A computer-controlled commuter train returning from routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting the tracks.
One system employee and one contractor were hit by a four-car train that was being run in automatic mode.
Saturday's accident took place in the San Francisco Bay area that has shut the transit system down to commuters for the past few days.
The victims, who were both highly experienced, were responding to a reported dip in the track.
Paul Oversier, assistant general manager for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), said there were several people aboard the train and that the train operator was experienced.
But ahead of the strike there had been warnings of the danger of allowing managers to operate trains during the shutdown, which started on Friday.
One of the unions on strike, Amalgamated Transit Union 1555, announced that its 900 workers would not be picketing on Sunday out of respect for the victims and their families.
The deaths were the first of a BART employee in five years.
Before the accident, union leaders spent much of the day attempting to convince commuters who make 400,000 daily trips on the system that workers' demands are not unreasonable amid increasing hostility in social media and other outlets.
The two sides came to an impasse over work rules, including the length of the work day and when overtime pay kicks in.
The system carries its ridership through tunnels under the bay and into the region's urban core of San Francisco from four surrounding counties, relieving what would otherwise be congested bridges.
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