MTA vs MBTA vs SEPTA Subways (NYC vs Boston vs Philly Metro)

[CrazyCousins32]

mbta

[SleepyR]

Never Ridden MBTA, but Having been on both MTA, and SEPTA I will say this. They are both very efficient and timely, BUT SEPTA's cars smell better by far....

[pryncessable]

The Septa is the best line, it's not as nosy leaving or entering, and it is cleaner. I do prefer the orange color trains to the plain steel. Living in NY some lines are better than some they did improve on some of the train lines, meaning some lines have the newer improve train while others are still using the older trains. The buses are better. My vote goes for Philly Septa!

[PRL2204]

septa's the best and cleanest and fastest. their service, for market and frankford line anyways, is one subway every 4 mins. AMAZING service. for the trolleys, sometimes its one right after the other! great service

[PRL2204]

why do they have the wrong headlights on on most of them!? they have the red ones, those are for the tail end, NOT the front end

[Wilky575]

Mbta because of all the reason for delays we have. From snow to the time on some of them.

[vaderxamdx]

@subwayguy1000

Our 4th Line is the Green Line (I work for the company). Which are streetcars/trollies and are not heavy rail.

[xyzAnonymity]

@MultiMaxim have you not seen the new mta fleets. Those, are nowhere near old.

[USMatman100]

Septa

[blarization]

I like MBTA the best, not because I live around there, but it's clean, I like that they have other forms of transit, and it's easy to get around Boston because they have subways that have stripes and stay on that line WTATA and MTA.

[JSimp140]

@MultiMaxim18 the MTA just did a massive fleet renewal project and actually now probably has a newer fleet overall than the 3 T lines considering the thousands of cars that have been delivered in the past decade. and you're contradicting yourself by saying that people not riding the trains is bad and people riding the trains (NYC's crowding) is also bad. Also, the orange and blue line cars are cramped and crowded and they run at a horrible frequency.

[MrTrainoperator]

1#NYMTA....HANDS DOWN! AND THIS IS COMING FROM A TRAIN OPERATOR AT SEPTA.

2# SEPTA!

3# MBTA.

[MrTrainoperator]

@MultiMaxim18 MBTA IS NOT BETTER THAN SEPTA! NYMTA, THEN SEPTA, THEN MBTA.

[trainbustruck]

mta because its the most realistic

[MrOutlit]

Duh MBTA Home of the first subway station.

[blarization]

It's a tie between

[Pokestar9]

i thought SEPTA orange lines have 2 lights on in the front, not one. That SEPTA orange line in 3:12 is kinda odd to me!

[WMATAvids]

You didnt put WMATA =(.......but out of all this ill pick NY MTA

[Pokestar9]

@WMATAvids yeah, it sucks that he forgot WMATA, but the video was still good, dont ya think?

[timosha21]

@Pokestar9 i know that... and that i missed baltimore, miami, and atlanta also... these are the biggest cities of the north east....

[MrTrainoperator]

IM A TRAIN OPERATOR WITH SEPTA, AND I SAY NYMTA IS THE BEST!!!!

[Pokestar9]

@MrTrainoperator i agree!

[redsoxguy617]

@MrTrainoperator is that a fun job?

[MrTrainoperator]

@redsoxguy617 HEY IM SORRY I TOOK SO LONG IN RESPONSE BUT, YEAH IT IS FUN!!! I AM A RAIL BUFF TO BOOT! I LOVE TRAINS, SUBWAYS!!!

[Tyree89733]

SEPTA is the best not because of daily ridership or the number of trains on their tracks but because its the safest and SEPTA is much more advance in rail technology than both MTA and MBTA.

[redsoxguy617]

MBTA out of all of them for sure

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 but MBTA has 4 lines! but the subways look best of all!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 i agree. redline is my favorite out of all of them

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 why the red line? i'd prefer the blue line because it stops New England Aquarium and Logan Airport. but the red line's also good!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 our friends house is on redline. our hotel is on redline some of the best restaurants are on redline. but fenways on greenline and my uncles work is on greenline as well and we like to meet up with him there. i like greenline my 2nd fav

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 well, the orange line's my second fav cuz it stops at Chinatown and near a hospital and my hotel when i went to boston the second time. The first time i went to Boston my hotel was closet to the silver line at Silver Line Way. (my dad picked the hotels for me!)

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 my uncle works at marriott copley so we stay there or the kendall sq marriott

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 cool!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 yes its very cool cause we pay way less to stay in hotel then normal people and we get the best city views 

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 wow, thats very amazing! sounds very enjoyable!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 yes. im always sad to leave

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 yeah, it hurts to go. i feel the same when i leave DC!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 atleast im not far from boston. 4hrs if that

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 me too! on acela it's 3 hours!

