BART delays to continue into evening

(06-14) 15:51 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- BART riders should expect delays to continue through the evening commute Friday due to an equipment problem between the Daly City and Balboa Park (San Francisco) stations, transit agency officials said.

Crews first noticed the issue on the tracks at about 10:45 a.m., and have been working on it since, said BART spokesman Jim Allison.

Commuters heading south from downtown San Francisco may encounter 20-minute delays in service into the evening, Allison said.

Trains coming from Pittsburg-Bay Point and Richmond have been running their entire routes, but trains coming from Dublin-Pleasanton and Fremont have been turning back at 24th Street station in San Francisco.

Passengers on those lines are advised to transfer at 24th Street.

The equipment problem caused 45-minute to one-hour delays in the morning when operators had to run trains on a single track between 24th Street and Daly City.

The afternoon and evening delays are the result of operators having to run their trains at a slower speed, Allison said.

He said he was not sure when service would be returned to normal.

The Richmond-Fremont line was not affected by the equipment problem.