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Officials Detain Man Who Walked Into BART Transbay Tube

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- BART trains were back on schedule Sunday evening after a man was found walking in the Transbay Tube, a transit agency employee said.

The person had walked into the tunnel from the Embarcadero station in San Francisco around 6:15 p.m., a BART employee said.

He was removed from the tracks by BART police around 6:40 p.m. and was detained, the employee said.

Trains traveling in all directions were briefly affected with 15-minute delays reported because of the incident.

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