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BART Restores Service Systemwide After Computer Failure Halts Trains For Hours

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- BART service, out of operation since opening time at 8 a.m. Sunday, has been restored systemwide, the agency said shortly before 12:30 p.m.

BART announced the system shutdown shortly before the day's operations were scheduled to start at 8 a.m. due to what it described as a computer communication problem.

The disruption came one day before the transit district had been scheduled to increase the frequency of trains to serve increased weekday ridership.

The system had planned to have trains on some lines running every 15 minutes during weekday commute hours.

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