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View Poll Results: City with the best looking subway cars?
Atlanta MARTA 39 15.42%
Baltimore Metro Subway 10 3.95%
Boston MBTA 19 7.51%
Chicago EL 37 14.62%
Cleveland RTA 9 3.56%
Los Angeles Metro Rail 46 18.18%
Miami Metrorail 18 7.11%
New York City Subway 53 20.95%
Philadelphia SEPTA 16 6.32%
San Francisco BART 36 14.23%
San Juan Tren Urbano 7 2.77%
Washington D.C. Metro 80 31.62%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 253. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-19-2014, 04:46 PM
 
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Not for long, from Wikipedia :

Miami-Dade reaffirmed its selection of Ansaldo Breda,and in November 2012, approved the $313 million purchase of 136 new Metrorail cars from the latter. Miami-Dade issued the notice to proceed the following month, with the cars expected to be delivered starting in 2015.




pic & info :AnsaldoBreda : Curbed Miami
Them joints look official.
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Old 01-19-2014, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Cumberland County, NJ
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I do like Pittsburgh's subway cars.


Pittsburgh subway arriving & departing at Steel Plaza - YouTube

Last edited by gwillyfromphilly; 01-19-2014 at 05:17 PM..
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Old 01-19-2014, 05:09 PM
 
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I always liked Boston's subway cars. Something about them goes well with Boston's vibe.

http://www.mbta.com/uploadedimages/S...%20011-800.jpg
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Old 01-20-2014, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. Area
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DC has the best looking subway cars.. both inside and out.
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Old 01-20-2014, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Auburn, New York
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Montreal's have rubber tires on them.
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Old 01-20-2014, 08:52 PM
 
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DCs new metro cars that will run later this year are really nice See Metro's first 7000 series train as it arrives for testing - Greater Greater Washington
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Old 01-20-2014, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Prince George's County, Maryland
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The new PATH railcars do indeed have TVs. No Washington Metro cars have TVs, though I believe the 7000 series cars currently on order will have that amenity. I'm not sure about the New York subway cars right now, but I'd guess some of the newer cars on some of the lines (L line?) would have TVs, though most of the railcars would not.
What about WiFi whenever we go underground?
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Old 01-21-2014, 11:35 AM
 
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I like NYC's and Chicago's. For whatever reason DC's have always been my least favorite, even though I like the city.
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Old 01-21-2014, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Prince George's County, Maryland
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I like the train cars of the DC Metro, NYC Subway, LA Metro, and Atlanta MARTA.
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