With the union worker strike over, VTA bus service resumed Friday, with light rail services set to restart over the next few days.

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.

Riders in the South Bay felt a "wave of relief" Friday as VTA restarted its bus service after a three-week shutdown during the strike which "was quite problematic" to many South Bay residents.