Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 21, 2014 Board Admin Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 http://www.metro-magazine.com/video/story/2014/04/video-bart-fleet-of-the-future-train-car-model-a-sneak-peek.aspx?ref=Express-Thursday-NEW-20140417&utm_campaign=Express-Thursday-NEW-20140417&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38 Highland Creek Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 Pretty impressive video, I must say. Those micro-plug doors remind me of the new trains Montreal's gonna get soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 When do they hope to have the new trains in service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2044 Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 When do they hope to have the new trains in service?I could take a guess, but the information provided on their website is more credible than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 This could be the future of BART with double capacity of the current system for example a 2nd Transbay tunnel. http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/02/ambitious_expansion_plans_mulled_for_barts_future.php This will also add some more BART lines in San Fransisco such as "to the beach" line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 BART Is studying a second transbay tunnel this will help give BART expand capacity and allow trains to operate 24 hours a day. http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/bart-will-study-second-transbay-tube-west-side-extension/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 This cool picture showing two BART trains heading the same way of each other connecting riders with out a wait. 20150717_1773.jpg by Jim Maurer, on Flickr Post with permission from Jim Maurer from his Flickr account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrawker4783 Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 This cool picture showing two BART trains heading the same way of each other connecting riders with out a wait. Known as a "Timed Transfer". The train on the left is a Fremont bound train coming from Richmond, the train on the right is a SFO or Millbrae bound train coming from Pittsburg/Bay Point. MacArthur station is the Timed Transfer Westbound for these lines. Under Downtown Oakland, Eastbound has two tracks and West only one (stacked, EB on top, WB lower level), the SFO train usually leaves MacArthur first with the Fremont train 2m behind. MacArthur has four tracks, two on each direction with 2 center platforms. The lines also have a Timed Transfer Eastbound at 19th Street Oakland, but because of two sets of tracks EB, the trains pretty much run side by side from 12th St Oakland to MacArthur, tho after 19th st, the Pittsburg train usually gets out ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 BART has increase service with addition trains and ten car trains for all trains during rush hour on the yellow line that operate end to end. https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20150910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 The first ten of the new BART cars are almost done: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/north-america/first-bart-fleet-of-the-future-cars-almost-ready.html?device=auto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Fares are going up by 3.4%: http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151202 Fares that go up every year will suck big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegoodguy3221 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Wow, the fares for your BART ride to airports are double digits. Seeing this fare table reminds me of Golden Gate Transit fares with the amounts mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickycourtney Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Not most people would do this... but the fare from OAK to SFO is a staggering $15.70! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 The first ten of the new BART cars are almost done: http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/north-america/first-bart-fleet-of-the-future-cars-almost-ready.html?device=auto Just curious, will all of these cars be like the "C"/"C2" cars (i.e., a cab at one end)? Seems that would allow more flexibility than the old A/B setup. I guess these would be "D" cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 The first car has be shipped and arrived at maintenance yard for BART: http://www.bcferries.com/bcfservicenotice?id=948504 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 BART wants the first new car train in service by the December of 2016. Also they provide a time-line on how many new cars will be delivered each year which include the ones from the past in this time line: https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2016/news20160406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted June 30, 2016 Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 BART is putting a bond on ballot to help pay to fix infrasture: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2016/06/bart-35-billion-bond-measure-ballot-election-2016.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 The DMU for Antioch Extension have arrived: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4 5600 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 I didn't want to start a new thread for this question, and I poked around Google but couldn't find a certain answer to it Do any Bart trains have a front window that you can look through into the drivers cab or tunnel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYBklyn1959 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 12 hours ago, H4 5600 said: I didn't want to start a new thread for this question, and I poked around Google but couldn't find a certain answer to it Do any Bart trains have a front window that you can look through into the drivers cab or tunnel? It's been almost 20 years since I've been on a BART train, but the fleet hasn't really changed in all that time, so... The "A" cars (the ones with the slanted end), you can kinda see through the door to the cab, but the seat nearest to the cab door is facing away, so you have to kind of turn to see. Even then, IIRC, you mostly see the train operator and not much of the track. I think you can't even see that much on the C and C2 cars We'll see how much of a view there will be on the new cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4 5600 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 3 hours ago, FYBklyn1959 said: It's been almost 20 years since I've been on a BART train, but the fleet hasn't really changed in all that time, so... The "A" cars (the ones with the slanted end), you can kinda see through the door to the cab, but the seat nearest to the cab door is facing away, so you have to kind of turn to see. Even then, IIRC, you mostly see the train operator and not much of the track. I think you can't even see that much on the C and C2 cars We'll see how much of a view there will be on the new cars. thanks, ill avoid bart then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 BART is saying that warm springs extension could open on October. 22nd: http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/09/16/still-no-date-set-for-opening-of-warm-springs-station/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 The bond measure will most likely pass: http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/BART-Measure-RR-results-10593855.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 Santa Clara county has passed Measure B that has funding to finish a BART extension into downtown San Jose: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/14/what-passing-of-measure-b-means/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bus Fan Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 BART wants to get voter approver to increase tolls on the state owned bridges to help fund transit improvements: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/BART-wants-to-ask-voters-for-bridge-toll-hike-10932820.php 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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