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The old 1000 series crappy cars will be the first to go. I'm most happy about that. Those cars suck.
I won't know how I feel about these new ones until I actually ride in them, but the only thing I dislike so far is the cold and hard look of the interior. Very NYC ish. I can't imagine falling asleep in one of those as easily as in the current fleet. I think the current interior is much more inviting.. but I support losing the carpet.
Interesting, its funny that you say these trains look similar to the ones in NYC. Kawasaki built the new ones running in NYC and looks like their building the new DC lines. Besides the color schemes, the seating arrangement are total different then the NYC variants. I like these new deigns! reminds me of the subways i miss oh so much.
Interesting, its funny that you say these trains look similar to the ones in NYC. Kawasaki built the new ones running in NYC and looks like their building the new DC lines. Besides the color schemes, the seating arrangement are total different then the NYC variants. I like these new deigns! reminds me of the subways i miss oh so much.
You actually LIKE the NYC subway cars? The subway itself is awesome because of its coverage, convenience, express tracks and 24/7 schedule. I admit that. Can't really say the rail cars themselves are that great.
However I remember riding on a newer one about 2 years ago that had an automated system telling you which station you were at and which station was next. It looked exactly like the system metro is putting in these newer cars. Having train operators make live announcements is hit or miss because half the time you can't hear them or understand them because of volume, noise or static problems. An automated system is a no-brainer and should of been implemented since the 90's.
You actually LIKE the NYC subway cars? The subway itself is awesome because of its coverage, convenience, express tracks and 24/7 schedule. I admit that. Can't really say the rail cars themselves are that great.
However I remember riding on a newer one about 2 years ago that had an automated system telling you which station you were at and which station was next. It looked exactly like the system metro is putting in these newer cars. Having train operators make live announcements is hit or miss because half the time you can't hear them or understand them because of volume, noise or static problems. An automated system is a no-brainer and should of been implemented since the 90's.
Those new trains were the R142's made by Kawasaki - who is also manufacturing our 7000 series. They are nice cars. I think our 7000 series interiors look a lot better, even though I think WMATA botched the seating arrangement when they didn't adopt NYCT bench-style seating. That one major major gripe aside, I think our new cars look even better than the new R188's that just went into service in NY at the beginning of the month. I don't have a good pic of the R188 unfortunately.
I agree they screwed up the seating yet AGAIN. It seems metro is in love with forward facing seats even though they no longer make sense.
The system has reached a level of crowding where we really need bench seating. Unless it's 10pm on a Sunday night at the end of the line.. Metro gets a lot of riders. Plus the ridership will only increase in the coming years. Forward facing seats should be limited to the ends of cars if they have them at all.
A nice compromise would have been the European technique of putting longitudinal seating on one side and transverse on the other...and alternating them at each door break.
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