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No More Ridin' the Rails at 4 A.M. — BART Ends Early-Morning Service

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Erika AguilarBrian WattPeter Arcuni
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A Dublin/Pleasanton-bound BART train approaches West Oakland Station after emerging from the Transbay Tube.  (Dan Brekke/KQED)

BART will stop offering its 4 a.m. train service on Feb. 11 in order to retrofit the Transbay Tube to better withstand major earthquakes. Workers will install a new liner in the 3.6-mile underwater structure to prevent flooding after a big quake, a project that’s expected to take three and a half years to complete. That leaves 3,000 people who ride BART during its first hour of service looking for another way to get to work — including our very own early-morning news anchor Brian Watt.

Guest: Brian Watt, morning news anchor for KQED.

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