Bay Area Rapid Transit [BART] Late Morning Rush Hour Trains @ Union City Station (7/22/15)

Enjoy =)

[@mbclev]

It's interesting that the trains here sound the horn before they enter the station, which is similar what happens on the Baltimore metro subway.

[@evanstonbalce9588]

I think the operators are required to honk the horns as they arrive at every station.

[@Randoman35]

The flat-faced cab cars numbered in the 100s-900s are Alstom class-C1s, built from 1987 - 1989. The ones numbered in the 2500s are Morrison-Knudsen class-C2s, built from 1994 - 1996. The middle cars, all numbered in the 1000s, are Rohr class-Bs, built from 1968 - 1971, the same time as the Rohr class-As, the slant-faced cab cars also numbered in the 1000s.

[@anthonyfaraone8303]

Fan Railer Nice video!

[@fbernard08]

The engine sounds similar to the Marta trains in Atlanta.

[@FanRailer]

And in New York, Boston, Hong Kong, etc. lol

[@curlyray897]

fbernard08

[@jsn683]

They don't sound the horn in New York nor Boston and Washington DC.

[@jrayproductions7790]

That's because the motors are Star-Delta soft start motors. In other words, what you here, when they start, is the motor spinning up to get the train moving, and then settling to a normal operating speed. Plus, these are Alstom and Breda trains. The same trains are used in Atlanta, Boston, DC, and, now, New York.

[@marisantana8319]

Nice

[@anthonyfaraone8303]

also what was that horn at 1:59

[@FanRailer]

amtrak florida Amtrak California Capitol Corridor in the background.

[@anthonyfaraone8303]

Fan Railer cool i was recently in san francisco

[@Supreme56Animation]

How close is the Capitol Corridor from this station?

[@JonathanChan212]

You call THAT a rush hour? WTF is that!?!

[@FanRailer]

... I had to be somewhere, so I only stayed for a few trains. Also, this is BART, where rush hour means trains for each branch run on 15 min headways.

[@JonathanChan212]

So THAT is the reason that my dad said BART is bad. And old.