TRAIN AND LIGHT RAIL VIDEOS OF VARIOUS TRANSIT AGENCYS IN THE USA

Light rail, light rail transit (LRT), or fast tram is urban public transport using rolling stock similar to a tramway, but operating at a higher capacity, and often on an exclusive right-of-way.
Utah Transit Authority's TRAX is one of the fastest growing light rail systems in the United States.
With nearly a quarter million riders served each day, Boston's MBTA Green Line is the busiest light rail system in the United States.
There is no standard definition, but in the United States (where the terminology was devised in the 1970s from the engineering term light railway), light rail operates primarily along exclusive rights-of-way and uses either individual tramcars or multiple units coupled to form a train.
A few light rail networks tend to have characteristics closer to rapid transit or even commuter rail; some of these heavier rapid transit-like systems are referred to as light metros. Other light rail networks are tram-like in nature and partially operate on streets. Light rail systems are found throughout the world, on all inhabited continents. They have been especially popular in recent years due to their lower capital costs and increased reliability compared with heavy rail systems.
Rapid transit, also known as heavy rail, metro, subway, tube, or underground, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas.Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are electric railways that operate on an exclusive right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles of any sort,and which is often grade separated in tunnels or on elevated railways.
Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation, or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to minimize gaps between train and platform. They are typically integrated with other public transport and often operated by the same public transport authorities. However, some rapid transit systems have at-grade intersections between a rapid transit line and a road or between two rapid transit lines. It is unchallenged in its ability to transport large numbers of people quickly over short distances with little use of land. Variations of rapid transit include people movers, small-scale light metro, and the commuter rail hybrid S-Bahn.
The world's first rapid transit system was the partially underground Metropolitan Railway which opened as a conventional railway in 1863, and now forms part of the London Underground. In 1868, New York opened the elevated West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, initially a cable-hauled line using static steam engines.
China has the largest number of rapid transit systems in the world. The world's longest single-operator rapid transit system by route length is the Shanghai Metro.The world's largest single rapid transit service provider by both length of revenue track (665 miles (1,070 km)) and number of stations (472 stations in total) is the New York City Subway. The busiest rapid transit systems in the world by annual ridership are the Tokyo subway system, the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, the Moscow Metro, the Beijing Subway, and the Shanghai Metro.

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Times are approximate but these are the systems represented in the video. You're welcome 😁 0:04 LACMTA (Los Angeles, CA) 0:27 RTD (Denver, CO) 0:56 NYC MTA (New York, NY) 2:49 MTA (Houston, TX) 3:11 RTA (Cleveland, OH) 3:38 MTA (Houston, TX) 4:21 TRI-MET (Portland, OR) 5:16 NYC MTA (New York, NY) 6:23 VALLEY METRO (Phoenix, AZ) 8:52 MTA (Houston, TX) 9:38 NJ TRANSIT (New Jersey) 10:34 MBTA (Boston, MA) 12:12 NYC MTA (New York, NY) 14:21 MUNI (San Francisco, CA) 16:12 LACMTA (Los Angeles, CA) 17:04 UTA (Salt Lake City, UT) 18:16 RTD (Denver, CO) 18:38 DART (Dallas, TX) 20:09 UTA (Salt Lake City, UT) 20:46 MARTA (Atlanta, GA) 21:40 MUNI (San Francisco, CA) 22:46 NYC MTA (New York, NY) 23:23 MTA (Houston, TX) 23:42 DART (Dallas, TX) 25:05 LACMTA (Los Angeles, CA) 25:27 MTA (Houston, TX)

[@darlenecurrin6953]

Thanks use to live in denver co so I knew RTD was denver co

[@ADpre]

Super nice vid

[@BusTVChan]

Thanks alot for checking out my video

[@dumontthe5th]

This was an interesting video but the only thing missing was identification of the various cities. I recognized my NYC system and the "T" of Boston but some systems eluded me.

[@FrankHuber]

even for many Americans it might be difficult to guess the networks. I googled the names of the lines, stations if anything caught my interest and I had no definitive clue

[@BusTVChan]

Let me know what you want to know and I'll answer

[@FrankHuber]

@@BusTVChan it would be great if possible to add names (maybe links) to the transport networks mentioned in the video description

[@blue9multimediagroup]

I got you in the comments section. I'll tag each system.

[@danielleporter1829]

@@FrankHuber the first one was LA metro rail, Muni 8s San Francisco and the one after was Muni was LA metro rail Gold Line I believe, if not, it's a LA metro rail train , a few after that was a DART train from Dallas. I recognized The LA metro rail trains since I've been on them before. The one @ 22;31 is another S.F. Muni 🚆

[@dallasrailfanner3870]

whats with the water at 3:49

[@hytale-cmb3238]

Why I see no sound transit? That’s my local transit authority? this is why this video makes me sad...🥺

[@jamessherman7797]

And Sound Transit is one of the fastest growing systems.

[@BusTVChan]

😞 sorry I never got to film sound transit

[@BusTVChan]

👍 😊Thanks for the comment 🚏 🚍

[@BusTVChan]

👍 😊Thanks for the comment 🚏 🚍

[@nolantherailfan5048]

NYC has one thing many other metros around the world don't. 24 hour service

[@ChinaAl]

would have been nice if you would have posted the city name on the video.

