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.

Full bus service has resumed across Santa Clara County as VTA drivers returned to work after their strike was ended by a judge, but light rail service won’t begin until Monday.

VTA bus service resumed Friday, and light-rail service was expected to resume Monday after a judge ordered the end of a weekslong workers strike.