BART Train in San Francisco 2018 - Regional Subway Network

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), is a rapid transit public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The heavy rail elevated and subway system connects San Francisco and Oakland with urban and suburban areas in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties. BART operates six routes on 112 miles (180 km) of track connecting 46 stations. Daily weekday ridership: 425,000
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[@freddie_video]

For Japanese people, BART does massive acceleration. It's like muscle car! I can't wait for new BART train series!

[@YukariAkiyama]

freddietom I’m excited for the new cars too! R.I.P. Legacy BART cars!

[@brandonpeterson6166]

its out already :)

[@gerghhhttg2913]

BART is not Japanese I been on it.

[@chromebomb]

I love this

[@BobbyHarveyVideoProductions]

Great video of the old BART trains! Hoping to see some of these the next time I'm in San Francisco before they're replaced. Amazing at how old they are, they still look very modern and seem to be pretty clean inside.

[@PrimeR10]

My Hometown Bart Station When I Was Very Young, I Use To Always Trainspotting The Bart Trains At West Oakland All The Time Since I Lived In A Apartment Right Next To The Bart Station And The Tracks!

[@losh330]

I'm so glad they replaced these trains. They were so damn loud you couldn't hear the onboard announcements. That acceleration noise is amazing though.

[@thepaperbagman_]

I miss bart to be honest. Moved away from the bay area back in 2016

[@baysman59]

Ah the noise going through the tube to SF from the East Bay. Loved bart, just needed to extend to Marin side and to San Jose.

[@danielnarevich7579]

SJ is happening Marin has SMART i guess?

[@ladder3257]

shame marin didnt get it. we were so close and as a marin resident it's just car country

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

Vallejo should have BART. Fairfield, Vacaville, and Napa ate too far.

[@ladder3257]

@@Kaizoku_Zoro vacaville and fairfield is more part of sacramento metro so that makes sense napa is a non suburban non dense neighborhood so once again i agree but it's the north bay that's annoying. bring bart to larkspur and BAM. instant rail connection from santa rosa all the way to downtown sf

[@TohaBgood2]

@@ladder3257 I really hope that they put rail on the new Richmond Bridge that they are supposed to build in the next couple of decades. At this point all we need is indeed a rail connection to Richmond BART station to achieve meaningful North Bay rail. It's kind of exciting to think that we are actually very close to the original BART dream map now!

[@ericbickel8843]

My everyday commute from Hayward to San Francisco.

[@connormacleod7010]

Thank you for the Great video

[@HungryGuyStories]

Impressed how clean and modern these trains look compared to the NY Subway (I live in NYC). When I look at the track, the perspective looks somehow wrong..

[@TheLIRRFrenchie...]

Hungry Guy Bart uses Indian track gauge vs Standard.

[@joshtj44]

I've lived on both coasts. NYC subway is way more efficient.

[@HungryGuyStories]

@@joshtj44 And NYC is the only subway (that I know of) that runs 24 hours! Most other cities' subways shut down at night.

[@middletransport]

Hungry Guy I mean, PATH also offer 24/7 service...

[@gemstoneprincess2890]

@@HungryGuyStories NY sucks!!!!!!

[@mechislander]

Wild. It's the same sound as the old Kawasaki and Siemens MRT trains in Singapore.

[@steve1reg]

Funding has been approved to extend BART to San Jose. But that's about 35 miles from San Francisco. Quite a project!

[@lucky_railfans_trains_2009]

Isn’t Berryessa San Jose?

[@travisthecancerpill3403]

I fell asleep and woke up to this. How did I get here and what is this?

[@AndreiTupolev]

They've lasted well, doesn't that stock date back to the opening of the line in 1973, was it,?

[@timosha21]

rolling stock has been more consistent in appearance. As of January 2018 new models were introduced (built by Bombardier); however, I did not see them when I was there.

[@saulschlapik6818]

The first BART line opened Sept. 11, 1972 from MacArthur to Fremont.

[@RRansomSmith]

Some of them are old, but not all

[@californiamade5608]

BART has three different fleets that where purchased at different times 439 original cars where put into service in 1972 then 150 next fleet of cars purchased in 1988 and then 80 in 1994. All of them still run today, along with the new fleet being rolled out as of right now, with a full completed system of new BART cars by 2022. Replacing the whole 3 set of old BART cars.

[@LSM_Lover]

@@timosha21 I saw a new one in Indianapolis, Indiana on the highway. It was on a truck heading east for some reason.