[@DFWRailVideos]

4:30 I can tell its made by Kinkisharyo because of how it looks

[@BusTVChan]

That was out in Denver.. nice trains out there

[@BenriBea]

@@BusTVChan 4:30 is Portland

[@davidbagner3136]

A very nice video. However, it would be more interesting if there were some captions denoting the city or transit system and if possible, the line or branch on that system. In some instances, this is self explanatory as the information is clearly visible. In other cases, I just happened to recognize the locations. Yet for the rest of the scenarios, , identifying the municipalities was somewhat difficult - especially with the angle of the camera photographing the vehicle as it was arriving (or departing) the station.

[@mohdrizanbinkiffili9322]

ASDF1

[@MIKEJ788]

True

[@jermainesimmons2944]

And what about the ATLANTA STREETCAR?

[@kaifreeman286]

At 10:26 that remind's me of that same commuter train in Indiana, that goes to Chicago. At certain point's it ride's "in between" the street's as well.

[@matthewhernandez8342]

@@iceboxcv nah this one is NJ transit

[@tunedtfin917]

Thats New Jersey Transit its underground or elevated for the most part

[@blue9multimediagroup]

You're thinking of NICTD aka South Shore Line.

[@minnbeef]

Admittedly I skimmed through but where is Minneapolis?

[@BusTVChan]

i am not sure i seen Minneapolis's trains yet sorry about that

[@craigdavis5407]

Where is the Philly transit?

[@BusTVChan]

Yeah I have to get there soon

[@MIKEJ788]

Good Question

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Them lights flash way too fast in Denver. That's gonna cause a seizure....

[@CaseysTrains]

Just saying... if someone has their face on a Bus ad, censoring them on KZbin is kind of silly. Their face is already on the ad which means they signed papers acknowledging their likeness is public. Now the regular schmoes walking around, that's a different story.

[@BusTVChan]

The face blur is automatically done I didn't specifically blur that out

[@hendricksandmountaindewgam5479]

Nice train

[@Palanibert]

Why in the world don't you identify the cities?

[@BusTVChan]

I apologize about that and it's definitely a good idea and other people did bring that up to me now there's a new feature on KZbin where I can edit a video that's already posted so that will give me the ability to go back into the video and add the cities name and the transit agencies name into the video I can't do it for myself home but when I get to a computer I will surely do that just reply to this comment to remind me please thanks for checking out the video and thanks for the comment and the suggestion I will take it into consideration

[@Palanibert]

Thank you for replying.

[@a.b.o9434]

Found it 14: 22 but you should do one with San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit the Metro System instead of just a light rail they both use tunnels and subways

[@mohdrizanbinkiffili9322]

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[@darlenecurrin6953]

RTD regional transit division denver colorado

[@stevenkelly9731]

Major Transit systems left out of this....real major!

[@samwalters7027]

steven kelly make your own video then

[@jg-7780]

He was probably limited to footage from the cities he visited and filmed.

[@MrRampp]

Beautiful Houston train footage.

[@trenomanis]

Όλα τα συστήματα "Light Rail" των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών είναι εξαιρετικά και αξίζουν πολλά συγχαρητήρια στους ανθρώπους που επινόησαν και υλοποίησαν τα δίκτυα των "ελαφρών προαστιακών σιδηροδρόμων" σε όλες αυτές τις πόλεις. Η Ελλάδα, η χώρα μου, όσο και να σας φαίνεται περίεργο, ήταν πρωτοπόρος στα δίκτυα "Light Rails". Το 1935 υλοποίησε την πρώτη ηλεκτροκίνητη μονή σιδηροδρομική γραμμή, περίπου 10 χλμ (6 μιλίων) από τον Σταθμό ΗΣΑΠ του Πειραιά έως την περιοχή "Πέραμα", απέναντι από τη νήσο της Σαλαμίνας. Τα οχήματα ήταν Ιταλικά, από την εταιρία Breda (Μιλάνο), διέθεταν αυτόματες πόρτες και μπορούσαν να συζευχθούν αυτόματα με ζεύξη "Scharfenberg", σχηματίζοντας συρμό από 2 οχήματα. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXqcin9_ntt0e5Y, kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4esc3p4abWshpY και kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4e9q5epbr1gf9k . Ενδιάμεσα υπήρχαν σημεία διασταύρωσης (στάσεις), ενώ στα πρώτα 800 μέτρα από τον Πειραιά, υπήρχε διπλός διάδρομος εγκιβωτισμένος στον αυτοκινητόδρομο. Λειτούργησε από το 1935 έως τον Απρίλιο του 1977. Κι ενώ σε όλο τον κόσμο τα δίκτυα "Light Rail" αυξάνονταν, στην Ελλάδα τα καταργούσαν! Πριν από το τρένο του Περάματος, στο Βόλο κατασκευάστηκε τη δεκαετία του 1890 "Light Rail" το οποίο διέσχιζε ολόκληρο την πόλη του Βόλου και τερμάτιζε στην Αγριά. Το πλάτος της γραμμής ήταν μόλις 60 εκ. (23,6in). Λειτούργησε από το 1890 έως το 1971, ενώ από το 1903 η γραμμή επεκτάθηκε έως το χωριό "Μηλιές" στο Πήλιο. Από το 1996 λειτουργεί το τμήμα Λεχώνια - Μηλιές σαν τουριστικό τρένο. Θα ήταν ευχής έργον εάν εσείς οι Αμερικανοί, που έχετε τόσο μεγάλη εμπειρία στο σχεδιασμό και λειτουργία των "Light Rails" να βοηθούσατε τις σιδηροδρομικές εταιρείες εδώ στην Ελλάδα (ΤΡΑΙΝΟΣΕ, ΟΣΕ, ΓΑΙΑΟΣΕ και ΕΡΓΟΣΕ) να επαναλειτουργήσουν τα "Light Rail" δίκτυα, ειδικά εντός της πόλης του Βόλου και μεταξύ Βόλου - Αγριάς - Άνω Λεχωνίων, το οποίο, εφόσον επαναλειτουργήσει, θα είναι το μοναδικό με πλάτος γραμμής 60 εκ. σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο. Τώρα όμως πρέπει να είναι και σύγχρονο, άνετο, ασφαλές, ταυτόχρονα να διατηρήσει και όλα εκείνα τα στοιχεία από το παρελθόν (χάραξη, πλάτος γραμμής κ.λπ.). Σας παραθέτω και κάποιες ηλεκτρονικές διευθύνσεις του KZbin στις οποίες φαίνεται το τρένο να διέρχεται και από τα αστικά τμήματα Βόλου - Αγριάς με τα χαρακτηριστικά "ανοικτά", θερινά βαγόνια: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYu0qXevbqp2asU, kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPKh6KAadJse9E και kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXPSiHyNd7aFaKs .

