⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Exploring Atlanta's Gold Line

[@MJB5377]

At this point this man has teleportation powers

[@Ihonestlydek]

Thats what Ive been saying 😭

[@Kool_Fish_Here]

Man first in New York then in Chago now in Washington what’s next?

[@sgtdebones]

😂

[@nohackstransit]

LOL

[@opencirclefleettrains]

Some facts about MARTA: We have three rolling stock models: CQ310 (101-200 built by Société Franco-Belge), CQ311 (201-320 built by Hitachi), and CQ312 (601-664, 667-702 built by AnsaldoBreda). The CQ310 and CQ311 models originally had DC traction motors and were later retrofitted with Bombardier MITRAC motors like the CQ312s to make them all interoperable and to extend the lives of the older cars. All cars are married pairs except for 20 single CQ310s, which have all been retired. Two have been preserved, one at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA and another at the Trolley Museum of New York in Kingston, NY. MARTA is also starting to retire all three car models in anticipation of new cars, the CQ400s (built by Stadler) to start arriving soon. There are bellmouths similar to the ones on the NYC Subway at the north end of the North-South Tunnel through Downtown Atlanta where a line to the northwest was originally planned to be built. MARTA's cars are the same size as the 75 ft B-Division cars in New York City and can operate in up to 8-car trains (the same length as a full-length B-Division train). Currently, trains on the Gold, Red, and Blue lines operate in 6 car trains and trains on the Green Line operate in 2-car trains due to a short platform at Bankhead (one of the terminals of the line). When the new trains arrive (which will be 4-car sets), the Gold, Red, and Blue lines will operate 8-car trains and the Green Line will operate 4-car trains (with a platform extension at Bankhead). MARTA trains max out at 70 mph (and do occasionally hit that speed in revenue service).

[@jessicazhu1228]

YOU KNOW THE THAT TRAIN??

[@benjaminbrown3939]

I think a better comparison for the MARTA railcars would be the legacy railcars on the Washington DC Metro. They all have 3 windows in between each door, and share the same loading gauge. The CQ310 equivalent would be the 2000 series, the CQ311 equivalent would be the 3000 series, and the CQ312 equivalent would be the 6000 series.

[@jayo1212]

@@benjaminbrown3939 I would say the CQ310 equivalent would be the 1000 series, the CQ311 would be the 2000/3000/4000 series, and the CQ312 would be the 5000/6000 series... And the CQ400 would be the 8000 series...

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

No, your information is wrong for the 75ft Marta rail cars, they would derail as their to long, NYCs 74ft. Marta subway rail cars look to be to wide.

[@itzParty]

MARTAs trains are governed at 70mph and can fully exceed up to 100-110mph. They reach up to 70mph on the GA-400 North Springs and parts of Doraville line.

[@opencirclefleettrains]

Thanks for exploring my Home System! Appreciate your content!

[@benjaminbrown3939]

The trains look like a combination of the NYC Subway and DC Metro.

[@kevinb8881]

They're definitely becoming a lot like NYC subways, same goes for DC Metro, I'll admit, these trains are fast!!

[@KosSports]

They sound similar to some of the trains on the NYC Subway as well

[@jayo1212]

They do have the DC Metro's influence!

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

​@@jayo1212 And some of NYC influence to

[@bassethoundfilmsofficial1360]

The propulsion used on R188s, R142As, and R143s

[@TailsMilesFoxx]

I like how the train Motorman waves as the train is leaving at 0:36

[@MARTA_ATLANTARIDER]

You mean Train Operator?

[@TailsMilesFoxx]

@@MARTA_ATLANTARIDER Yessir, train motorman and train operator means the same thing.

[@goose3303]

Oh hey thats cool! I was actually just in Atlanta for a business trip last week and rode the gold line a couple times

[@kitsunefaye1661]

MARTA has our R143’s motor. And are her rolling stock 75 feet?

[@benjaminbrown3939]

Yep, they are 75 feet. Also the design is very similar to the Washington DC Metro legacy fleet.