[@kd1565]

Was just in Oakland to go watch the Raiders and Steelers football game earlier this month!!! Subways are fun I love riding in those and the way they sound!!! Straight HOOD out there no place I’d want to live nope!!!!

[@bdpopeye]

Oakland yes.. but San Francisco no. You need to look at other areas of the Bay Area besides Oakland.

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

Awesome action!

[@allyreneepenny9447]

So amazing this Subway ❗👌

[@alexoverton152]

8:45 that was like 3 cabs in a row

[@joegage5893]

i think alstom and rhor made those fleets the flat nose one is alstom and the long nose is rhor

[@SuperStreetWarrior]

18 car train - man that is one long subway train

[@theodoredecker9256]

I love it man! Moved out here from Atlanta. Much longer than the Marta Trains in Atlanta.

[@evanstonbalce9588]

Actually, 10 cars per train is the maximum length

[@MrBnsftrain]

The cars with the streamlined ends are nearly 50 years old! Almost as old as the oldest engines used by some freight railroads in America!

[@globial5329]

I thought that was the front

[@globial5329]

Or maybe they vary

[@RRansomSmith]

Those are A cars and can only be used at the head or tail end of the train due to lack of passing doors.

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

Some of em were built in 1969

[@ejdsndnj]

​@@basictransportenthusiast4386what year they began constructing them?

[@apexhunter935]

By the way you can hear similar sounds in nyc if you take an r142a/r188 or r143 train

[@aloisius1950]

Bello!

[@alpzepta]

Why is this train look so much better than a New York Subway R179? It’s had a European or Japanese style coloring unlike the plain steel looking one everywhere else in USA

[@BeastGaming-wu1qc]

Nice video

[@NicNac723]

Hopefully one day they’ll make an extension or two to the north bay. We need them up here

[@shepardbook]

Wasn’t a big issue that Marin County didn’t want to be part of the system way back when it was first planned? I agree, a northern extension through Marin into Santa Rosa would be cool. Too bad I likely won’t be alive to see it….

[@globial5329]

Why is the rohr car look more modern than the alstom and morisson Knudson even tho they are 40 years old

[@qazisnotapeopleperson7167]

BART was trying to go for "futuristic" when they launched in the 70s. I guess they succeeded but that topic is very debatable.

[@globial5329]

@@qazisnotapeopleperson7167 honestly i love the design of the rohr cars but yeah

[@Braden366]

the BART is one of the few railways in the United States to be broad gauge others being some SEPTA lines Pittsburgh light rail and the New Orleans streetcars

[@NationalistsRuinAmerica]

For some reason I spent my whole life thinking all of American rail was broad gauge. I'm from Germany and we literally have the same Standard 1,4 m gauge. I always thought those massive Cargo Engines must have a broader gauge.

[@californiaporg]

good vid bro

[@lucky_railfans_trains_2009]

Where was the first train?

[@Gamerboy-gy1rl]

Sounds like Jesus is taking it away. or a angel or something I love it it be like *errrrrERRRRRRRRRRR.....*

[@Gamerboy-gy1rl]

@@roycemuhammad7253 hahahah bot I seen you before

[@collincoolisGOATED]

Same brooo

[@magnotoledo962]

@@Gamerboy-gy1rl traducion para português

[@adamshariff4253]

Riding on Bart is what I do 🚇

[@redphone1438]

Maybe next year try catching a new Bart train. There rate now but next year it will be more common.

[@Firewertyhn6817]

а вентиляция в вагон откуда поступает? форточки то отсутствуют

[@JTC2227]

Bay Area Rapid Transit ❤

[@joselemus6071]

I wanted to go but no ruty is mean for 111 N Idaho

[@FordEscape12345678]

Those trains are way too old to be sounding almost like the R142, R143, and R188 subway cars. They should've kept the vibration noise.

[@middletransport]

The vibration noise is still there you know...

[@j_5042]

+The Metropolis lol who else was singing the full house intro when the scene with the Victorian style house's😂😂

[@SdH76zhEU]

Wow, up to 10 Car trains. In London unthinkable , 6/7 or 8 -Car trains on some lines. They would have to extend plattforms, wich is nearly impossible in classic Tube-Stations. NY has 10 Car-trains too i think!

[@LeJ3n021]

NYC has 10 car trains too. not all lines use 10 cars though

[@potatoesare_jesus2278]

10 car trains are 710 feet (216) meters long. Longest in all of U.S.

[@juliopessalli]

How much does It cost? From walnut creek to SF ?

[@middletransport]

About $10.

[@juliopessalli]

@@middletransport Just single? Ou return too?

[@middletransport]

Round trip. $5.90 one way on a ticket. It you use a Clipper Card than it's $5.40. Btw you can look it up on www.bart.gov

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

You can also buy a ticket to the next stop on the system and then just ride to wherever you want in the system, so instead of 10 bucks it costs 2.50

[@EvanAviator]

Miles Campbell that’s kind of scummy though

[@bukhrin]

How many of those new trains are currently in service ?

[@sfmike711]

bukhrin: 10 cars have been delivered and are now in use. BART has been sticking to the Richmond/Fremont line, not going into SF. Commute trips usually have 10 cars, non-commute with two 5-car trains. I hope this helps.

[@bukhrin]

sfmike711 thanks!

[@sfmike711]

bukhrin: You're welcome. I retired as a T/O just shy of 11 years service.

[@bukhrin]

Rode the BART (awesome 10-cars trains!) when I was there last December. Here in SE Asia however, most newer and upcoming systems use shorter and shorter sets (4-3 cars) because it's operationally cheaper, I guess and at a minute headway. And with full ATO, T/O job is mostly restricted to those commuters and intercity express services nowadays :(

[@pedeborracha3559]

Esse parece com a "Frota A" do Brasil.

[@rodrigoesley]

Fabiano B12 - Transporte e Turismo A "frota A" foi baseada neste trem... Por isso a semelhança!

[@ingridlaskova1878]

You don't need cars👍

[@BrodieMoreland]

i know

[@joshtj44]

I'm interested in trains as well

[@Uncircuited]

it's stupid how they literally couple three c cars consecutively when they could be placing more trains into service

[@madhavbudhathoki2097]

My fathers day

[@PersianYank]

This particular train's noise was featured in dead space.

[@zatripreports]

what about MARTA

[@Armando.Sepulveda]

Is it a Subway?

[@OliverSolorzano]

tetsuyanamamura It is both a subway and commuter train. When it crosses through the big cities in the CA Bay Area like San Francisco and Oakland it operates as a subway with both underground and above ground stations that are consistently close to each other. When it’s crossing through the downtown areas of S.F and Oakland it’s primarily underground. However since the train reaches cities farther away of Oakland and S.F, then in those areas it tends to operate more as a commuter train with mostly 1 station per town or small city.

[@RaymondHng]

It's a rapid transit system.

[@brandonkeyes1309]

And it go's in between the freeways in Pittsburg,Castro Valley, and Dublin

[@chromebomb]

in the city's it goes as a subway and outside the cities it goes as a "commuter rail" with wide station spacing running in a freeway median

[@Lobblobb]

Bart simpson back on the tracks.

[@bikedawg]

Ear-piercing sound!

[@Aviationfan2022]

6:00 sounds like a plane

[@Fragmaster_tito]

hello bart

[@hk-qn4xl]

Bart trains for me I found dirty and noisy. The train station ticket machines doesn't work.

[@manuellemus4236]

This sound is fast

[@UniqueStuff833]

WMATA AND MARTA ARE THE SAME WAY TO BTW

[@penguinmaster7]

DOOT

[@JorgeRodriguez-rk5zj]

soyllo mero y espero puedas privada

[@RaymondHng]

10:14 This is nowhere near the BART system.

[@alejandrokirkispapa1986]

yes

[@timosha21]

yes

[@RRansomSmith]

No it's not. That's not Mission Street

[@connormacleod7010]

I take BART with my service Animal some people do not like that but I remind them a federal law says that my service Animal can come with me anywhere I go

[@potatoesare_jesus2278]

Fun facts about bart: We have the Longest subway in Longest train length in the USA at 710 feet. Our Trains are all automatic and because of it the door will always line up with the Black markings on the yellow line. We are the fastest Metro in the USA with 70 MPH and in the Transbay tube speeds and reach up to 100 MPH.

[@YEETMAN-dt9mb]

Automatic Train Control is not a novelty, and is commonplace worldwide.

[@moofridge]

@@YEETMAN-dt9mb Yeah, though I bet it was quite a novelty back in 1972 when Bart first opened to the public.

[@gamer_wingsyt4669]

no its max 80mph

[@tiffanycasterline5037]

I supposed to like buy chance but I suppose call it a baby bird trying

[@JorgeRodriguez-rk5zj]

propiedad privada Jorge a

[@republicoftajikistan4532]

Who came here because of Bart Simpson?