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 where do u live? we drive down no train from our town to boston :'(

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 new york. we take amtrak from new york penn station to boston south station. where do u live?

[redsoxguy617]

@Pokestar9 Burlington VT

[Pokestar9]

@redsoxguy617 cool!

[subwayguy1000]

OK UM THERE ARE 4 lines for MBTA plus 12 rails so ur wrong just saying and about a total in the whole system of 280 stations. no effense but utr prob from nyc

[timosha21]

@subwayguy1000 no offense... but the 4th line which you mention is a light rail line (yes it goes underground) it is technically not a subway... sorry does it even resemble a subway cars no... the light rail line is separate go into street level and in certain times integrating with traffic (now you dont see the blue, orange, or red line doing that do you?)...

[audioemotif]

London, UK.

[MachintoshCJ]

I say NYC.

[mrgar588]

i pick mta because without i can't get to no where in new york

[JSimp140]

SEPTA has 2 lines

MBTA has 3 lines

MTA has 24

[MrTrainoperator]

@JSimp140 CORRECTION; SEPTA HAS THREE LINES. ORANGE LINE, BLUE LINE AND PURPLE LINE. I AM THE OPERATOR OF THE PURPLE AKA NHSL LINE.

[JSimp140]

@MrTrainoperator the route 100 is not on the same level as the MFL or BSS. It's more on the same level as the 101 and 102, a bit higher since it runs completely on a separated ROW, third rail, high platform, and at a decent speed. also, none of the line is within Philadelphia: it is entirely contained within the suburbs.

[rippen100]

i pick cta out of all of them but mta is best of all!

[timosha21]

@rippen100 whats (CTA)? what city or region?

[rippen100]

@timosha21 CTA= chicago transit authority Chicago,IL its like a mini version of mta.

[2001rtm]

@timosha21 CTA is Chicago Transportation.

[redsoxguy617]

@timosha21 think its chicago

[brilliantgenius1]

@timosha21 Chicago

[Mr360n]

MTA because i always loved mta eventhough they don't know how to make up their mind but MTA is my Home

[BillyAmnesia]

Buenos Aires Subaway!!! best? o boston?

[selx13]

Honestly, I can only compare Mta and Septa I have never ridden Boston's rail. I will say that both NYC and Phila. have the ability to have great rail systems. I prefer the Mta because whenever I ride on Septa I swear NYC could do it better. Of course that's not fair the two systems are so different. Septa is cleaner and runs quieter however Mta is faster on is on time more.

[Tyree89733]

@selx13 SEPTA is way faster than MTA on both MFL and BSS. BSS Kawasaki B-IV are capable of reaching speeds of 70MPH (Maybe 80 based on rumors) and MFL ADtranz M4's are capable of speed of up to 60MPH even though they are capped at 55. And most trains on the MTA even express are running at 35-45MPH

[MrTrainoperator]

@Tyree89733 DONT FORGET THE PURPLE LINE, AKA THE NORRISTOWN HIGH SPEED LINE! WE DO 75MPH!!!

[XxLiLGiJoE17xX]

NYC it's the longest and most crowded and fast

[fredfredburger1213]

MBTA

[WinUser04]

Sort of meaningless... all 3 are old systems & each has good and bad points. You did not include subway portions of SEPTA's and MBTA's light rail which run in tunnels downtown & aboveground outside downtown. All 3 systems have done a great deal of work to upgrade rolling stock & stations in recent years. Boston and Philadelphia are much smaller than NYC so their subways are as well. MBTA is cleanest & most handicapped accessible. MTA is 24 hours. MTA and SEPTA have express and locals.

[timosha21]

@WinUser04 well i meant the heavy rail as subway... that is light rail and that is not really a subway but more of a metrorail.

[Mcoov]

@timosha21 I can honestly say that the Green Line is just as much, if not more, subway than metrorail.

[mapdark]

MTA , and i'm absolutely unbiased since i'm not from any of these cities XD

I was impressed by the NYC subway , it's just awesome :D

[A10PANG]

SEPTA by a mile!

[mbta0293]

I'm voting for the MBTA!!!

[nichols15]

NYC is always the best like cmon lol i ride septa since 03 and nycta since i was born no city in america is organized like the NYCTA

[yanks3202]

@nichols15 and no agency in america rips you off like the mta

[tzopaila2007]

I prefer Metrorex :P  Bucharest - Romania