information is also being shared with third-party planning apps. Below is an example of how a bus bridge trip will appear in the Trip Planner.
