A new team of overnight workers is trying to help homeless people who end up sleeping on BART trains or in stations because they have nowhere else to go.

The team is based in Contra Costa County, where two of BART’s five lines begin or end. The county workers are working with the BART Police Department to connect homeless people with clean beds and mental health services.

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