Washington D.C. (WMATA) Metrorail Clips: Kawasaki 7000-Series railcars on the Red and Silver Lines

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This is one of the things that I miss about being back in DC.

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[@bbyrd2100]

I rode the new 7000 series rail car on the Red Line to Metro Station . What an awesome ride! I like the electronics display board and sound quality of speakers - indicating your position and stops. Great lighting, seats, and colors.

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B Byrd I like these railcars also. There are a ton of these on the Red Line. I agree, the announcements are more crystal clear than than the previous railcars. AFIAK, the brakes are smoother on these car series.

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Woah I saw that train two times yesterday

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There are 748 railcars

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[@TheOldMainGuy]

I've ridden in these a few times before. They're very nice inside compared to the old cars. I do prefer the older person's voice over the ones in the Kawasaki series' though

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Randi Miller is the voice on the older railcars, but I agree with you on those ones; they were the announcements from my childhood. These days, since more than half the fleet is compromised of 7000 series railcars, you would hear the newer announcements more frequently.

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[@akduh01]

Please post the unit numbers on these trains if you can and document them. I rode the RD Line on a trip from 12/26 to 12/31/16, and spotted car 7249 as the highest unit in service then. It was Fri. night 12/30/16 when it went out of Shady Grove about 7:05PM. So glad you finally saw a 7000 Series on the Silver Line. I was going to hunt them down on there but I saw so few 8 car trains I saw it as a waste of time. Oh, and there were issues on RD Line and OR Line as well creating service delays on system.

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akduh01 Unfortunately, I can't document all the numbers of all the 7000-series that I spotted that day since I wasn't paying attention to the numbers. However, I can tell you which set was the only set that was in service on the Silver Line judging from the camera: 7195-7194-7217-7216-7071-7070-7067-7066. I was also surprised to see these new trains on the newest line. Next time, I will try to document as many sets I encounter. Also, I think you mean the Orange, Blue, and Silver Lines, where these cars had issues about contact with the third rail.

[@TheOwoshiArchive]

I thought the 7000-series was removed on the Silver Line in 2016. I guess I was wrong.

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Owoshi They weren't removed; just very few were operating on the Silver line that time. As of today, a handful operate there as of now.

[@FordEscape12345678]

Tbh, the 5000 series was my favorite. I liked how they sounded, never been to Washington D.C, always wanted to ride on one, and never did. Now I'm a little upset that the 5000 series is retired, so early, they could have tried to fix all the problems that it had. Why wmata, just pure why? Well nice video anyway.

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The 5000 series cars were originally due for a midlife overhaul, in which case, they would recieve features like the 7000 series cars have, but ever since they entered service, they were prone to various maintenance issues, forcing Metro to retire these cars earlier than expected. Other than that, I agree that they had good motors.

[@Rohrbach00]

As someone who has lived in the Washington DC suburbs since 2004, I cannot count the number of times I've been on the Metro not to mention that I've ridden every railcar series except the 7000 series trains so far

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[@kevinb8881]

I like these trains a hell of a lot better than NYCT R160s!!

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Kevin B Me too, well the fact is they are newer and are a lot smoother.

[@kevinb8881]

Anything built by Kawasaki will definitely last a long time!!

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Kevin B Agreed

[@kevinb8881]

Also, the body frames on these cars are real stainless steel, not that recycled junk the NYCT R160s have!!

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Kevin B Well the R160 and these new trains are made out of a stainless steel body frame, and some of the R160s are also manufactured by Kawasaki (R160B). I would say the R160 is also a great car series, but if I were to choose one of those, i would also go with the 7000 series since they are cleaner, reliable, and more technologically advanced.

[@justinmckenzie9851]

How does D.C metro have enough money to buy a bunch of trains

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It is one of the busiest transit systems in the US with high ridership, so Metro is purchasing enough of these railcars, especially for peak hours and capacity. In fact, new cars called the 8000-series (not to be confused with the money train since two cars used for those purposes are numbered in the 8000 range) are expected to be delivered sometime in the early 2020's.

[@redphone1438]

I’m glad the 5000 Series Cars are getting replaced by these amazing trains. Those 5000 series cars had many structural problems. Why did they had bad structural integrity issues?

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redphone243 As I can understand, the 5000 series were known to have various maintainance issues, which is why Metro decided to retire them early.

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SuperWorldFan36 I’m afraid the New MBTA Green Line Type 9s will be bad in performance because it getting made by CAF.

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redphone243 Well, we will have to wait and see when they go into service.

[@lexanon5315]

redphone243 CAF engineered the cars in Spain. The actual manufacturing was done in Maryland by an Aerospace Contractor AAI, it was a joint venture to help build the cars. Eventually CAF built their own Factory in Elmira NY, that’s where future trains will be made for various transit agencies.

[@jessewatson3850]

so mainly the new trains are on the red line?

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jesse Watson Yes, surprisingly a handful of 7000-series were on the Red Line that day.

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@Owly123 Well yes, mainly because Metro purchased a significantly higher quantity of these new railcars than the older railcars.

[@liamnixon4428]

¿Is the Green line the second busiest line?

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

The lines I shot in this video were the Red and Silver lines

[@liamnixon4428]

@@SuperWorldRailFanProductions I'm not asking what lines you filmed, I'm asking if the Green line is the second busiest line

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@@liamnixon4428 As far as I know, the Green line isn't the second busiest line in the system in terms of ridership. Currently, the Red line is the most used

[@MattDaGamer21]

@@liamnixon4428 green and yellow line is the busiest then it's the red

[@artoismta]

At 5:41, how come the lead car doesn’t have standing lights? (When the train is stopped and the doors are open)

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Donavan Emanuel It has standing lights; I just didn't focus my camera on the center door of the lead car.

[@Mbbc-oy3nt]

When will these come on the orange line?

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Rformzz Lol They are in service on all lines throughout the system.

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SuperWorldFan360 Thanks! I was just wondering because I never see them in Vienna. I thought they usually serve the busy lines like red and green.

[@TrainSounds]

These trains are causing the D.C. Metro problem

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TrainSounds Well, not as much problems as the oldest railcars in the Metro fleet.

[@baetsimpson]

No, they are the most reliable Metrorail cars, the power draw bug has been fixed and they are now on all lines. Any other issues are being fixed by Kawasaki.

[@liamnixon4428]

@@baetsimpson These trains are heavier than the others, and they are noisier, so that is why they were disturbing in the surrounding suburbs

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@@liamnixon4428 I know, they modified them to produce less noise.

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[@itzdanish5614]

why does the driver keep on accelerating and decelarating ...

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D4N1SH 1S54M There were probably some speed restrictions beyond the platforms.

[@MattDaGamer21]

@@SuperWorldRailFanProductions and some drivers can't make a dead perfect stop so they re position the train until it's at the end the the station ( where they open the doors )

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@@MattDaGamer21 As from my point, on these new trains, the operator has to acknowledge that the entire train is on the platform, so making a perfect stop on the platform can be challenging. I have even seen that operators overrun the platform by about 2 or 3 feet especially in areas highly prone to overruns. It also has to do with sudden changes in speed commands. For example, I have witnessed speed commands drop to 0 just as the train enters the platform, or even right before the end of the platform. Apart from that, each train operator has their own positioning perspective.

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