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New Yorker here. DC’s metro is the most beautiful public transportation system I’ve ever seen. The stations are absolutely gorgeous along with the new train cars.
Love the aesthetic of DC Metro stations. The dark, indirect lighting, the red lights at the platform edge, the outdated decor, the sounds the trains make... I seriously love it. It's like a time capsule.
100% agree. Been to NYC, LA, London... the tube is great but there's something about Metro, the stations the sounds and of course, "step back doors closing", my favorite.
The 7000 series trains are missing that sound that the older trains make when they come into the station. To me that's the signature sound of the Metro.
Yeah. But what I do like about the 7000s is how they *thundered* into the station. For whatever reason, there was this rumble that would happen when they arrived. You can really hear it at 11:55
I went to Washington DC this summer, and I rode a Subway for the first time. Now I can look back at this video and remember my trip. Thanks for the video! :)
The sounds of the Metro are so iconic to anyone who rides it. The only thing I don't like about the new trains is that they lost the "metro sound" and the door chimes.
New York city subway was built in 1904, one of the oldest systems in New York City. That is why some subway stations are dirty. I agree that Washington metro system is better because of the design of the stations that don't look old. They look clean. MTA has a plan to renovate stations but it takes so long to renovate them, maximum 9 to 11 months. By the way, how long does it take to build a new station or to extend a line because in New York's system, it takes about 8 years to extend a line. And about 10 years to extend a line for 3 more stops.
@Owly123 True, I agree WMATA is better than MTA, but...then again, the silver line phase 2 extension(6 stations) is supposed to open next year, 7 years after construction started...not great, but still better than NYC ig
DC area native here! Lemme explain: The shiny new aluminum-body cars are the freshest, the 7000-series built by Kawasaki and entering service since 2016 onward. The order is for over 700 cars. They're a departure from all previous as they're designed to work as 4-car sets rather than 2-car married pairs. Hence all new trains are 8-cars, the max platform length. 6-car trains are made of the older traincars: 1000-series (delivered at system open, oldest in fleet, built by Rohr), 2000- and 3000-series (originally by Breda, rehabbed by Alstom), 4000-series (by Breda), 5000-series (by CAF) and 6000-series (by Alstom). Hence the sound similarities with the NYC Alstom fleet. All trains run with one driver, who doubles as the conductor (hence the lag with opening doors upon platforming) There are no express tracks. Multiple services share the same track (Green-Yellow, Blue-Orange-Silver; Red is its own track, unshared). And sorry, no RFWs =( Right now WMATA (commonly referred to as Metro) is going through it. So there are things that need fixing/improving/etc. Current traction power levels haven't been upped since opening, hence there's not enough power to run 100% 8-car-train ops. Most times, trains are 6-cars, with 8-car service increased during rush hours. All new trains run as 8-cars at all times. Most 6-car trains are mixed series, with older cars bellied in the middle of the train. As more new railcars enter service, the 1000-series cars are being decommissioned. With this comes the reassembly of trains, and Metro has indicated a move going forward to assembling same-series trains to reduce service issues and improve maintenance consistency (and prevent the hiccuping at 11:16 [at least in part]).
I read somewhere that stations in the DC Metro were designed specifically to prevent crime and vandalism. Stations are generally very open, allowing security personnel to easily scan the length of each platform, and you are physically unable to touch the platform tunnel walls.
Nicky D After living in both cities, I honestly prefer New York. New York's subway has much more history, and unlike most other systems, it's flexible: signalling problem and track repairs are a minor inconvenience and trains can be rerouted to other tracks whereas if anything went wrong in DC, the entire system is slowed down.
I grew up in the DC-Metro suburbs, so I grew up riding the rails. This takes me back to all those weekends we’d go to DC for whatever reason, and we ALWAYS rode the Metrorail! Now I live in western Maryland, and they’re breaking ground to build a factory where the new Metrorail train cars are going to be manufactured. It’s like coming full circle for me!
I agree...but it was also designed to be a commuter instead of just local subway like NYC, Boston, Philly...which were opened in the late 19/ early 20th century before the expansion of cars.
I lived and worked in Washington DC for a total of 4 years. 2 in the '80s, and 2 in the '90s. As an artist, I drew different metro stations: Ft. Totten, Metro station, Takoma, Le'Fante plaza, etc. I really miss those days. I only have the drawings with a photographic quality of detail to remember DC by. Now I have these videos. THANKS!
New York still has the old Signal Box that can't make trains on time and at fast rate. Now, MTA or the NYC subway, is making CBTC to replace the old Signal Boxes, which will allow more trains to run with less delays and will make trains run faster at a safe speed rate. I have been seeing this change on a line I ride on in NYC which is the 7 line, which always had delays and trains weren't that fast during rush hours before CBTC. But now, with CBTC, my line has been gast arriving at stations fast and enter safely. Trains are closer so that the other one comes right away in the station during rush hours.
