Overview

• An electrical fire at San Leandro Station on May 20 damaged thousands of feet of cable, halting Green Line service until at least May 27.
• The fire escalated due to a delayed response from protective circuit breakers, which failed to promptly detect the electrical fault.
• BART leadership has acknowledged the incident as 'inexcusable' and is conducting a forensic analysis of network logs to identify root causes.
• Aging infrastructure, including 50-year-old cables, has been identified as a key risk, with ongoing replacement efforts underway but far from complete.
• The disruptions come as BART faces financial challenges and seeks to rebuild public trust to secure future taxpayer funding.