Resumption of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail service will be delayed until Monday, March 31, because of theft of copper wire along the light rail system, KGO-TV reports. VTA light rail and bus service have been halted since March 10 because of a strike by 1,

About 1,500 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265 returned to work Thursday to prepare for the resumption of bus service, the agency said. Light rail service could begin as early as Monday, but it is expected to take a “little longer to resume” than buses as workers inspect the tracks and overhead lines of the 42 miles of the system.