Houston METRORail Red Line, Hermann Park and Texas Medical Center, Siemens S70 Avanto H1 Rail Car

[@xaviercerda3841]

1:42 Train horn interrupts.

[@douglasdeleon5256]

Hey H-Town Explorer may your new year will be so blessings god bless you and your new year✝️🕊🙏✨🎇🎆💗

[@HOUExplorer]

Happy New Year Douglas and thank you!

[@misael.]

Happy New Year Bud!

[@misael.]

Ahh yes 11 more hours left till end of the year

[@HOUExplorer]

Happy New Year Misael!!!! Yup, less than 12 hours...

[@misael.]

ITS TIME HAPPY NEW YEAR BUDDY!

[@HOUExplorer]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@houstonvlogger_0351]

1:02 Nice awesome you should do more and happy new year. Your friend Jesse

[@HOUExplorer]

Thank you and Happy New Year Jesse! And yes, I'm planning to do some more (and maybe with my DLSR camera).

[@houstonvlogger_0351]

@@HOUExplorer cool😊

[@jerrydavis3548]

i hope Houston get light rail train to uptown that would be nice anyone agree with me let me know now

[@HOUExplorer]

I agree with you. It was once proposed by the Blue line (University line). Last year, voters approved the METRONext referendum, instead of a light rail line to Uptown, it is going to be a bus rapid transit line.

[@schoolbusindustries7468]

We got SL on buses man on uptown

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@schoolbusindustries7468huh

[@transitbusfan869]

My Favorite Right Rail cars is 2014 Caf Urbos H3 💁‍♀️💯

[@HOUExplorer]

Me too! I love the CAF Urbos H3! That train is spacious.

[@dfwrproductions]

1:01 can we all agree that the announcement chime sounds like DART?

[@philocohen]

And septa.

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

@@philocohen and Kharkiv.

[@metrotransitbuses6489]

My favorite Light Rail Cars Are 2014 CAF Urbos H3

[@HOUExplorer]

Me too! I like this train because it is spacious.

[@metrotransitbuses6489]

Ok that's cool

[@metro_via_transit]

Ahhhhhh yesssssss (only if METRO never grinded the tracks)

[@houstonvlogger_0351]

I know the brand to the new door buttons on the H1 trains its called Captron

[@HOUExplorer]

It sounds that the grinded tracks are wearing off (little-by-little).

[@metro_via_transit]

@@HOUExplorer they better grind off

[@houstonvlogger_0351]

@@metro_via_transit the sound is getting annoying

[@MythicalTransit]

LOL

[@connormorrison2091]

Hope you have a good new year's and this Saturday is the day that the 40 route goes from North Shepherd to Downtown

[@HOUExplorer]

Thanks man and Happy New Year! Route 40 will be ready by next Saturday (1/9).

[@connormorrison2091]

@@HOUExplorer The first phase from North Shepherd to Downtown or second phase from Eastwood Transit Center to Hobby Airport

[@MR-pw6xi]

Your videos are always so high quality. What do you use to make your maps that you show?

[@HOUExplorer]

Thank you. I use Affinity Photo (for the graphic design) and Final Cut Pro for the video editing.

[@annierodriguez9884]

I love riding the stay in your lane train

[@eyes_on_iah]

Next video can you walk that same route but just the hospital's?

[@HOUExplorer]

Yes. I’m planning a walk route and will record soon :)

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

We have some of these car types here in Portland Oregon for trimet max light rail system.

[@HOUExplorer]

Indeed! Hopefully one day I would ride the TriMet MAX Rail soon :)

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

You should because I have rode on them many times over the years. It's a really great system

[@adrianjoseph8319]

Wait a minute did it go backwards at the end i never see bright lights on the back of the metro rail?

[@HOUExplorer]

Yes. I believe the operator forgot to turn off the headway lights.

[@adrianjoseph8319]

@@HOUExplorer 🤦 XD

[@DrGhosh]

How can I buy a smart card and recharge to ride the light rail in Hou.

[@HOUExplorer]

Some tickets vending machine sells the METRO Q Fare Card (or smart card). However, it is best to purchase the smart card online at the METRO RideStore (www.metroridestore.org/product-p/mq-001.htm). On that site, you can put an amount for your card and METRO will deliver the card to you. Also, there are other options to obtain the card (bit.ly/3Cyo7Po). Or you can purchase the eticket on their Q Mobile Ticketing App: www.ridemetro.org/riding-metro/apps/q-mobile-ticketing-app.

[@berniekatzroy]

I was just in Houston for a weekend trip and saw the light rail at various places including Hermann park, very nice. How much is a ticket?

[@HOUExplorer]

Howdy. The ticket cost $1.25. You can purchase the ticket on the ticket vending machines on the rail platform or download METRO's official app Q Mobile Ticketing (www.ridemetro.org/Pages/MobileTicketing.aspx).

[@berniekatzroy]

@@HOUExplorer thats actually not too bad, I didn't get a chance to ride it but Im a fan of good public transportation. My city has a light rail a small one though that is free but dinky.

[@anonymoussdmtsemployee7770]

What exactly does H1 etc.... Mean? And damn the avanto sounds like it's being murdered

[@HOUExplorer]

H1, H2, H3, and H4 are short names for the rail car series. Another example, Atlanta MARTA name their rail car series CQ310, CQ311, CQ400, and etc.

[@metro_via_transit]

My childhood

[@USSCFan148]

4:41

[@HOUExplorer]

Yes. It will soon retire...METRO is ordering more Siemens rail cars. I think those new rail car will start next year (2022).

[@USSCFan148]

@@HOUExplorer oh

[@guilhermedesaojoaquimmiche2607]

Tecnologic METROrail in Houston

[@gerardorafael7047]

👌👌👌😊😊😊

[@MythicalTransit]

2:01 wtf lol

[@xaviercerda3841]

Siemens S70 H2 Always stops like that.

[@adrianjoseph8319]

Lol

[@ElevatingArizonaByGageWilliams]

8:48 train bell

[@CarnivalsofRoblox]

I haven't been on the metro train since before the pandemic. They were nasty, always full of trash, dirt, debris, and one time I even found vomit on a bus! Also, they allow homeless people to sleep and trash the train/bus along with drug addicts yelling at the driver of the bus. Its just not safe and I haven't been on anything metro related since.

[@fredahendley3542]

Happy new year to everyone stay safe stay strong wear your mask it’s COVID-19 everyone

[@SocksThePup]

Whenever I see videos of Houston METRORail, the passengers look like normal, well-behaved people. When I ride the METRORail in Houston, the passengers are reflective of much of the local population. Unkempt looking, homeless and downtrodden looking people, I’ve seen PitBulls and their raggedy owners hop on these trains, people begging for money, it’s really a turnoff. So I’m wondering at times are some of these videos staged. That is passengers in the videos. The ones in the video just look clean cut, no matter what video I watch. Probably not, but it does make one wonder.