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Did you see this elegant harpist at the Montgomery Street station the other day? Another harpist, last seen here, was delighting his fellow commuters on the bus with his mini harp! We’re all for buskers, like this chamber music quartet, this cellist at the 16th Street BART station, and especially this musician with this very unusual instrument.
Thanks to @commutelife for submitting this Muni moment to us on Instagram.
It makes total sense that there would be a break room at the Montgomery Street Station, but who would have imagined how magical it looks!?
Curbed editor Brock Keeling caught a glimpse of the very domestic-looking room. It’s like the wardrobe doors opened and Narnia is a 1980s San Francisco apartment kitchen! The only thing that could make this better is the smell of buttered toast, tea, and boxes of Turkish Delight on the counter.
For another delight from Brock, check out his wonderful sneak peek of the new SFMoMA on Curbed.
A: (see above) When hell freezes over.
Which got me thinking: Man, when hell really does freeze over, hella things will happen at once. I hope I live to see that day.
h/t BART rider 27suns: “Montgomery BART station escalator – clearly a rider has estimated completion time accurately. LOL”
If many of us weren’t already squeamish about invisible nastiness lurking on BART, things got a whole lot worse this week. Yesterday, BART officials announced that a Contra Costa County resident with measles commuted between the East Bay and San Francisco on Feb. 4 through 6, potentially exposing countless riders to the virus.
Awesome.
According to BART, the person traveled between the Lafayette and Montgomery Street Stations during the morning and evening commutes from 6 to 8 a.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and spent time at San Francisco’s E & O Kitchen and Bar on the evening of Feb. 4. The San Francisco Chronicle has since identified the rider as an employee of LinkedIn. This is not the kind of networking we envisioned!
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It’s not every day that you spot the Caped Crusader on your way to work. In fact, it happened yesterday to our friend We Built This City (above).
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Update: 6 p.m.
Passengers report that Montgomery Station has re-opened after the person under the train was transported to the hospital. @SFBART says that service restoration is in progress.
At Montgomery St station now. Looks open. #sfbart
— Bob Hendricks (@rdhendricks) April 15, 2014
UPDATE: Unknown person under BART train transported to local hospital. Montgomery station reopens #BART #Montgomery #Breaking
— Golden Gate Xpress (@XpressNews) April 15, 2014
KTVU reports that although the station has re-opened, other stations are still jam-packed with passengers.
#BREAKING @SFBART service resumed at 5:45pbut here is the line at Embarcadero station now. pic.twitter.com/rsc6oEaMJw
— Jana Katsuyama (@JanaKTVU) April 15, 2014
Update: 5:49 p.m.
Riders are packed at other BART stations due to the Montgomery Station closure, as seen in the above photo from the Embarcadero Station from @JimMcNutty.
Original post (5:32 p.m.):
The Montgomery BART station is currently closed after reports that a person is under a BART train. Fire trucks and police vehicles are in front of the station, as witnesses on Twitter report. As of 5:32 p.m., the station is still closed and there are delays SFO, Daly City, and Millbrae bound trains, according to KRON4. In the photo below, passengers are jam-packed in the train as they await for the delay to clear up.
Photo by Tolebon
More from riders:
Montgomery Station closed @ 2nd St station. Panhandlers are saying someone jumped. "Went splat," if I'm quoting directly. #SF #muni #BART
— Hilldawgg (@Hilldawgg) April 15, 2014
The Chronicle’s Vivian Ho tweeted that the person under the train is still alive and being transported to a hospital to treat for head injuries.
Person under train at Montgomery station still alive. Transported to hospital with head injury. Station still closed for investigation.
— Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) April 15, 2014
We’ll keep you updated as we find out more.