[@TailsMilesFoxx]

Your right, as a NYC they have the R143 motors

[@kitsunefaye1661]

@@benjaminbrown3939 I was right. I saw that feature.

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

His

[@Xpninjadan]

The view at the beginning was awesome.

[@skendersinanaj1947]

2:39 that spirit airlines back there😂

[@sebastinbillings8523]

I love your spectacular Marta videos. Can you please upload some more?

[@ajbaugh9350]

The MARTA'S Gold line is my favorite 💛.

[@monkeystuff661]

Atlanta transit like the MTA? thats a nice train

[@LandonNoel-t4c]

9:07 I ride MARTA all the time when I go to downtown Atlanta.

[@londonwhaley8690]

I enjoyed that video👍👍

[@jonathanmaldonado7262]

The second clip if I heard correctly sounds like an R143 from nyc

[@scottyerkes1867]

Great system! 💚🖖

[@roncaruso931]

Man, you get around!

[@jessicazhu1228]

Bruh the Atlantic train sounds like a r188 and r142a

[@davidng2336]

These trains will be replaced soon.

[@opencirclefleettrains]

By Stalder Rail METRO trains! Can't wait!

[@MARTA_ATLANTARIDER]

Yeah ❤❤

[@ejdsndnj]

I will be sad when these are gone i wish they could be here forever

[@mastermind6065]

Every unit in the fleet is about to be retired within the next few years and replaced with Stadler CQ400s.

[@R-160-F-Train]

They sound like R143s..

[@MikeSkateTV]

Hold up... a R143/R142/A propulsion?!

[@DJHTransport]

Yep!!!

[@MikeSkateTV]

@@DJHTransport Dude, that's awesome :D

[@jermainesimmons2944]

I still don't understand why MARTA won't expand to Cobb and Gwinnett! I mean, MARTA is trying to be a bigger system like BART or WMATA in Washington

[@TonyP9279]

Unlike NYC, Atlanta has FOUR lines! Really 2 lines with spurs off each one.

[@jrt2792]

Two transit lines that are very underwhelming in terms of coverage.

[@jayo1212]

@@jrt2792 not helped by the outlying counties having their heads up their asses!

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

Two lines is all I see, with some branching out like a little bitty twig, not much of a four line

[@jrt2792]

@@mtasubwaymartasubway Exactly! It's practically TWO LINES for basically what's 80%-90% of the entire system. Not really anything to see there.

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

@@jrt2792 So true buddy, they've been talking about extensions for so long, nothing happened yet.

[@jasminehyman2671]

At this point we are still in ny

[@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars]

Lots of Train activities

[@DennisLora2001]

I never ride on that either

[@AntRagland]

9:11

[@edwardrosemond7169]

LETS GOOOOO!

[@CraigFThompson]

WHAT?! NO ONBOARD SHOTS?! NO FORWARD VIEW SHOTS?!

[@jessicazhu1228]

Or r143a or r143b

[@jhawth751a]

It sound like the R142A

[@jessicazhu1228]

I KNOW THAT I WAS ON A GOLD LINE TRAIN

[@coolboss999]

The rolling stock here looks like it needs to be updated desperately.

[@benjaminbrown3939]

The entire fleet is actually being retired in the next few years.

[@mtasubwaymartasubway]

Not really, doesn't look to bad compared to NYC r68 and r44-46 trains

[@TheOriginalDJMrVee]

From NY living in ATL and having grown up on the MTA, I can honestly say that ATL rapid transit system is a joke.

[@JavonWilliams29]

Also from NY living in ATL. The first few months here, I loved MARTA. Since then, it’s a joke. Only good for the airport.

[@bobbbobb4663]

@@JavonWilliams29Native Atlantan here. Marta is only good for the Stadium and the Airport. That said, it does serve a useful purpose going to / from the airport during rush hour.

[@thealexpshow782]

Combination of BART and DC metro

[@railsand]

they were built around the same time with the same round of funding

[@jayo1212]

@@railsand with the same design consultant.