[@okboi2513]

is there going to be another part or no?

[@BusTVChan]

this is pretty much all the train footage i have on youtube. but i do have other footage on my hard drive i can use to make a part 2 in the future, thanks for taking a liking to this, i wish i even had gotten more footage of these trains.

[@anitadickinson3388]

nice new york trains you have there

[@keebler7204]

For you fellow mbta buffs: 10:33

[@a.b.o9434]

Where SF at

[@qjtvaddict]

Shithole city

[@mdfzlypalypopai6226]

10.01 light rail?

[@joestewart8914]

Enormous Light Rail trains do not belong on streets with cars, trucks and pedestrians!

[@BusTVChan]

Exactly what train in the video are you talking about?

[@joestewart8914]

@@BusTVChan The train at 0:03 is good. The train at 0:25 is bad. The train at 0:56 is good. The train at 2:49 is bad. The train at 3:08 is good. The train at 3:40 is bad. The train at 4:21 is bad. The train at 5:18 is good. The train at 6:18 is bad. The train at 8:56 is bad. The train at 9:40 is good. The train at 10:36 is good. The train at 12:14 is good. The train at 14:26 is good. The train at 16:12 is good. The train at 17:06 is bad. The train at 18:17 is bad. The train at 18:37 is good. The train at 20:07 is good. The train at 20:51 is good. The train at 21:42 is good. The train at 22:47 is good. The train at 23:24 is bad. The train at 23:44 is bad. The train at 25:05 is good. The train at 25:30 is bad.

[@BusTVChan]

Is your profile pic from ultima online?

[@joestewart8914]

@@BusTVChan Nope, it was assigned to me but it's cool so I kept it.

[@fermitthekrog6318]

It's fine. They have designated lanes to run in and the people there are aware of it

[@seminolegonzalezairlines7757]

0:32 COLORADO FOR THE WIN!

[@Maunico0809]

All your titles are in CAPS

[@joserodrigo5595]

So

[@BusTVChan]

Not all my titles are in CAPS.. check out my videos for more information

[@YukariAkiyama]

I blew up the pizza man help

[@BusTVChan]

What?

[@buzz7599]

LACMTA LRT NEAR LBT AT LBT MALL=GOOD

[@BusTVChan]

thanks for checking out my video

[@Bobrogers99]

I thought I would find this very interesting, but because "BusTV Chan" chose not to identify any of the systems (although a few are obvious), I didn't bother to watch all the way through. A good topic and good videography wasted.

[@larryh8578]

Bob Rogers I agree he should of identified the ones that weren’t obvious. NYC is always recognizable.

[@nnitty77]

This video is trash. Where's Philly?, DC?, Pittsburgh?, Chicago?, and Miami?.

[@BusTVChan]

nnitty77 never been to those cities sorry

[@stevenkelly9731]

BusTV Chan how can you record small systems and not go to 2nd and 3rd largest transit systems in the US...and other major ones?Change the name of this to NYT and other smaller systems.

[@kasjamm]

@@stevenkelly9731 You sound like a hater because your city wasn't included lol

[@jannetmcdonalds2926]

very good

[@BusTVChan]

thanks for checking out my video

[@YungMerkel]

Looks so historic, and Not so modern for a eueopean. Bur nice (: