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The Transbay Tube is an underwater rail tunnel that carries Bay Area Rapid Transit's four transbay lines under San Francisco Bay between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California. The tube is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) long, and attaches to twin bored tunnels. [ 2 ]
The original system was completed in September 1974 when the underwater Transbay Tube and West Oakland opened. BART's three routes then were the Orange, Yellow, and Green lines. Embarcadero opened as an infill station in 1976, and direct Richmond–Daly City service began operating that year. [4]
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including eBART, a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connector, a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport.
Bay Area Rapid Transit service through the Transbay Tube was halted for a time, but has since resumed. Broken bottles are scattered on the floor inside E&J Liquors after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ...
Evacuations were ordered. Sirens went off. Service was suspended on the Bay Area's commuter rail through its underwater Transbay Tube. But in about an hour, the warning was canceled. Though the ...
BART, the commuter rail system for the San Francisco Bay Area, suspended service through the underwater Transbay Tube connecting San Francisco and Oakland. Guests at the San Francisco Zoo, near ...
The Transbay Tube was closed from January 17 to April 4, 1979, after a train caught fire in the tube, injuring dozens, killing a fireman, and damaging equipment. [130] Most of the injuries were caused by inhalation of toxic smoke from the burning polyurethane in the seats, leading to a $118,000 replacement program which was completed in ...
In the Bay Area, BART trains were stopped from using the Transbay Tube that connects San Francisco and the East Bay. No injuries or deaths have been reported. The San Francisco Zoo, which is ...