BART's San Francisco Civic Center Station has reopened after BART police discovered a body on the tracks on Tuesday afternoon.
The agency made the announcement at 6:25 p.m., a little more than two hours after BART said there was a "major delay" in the direction of Daly City and San Francisco International Airport stations. BART Police Department officials told KCBS Radio a body was found on the tracks, prompting significant delays between Powell Street and Civic Center stations.
On the agency's Twitter feed, BART called the incident a "major medical emergency," announcing the closure of Civic Center Station at 4:45 p.m. while BART police and the San Francisco Police Department investigated. The agency shared from another account that trains wouldn't travel between the Civic Center and Powell Street stations.
BART initially directed affected passengers to take the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's Muni Metro service if they were headed to or from Civic Center. The latter agency then tweeted Muni Metro would bypass Civic Center in both directions.
BART tweeted at 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday that some East Bay trains had been diverted in order to reduce a "bottleneck heading into San Francisco."
When announcing Civic Center had reopened, BART warned riders to continue to expect "residual major delays."
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