All San Francisco BART Stations Reopened After Protest

Update 7:15 p.m.

BART announced that all San Francisco stations are open again.

Update 6:50 p.m.

Passengers may exit but not enter at Powell Street station and Embarcadero is completely closed. All other stations in downtown San Francisco are open.

Update 6:30 p.m.

All BART stations have reopened with the exception of Powell Street, where BART police are only allowing passengers to exit the station.

Update 6:15 p.m.

BART police are selectively opening and closing all stations in downtown San Francisco due to the protests.

Civic Center Station has just reopend to the public.

Currently, BART police are allowing passengers to exit at the Embarcadero and Powell stations. Montgomery remains closed.

Update 5:57 p.m.

BART police are shutting down entrances to Montgomery BART station, but they will let passengers exit the station.

Update 5:41 p.m.

BART is now allowing people to disembark at the Civic Center station, but trains are running through at Powell Street.

Update 5:38 p.m.

About 200 protersters are walking down Market street toward Powell street station, according to BART police.

Update 5:27 p.m.

BART police has closed escalators and stairs leading down to the Civic Center BART station, because of the protest that began at about 5 p.m.

Trains have been ordered to "pass through" on both platforms.

BART is urging commuters to use the Powell station.

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5:10 p.m.

About 25 to 30 people have gathered at the Civic Center BART station to protest the July 3 fatal shooting of Charles Hill, according to BART police.

Currently, protesters have not delayed train times.

The hacker protest group "Anonymous" is apparently organizing the 5 p.m. protest, and is also taking credit for a cyber attack that resulted in the release of personal information for at least 2,400 users of the agency's myBART.org website over the weekend.

A Facebook event page titled "Protest BART's attack on free speech and civil rights!" said the protest would start on the Civic Center train platform. As of 1:35 p.m., that event page listed 162 planned attendees.

Organizers from Anonymous said this evening's protest would be peaceful. Updates on potential temporary closures of BART stations or changes to service during this evening's protest will be posted at www.bart.gov and www.511.org.

People reporting security or safety issues on BART trains or stations should call 911, BART police at (510) 464-7000, use the train intercom, or San Francisco police at (415) 553-8090.

Millbrae Patch will continue to update commuters with any news.

Bay City News contributed to this report.