SAN JOSE, Calif. — Some light rail service has now been restored by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, after delays caused by copper-wire theft while the system was shut down by a strike.
KGO-TV reports Orange Line service resumed shortly after 10 a.m. today (March 31), while a portion of Blue Line service, between downtown San Jose and Baypoint, resumed about 11:30 a.m. The Green Line and the rest of the Blue Line will reopen “once safety checks are complete,” the VTA says on its website.
A strike by 1,500 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 halted VTA bus and rail service on March 10, but a judge issued an injunction last week sending the strikers back to work [see “Judge orders Santa Clara VTA workers …,” Trains News Wire, March 27, 2025]. Bus service resumed Friday, March 28.
The workers remain without a contract and no new negotiations have been announced.
Quite a bit of theft by leaving the CAT turned off.
Save a penny by turning the CAT off. Paid a dollar to repair the CAT.