Your city's rail system. Ridership, expansions, pictures! (Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia)

[ladarron]

DART today-2013 (Dallas)



DART future 2013-2030

[Infamous92]

NYC's Subway has a very diverse rolling stock but these are the newest cars known as the R160s


YouTube - R-160 Subway Car Introduction

The NYC subway serves 4 boroughs on 26 lines, here's the map:
http://raycheerache.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/nyc-subway-map1.jpg (broken link)


The NYC area's other rail systems (the Long Island Railroad, PATH, Metro-North, New Jersey Transit, Staten Island Railway, and Amtrak) are to follow.

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This shows the entire Long Island Railroad rolling stock (fleet). The older train is first, followed by the newer train, and then the double decker.


YouTube - MTA LIRR: 2 M7's, an M3, and Bi-levels at Jamaica


This is my station (Locust Manor station) which is down the block. This is in the Winter (after snowfall/rain)

YouTube - Locust Manor #2!

I love seeing the sparks, they get way bigger if there's ice on the tracks.


Its the busiest commuter rail system in North America and it runs 24 hours and 7 days a week, it serves Suffolk County, Nassau County, Queens, Brooklyn, & Manhattan, here's the Long Island Railroad map:
http://wise-ass.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/lirr1.gif (broken link)

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These are the new PATH PA-5 trains, they are the coolest looking subway cars I've ever seen.


YouTube - PATH EXCLUSIVE! : World Trade Center Bound Train Of Brand New PA-5 Cars @ Exchange Place


PATH is a subway system that serves Manhattan and Northeastern New Jersey on 4 lines and just like the NYC Subway and the Long Island Railroad it runs 24/7, here's the PATH train map:

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YouTube - Metro North Hudson Line - Scarborough, NY 2


Metro-North Railroad serves The Northern Suburbs (NY), Northeastern New Jersey, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Southwestern Connecticut, here's the Metro-North Railroad map:

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YouTube - New Jersey Transit : ALP-46 4615/Multilevel Push Pull Commuter Train @ Harrison Station


New Jersey Transit serves all of New Jersey, Manhattan, and Philadelphia, here's the train map:

[waronxmas]

Gotta love the fact that the rail network of the New York Metro takes four posts to explain

[Infamous92]

YouTube - Staten Island Rail

The Staten Island Railway serves Staten Island, there were plans to connect it with the NYC subway. Here's the map:

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This is the Amtrak Acela (America's only high speed rail line)


YouTube - Amtrak Acela high speed

It serves cities from Boston to Washington DC.

[Brickmama]

Metrolink it St Louis handels 68,000 passengers per day. With talks of a north/south line.

Route diagram