Crime & Safety

BART UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum Station Re-Opens After Friday A.M. Bomb Threat

BART officials are asking commuters to use other forms of transportation this morning.

UPDATED: Friday, July 25, 9:25 a.m.

The Oakland Coliseum BART station has reopened as police investigate a bomb threat there this morning.

Police completed a sweep of the station around 9 a.m. and did not find a bomb, BART spokesman Jim Allison said.

Trains are running through the station, and passengers are being allowed to get on and off trains. Allison said commuters should still expect delays of eight to 12 minutes on routes going through the Coliseum station.

The station was closed and evacuated at 7:40 a.m. so police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office could search the area and investigate the report, Allison said.

Bomb-sniffing dogs were called in to help sweep the area.

Allison said someone called 911 to report hearing about a possible bomb threat. He said the caller did not make the bomb threat.

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UPDATED: Friday, July 25, 9:25 a.m.

The Oakland Coliseum BART station has partially reopened as police investigate a bomb threat there this morning.

Trains are running through the station, but passengers are not being allowed to get off. Passengers are being allowed to get on trains at the station as investigators have cleared some areas.

The station was closed and evacuated at 7:40 a.m. so police and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office could search the area and investigate the report, according to BART spokesman Jim Allison.

Bomb-sniffing dogs have been called in to help sweep the area. Allison said someone called 911 to report hearing about a possible bomb threat.

He said the caller did not make the bomb threat. 

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Friday, July 25, 8:15 a.m.


The Oakland Coliseum BART station is closed this morning due to a bomb threat, BART officials said.

BART spokesman Jim Allison said the investigation began at about 7:40 a.m. after an individual called law enforcement with "secondhand" news of a possible bomb.

"My understanding is someone who says they heard of the threat called 911," Allison said in an interview this morning with KRON4 news. 
 
Trains are turning around at the Fruitvale and San Leandro stations and are not running through the Coliseum station, according to BART.
 
The station was closed at about 7:40 a.m. and there is no estimated time it will reopen.  

According to the BART website, East Bay trains are currently experiencing "major delays."


—By Bay City News contributed to this report.



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