[@thomasellingsen1755]

Had to find out how Bart was named after a train episode s24/e22

[@gamingchamp6728]

🅱️🅰️rt is slow tren boi Edit: nvm it is the fastest metro in the USA if not North America. I’m just used to subway trains coming in quite fast like in Hong Kong with the MTR or London with the London Underground. Edit 2: and apparently BART

[@EvanAviator]

BART is the fastest Rapid Transit in the US. The trains go up to 70mph. Most NYC Subway trains can’t get above 35.

[@SantanaWorld650]

Tf so u wanted subway train to go up 100 mph!? nigga they gotta limit their speed u know

[@brandonkeyes1309]

Bart can speed up to 102 in the transbay tub going to San Francisco there's videos of it and I've seen it with my own eyes

[@gamingchamp6728]

Um sorry guys I did not know. i was just used to subway trains that accelerate fast. Like MTR. Or London Underground. Or the subways at nyc which are apparently slower than Bart Edit: by accelerate fast I mean come in and exit fast.

[@californiaporg]

OOF

[@Subtetransportes]

oOoF

[@QuarioQuario54321]

The stations on bart are way too far apart

[@sfmike711]

QuarioQuario5431: The stations are not "way too far apart". Outside of the urban portions (SF, Oakland, Berkeley), BART functions as a commuter railroad. Most commuter lines in the US have one station per suburban city or town. Suburban life doesn't require stations every few miles (or closer) as an urban area does. The new stations which San José will have will be built closer together. I hope this helps.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

sfmike711 But it’s supposed to function as a metro so therefore ridership would increase and rent would decrease from close stations. Even the transbay tube has a possiblr station.

[@sfmike711]

QuarioQuario54321: A few developers have built transit communities right next to BART stations in the suburbs. Several more are planned. While this encourages people who regularly use BART to rent near a station, sorry to say that it doesn't translate into lower rent for those apartments or condos. As for a station for the TBT, say at Treasure Island or Yerba Buena Island, that would be extremely difficult. The Tube is under water and covered by ballast to protect it from anything being dropped or dragged along the Bay floor as well as to hold it in place. Construction would probably involve building a coffer dam around the desired location and pumping out the water. Since the Tube only passes near these islands, some sort of underwater structure containing a walkway, movable pedestrian sidewalk, elevators, ventilation system, etc. would be needed to access an entrance on the island topside. While it's technically possible and more than likely doable, the price tag would be astronomical and the passenger load would be negligible. YBI has a Coast Guard station. TI has housing but not a big population. Other than the view of the City and Oakland from the vantage point of an island, there's not that much out there to draw visitors. Muni (the City's transit) has one bus line which connects TI with the City. There's talk of a ferry boat to provide service to the City (projected start date 2022).

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

Umm that’s what muni and VTA are for.

[@QuarioQuario54321]

sfmike711 Muni is SF county and VTA is the San Jose area. BART has transfers to many bus operators.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Typical clumsy ATO there at 2:30, took the best part of a minute to come to a complete stop. A human driver could have done that much better.

[@echopstick2553]

No it has to do that because at that station there are bay platforms and therefore speed limits that are way lower than other stations. Otherwise BART runs the risk of trains crashing through the station.

[@RaghunandanReddyC]

Well that's not the case. ATO is always better than humans in operating trains.

[@RRansomSmith]

No ATO fails too

[@RRansomSmith]

That train is also 10 cars long so to make sure they all are on the platform, it slows down early. Learn how to operate a subway train before we criticize the operation.

[@californiamade5608]

🙄🙄 this is ran by codes first of all not by the person inside the cabin bin. And second of all, that stop was at SFO (airport) which means it has to go all the way to the end of the track.

[@rraddena]

ugly rolling stock

[@j_5042]

ugly rolling stock my ass it gets the job done. YOUR UGLY

[@felipe.hylian]

The trains looks so ugly.

[@xanejane7721]

she may not be pretty but she's reliable lol

[@Jayayess1190]

Not really: projects.sfchronicle.com/2016/bart-timeline/

[@NickyD]

jarrent those are the new trains that they are testing to replace the ones in this video that got delayed for issues doors and gap issues between the train and the platform

[@thequake180]

Americans love their depressing gray color trains. But worse than that BART trains are incredibly noisy. You better wear earplugs standing on those platforms if you don't hearing damage from that horrible high-pitch screeching. The richest state in the US in the richest country in the world was too cheap to install noise insulation, or a decent paint job.

[@betard6244]

Starfish at least mta is not like that lol