BART suffers systemwide delays as trains recover from track problem

A new BART train sits on the platform at MacArthur Station in Oakland, Calif, on Friday, May 10, 2019. A new BART train sits on the platform at MacArthur Station in Oakland, Calif, on Friday, May 10, 2019. Photo: Michael Short / Special To The Chronicle Buy photo Photo: Michael Short / Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close BART suffers systemwide delays as trains recover from track problem 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

A track problem in Oakland caused systemwide delays for BART in all directions early Thursday morning, officials said.

The track switches in the Oakland Wye — a junction underneath downtown Oakland where all routes converge into one line — stopped working around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Jim Allison, a BART spokesman.

Crews had to manually move the switches so that trains could continue toward San Francisco, Richmond, Antioch, Dublin/Pleasanton and Warm Springs/South Fremont.

The switch problem was resolved by 6 a.m., and an hour later residual delays of up to 10 minutes remained.

Ashley McBride is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: ashley.mcbride@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Ashleynmcb