BART Shut Service Between San Francisco And East Bay Due To Gas Leak

BART temporarily cut service between San Francisco and the East Bay because of a gas leak in West Oakland on Thursday afternoon. 

Service was restored at 3:19 p.m., about 30 minutes after it was halted in both directions. 

Although trains were again moving, BART warned that there would be "major delays"

"This is due to a PG&E gas pipeline leak that is near the West Oakland station," said BART spokeswoman Anna Duckworth. "The Oakland Fire Department is responding to this."

PG&E tweeted that its crews "have stopped the flow of gas and are working safely and quickly as possible to make repairs to a gas line damaged by a third-party construction company."

No passengers were caught in the Transbay Tube during the shutdown, although a train that was not in service needed to be removed, a BART official said. 

The train system had already experienced significant delays earlier in the day when a man became trapped under a train in the Embarcadero station. He was alive when emergency workers removed him, but his condition is unknown, BART officials said. 

BART has stopped service through the Transbay Tube after issue of a PG&E gas pipe near the Tube in west Oakland. At the behest of PG&E, we are temporarily stopping trains at West Oakland and Embarcadero.This is a precautionary measure. There is no damage to the Transbay Tube. https://t.co/Oa60u70l2Z

Melissa Culross contributed to this report.