BART delays due to person on tracks, equipment problems

FILE -- Passengers are seen through a reflection at MacArthur BART Station on Friday, November 2, 2018 in Oakland, Calif. A person on the tracks is causing a 20-minute delay for riders Wednesday afternoon. FILE -- Passengers are seen through a reflection at MacArthur BART Station on Friday, November 2, 2018 in Oakland, Calif. A person on the tracks is causing a 20-minute delay for riders Wednesday afternoon. Photo: Amy Osborne, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Amy Osborne, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close BART delays due to person on tracks, equipment problems 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Those using BART on their evening commute will see some residual delays after two separate issues caused problems on the transit system.

The first delay was caused by a person who was seen on the tracks at the MacArthur station in Oakland at about 5:26 p.m. The delay was felt in the Antioch and Richmond directions, according to a tweet from BART.

A conductor told riders that the incident was "massively delaying trains," and officials said commuters would see a 20-minute delay.

An equipment problem on a train at the Powell Street station caused the second delay for riders Wednesday evening.

What BART first estimated to be a 10-minute delay was later updated to "major delays" for those headed to the East Bay as of 6:21 p.m., according to a second tweet by BART.

BART later said trains were recovering from the delays following the equipment issue, just before 7 p.m.

BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said crews had to take a train out of service at the Powell Street station because of a door problem.

Making matters worse, Trost said, was a police hold on another train in the city. Trains, however, are moving once again.

Bay City News contributed to this report.