By Dennis Cuff

Staff Writer

BART is struggling to restore train service between the Hayward and Fremont stations that was knocked out of commission at 4:26 a.m. today by a power substation fire.

BART continues to run buses to carry passengers between Hayward and Fremont.

Service is normal elsewhere on the rapid transit system. However, BART operators are uncertain whethe they will be able to run longer trains tonight to carry passengers to the KFOG Kaboom fireworks show. The extra cars needed currently cannot be moved from a Hayward storage yard because the power is out there, BART spokesman Linton Johnson.

“If we can’t get service started, we won’t have the longer trains tonight,” he said.

Power between the Hayward and Fremont stations was cut off by the early morning substation fire at BART’s south Hayward train yard. Crews quickly extinguished the flames, but there have been two more substation fires since then as BART tried to restore service, Johnson said.

BART initially ran buses every 15 minutes between Hayward and Fremont stations, but plans shortly to increase the frequency to every 10 minutes, Johnson said.