As a daily rider on NYCTA subways, I never pass up a chance to ride the DC metro when in the area several times a year. Fantastic system, though their fare structure is terrible; they need adopt the one price per ride system the NYC subway riders "enjoy".
Here in Philly, we use one-price-per-ride too on our subways, trolleys, buses, trolleybuses, and the NHSL. It's quite similar to NYC, but we are moving on to contactless cards (unlike NYC's strip passes) from our ancient token-and-transfer system. I agree that WMATA should change its system. (As of 3/118) Philly fares on the SEPTA key cards are $2, $2.50 in cash. What's the NYC fare?
Its based on a commuter rail fare structure and we don't have any dedicated funding sources. The Circulator buses in DC are now free indefinitely as well as the streetcar line in Northeast.
The 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 were perfect the 7000s just were a bit off I grew up with the 4000s and mostly and it was perfect Does anyone else like the old automated voice system better?
Hey DJ Hammers Trains! I love you Washington DC Metro Train Videos! I’ve been on Metro once on Saturday September 1 2019 my Freshman year of high school!
Fun fact, DC metro train's depart faster than MTA's trains it's a good way to get you to work, really i live in dc i took a red line to get me to my dads's houss it got me there under 10 minutes!
Yes you may be hearing our 1000 series they was the first series of railcars when Metro opened in 1976 sadly they have been retire in 2017 I beileve 3 years ago..
I’ve been here before. Our hotel was the closest to Greenbelt station, so it only took us 5 minutes to get there! I really want to come back and I hope I do soon.
Same, Metro used to have so much Variety, now you can expect it to be an 7000 series, old the Breda Cars & Alstom Cars. I miss wondering what Series that was arriving & now I expect the 7000 Series Everytime 🙄
ALSO, another fun fact is that the 2000's are getting a re-build and hopefully may stick around for a few more years, meanwhile the 6000s are still around so get a chance to ride them while you can before Dc metro can order the 8000s or more 7000s
Well, I will say, I live in New York, and the subway in Manhatten is terrible compared to this. My 3 cousins live in Washington, so I hope that the experience on the Metro subway is better than the MTA subway experience.
The Signaling system is bad in the New York City subway, which create delays on some lines. The Eight Avenue line, the A C and E lines take so long to arrive at a station. And it is because of the old signal boxes. Not only that, NYC subway stations are so dirty and they have rats running around the rails. MTA hasn't done a very well job to Renovate this stations. It takes 9 to 11 months to renovate ONE station. Astoria Line took 12 Months for renovations. It sucks for real
@@nyctransitrailfan The signals probably haven't been changed since the 1980's. And the wiring? That NEEDS to be changed. Hopefully, because of COVID-19, the MTA will take sanitation more seriously..
I miss the sounds of the traction motors on the 1000, 4000, 5000 series and I'm gonna miss the classic chocolate brown style when it inevitably disappears in the future (unless wmata brings it back).
@@smokeypuppy417 Yeah. I've ridden it once and I really want to at some point again. Edit: I also noticed it transforms into the R160 Alstom (NYC Subway) propulsion.
Alstom freshly built our 6000-series railcars and rehabbed our 2000 and 3000-series, originally done by Breda. The oldest ones still in use are the original 1000-series, built by Rohr over 40 years ago for system open. The 5000-series were built by CAF, and the 4000s by Breda
I live in Albany NY. I wish we had a Metro or subway system like the DC Metro. I would so much easier to get to work. And I wouldn't have to worry about catching the bus or potentially missing the last bus. That's a constant worry. And then I would get stuck at work or have to get an Lyft or Uber. With a metro system, I know that there's next train coming. But now with so many people working from home, I doubt it will ever happen. And New York State is about to raise taxes again!
This is a subway system that I really enjoyed during my vacation over there! But the ONIX propulsion on some of those trains is worse than NYC. Really!
The 6000 series is the #2 youngest series.. They were released in 2006. The 2000/3000 was released 1982-1984.. The 4000 series were released in 1991 part of the Green Line opening. The 5000 series was released in 2001 and the 1000 series was released of Metro's opening day. *1976*
Anyone else see that dude coming outta the train thinking where he is? Then looking at the map inside the train and talking to the person sitting. (7:55)
Wow I remember when I was 4 and was riding this train to get to places, but I moved to Las Vegas so I can't see this train anymore, the great memories I had at DC ;-;
Yeah I miss the 1000 series cars; they indeed sounded really cool. It's just not the same without em. Also the 5000 series cars; they were here for like 10 seconds and vanished
