NEW MBTA Blue Line Siemens Train Part 1

Watch Part 2 Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U024k3CUofg

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February 20th, 2008. This day is the first day that the first set of the new Siemens 0700 series cars go into service.

This is Part 1 showing the interior, stop announcement system, and the wicked acceleration.

*This is the first ever video of a trip inside of the new train* As of the time that I uploaded this video, there are no other videos of the inside of this train. This is the first!

This is probably the 3rd or the 4th trip that day including the inauguration trip.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MBTA
• Siemens
• Blue
• Line
• New

[fallboy37]

why don't they get new trains for all the lines? the green line and orange and all of the others look so OLD.

[diburning]

@fallboy37 Type 9s (replacement green line cars) are on the drawing board. They are in the process of securing funding to get new red and orange line cars.

The next cars to be replaced will be the orange line due to their age. The red line 01700s will be refurbished for the time being.

Just because they look old doesn't mean that they don't work. Subway cars are expensive. Would you replace a car as soon as you get a scratch on it?

[fallboy37]

@diburning I'm just saying. the older they get. the more problems they have. and its something the public uses everyday and many people also want newer one. also why don't they operate so late? because I'm hoping to go up there for college and i heard the bars close at around 2 and the subway closes at around 12-1

[diburning]

@fallboy37 New stuff can have problems too. The MBTA Type 8 vehicles (Green line 3800 series) were a problem from day 1

Unlike New York which has more than two tracks per line, the MBTA is an older system which only has two tracks. They need to perform maintenance and inspections at night while the system is shut down.

[pete5668]

i think the voices should be female :)

[diburning]

They tried that on the buses and they found it to be unsatisfactory as she mispronounced many street names, so they used Frank Ogelsby's voice on the Blue Line cars.

On the other hand, the Commuter Rail uses a female voice for the automatic stop announcements.

[Lilfrank2567]

even the new trains look ugly

[cop1528]

The Breda cars have proven to be quite a service headache - frequent breakdowns, frequent repairs, high cost to maintain! The older trains (kinki-karyo) were much more reliable, but at the time Boston was shopping around, did not have any models that could accommodate wheelchairs. Hopefully, they now offer that.

[2001rtm]

Look at the Destenation sign at 0:59. I says WONDERLAND!

[2001rtm]

@CircusFreakGRITZ Hey! Here in Cleveland we have Breda LRVs that never have breakdown problems! They do have other problems though. Like the automated voice sounds like: "The next stop is Green Road Raaaapid Station. Thank you for riding the R.........TA" Well, they ARE 1985 rail cars. I guess Breda was better back then. Besides, the automated voice is the RTA's problem. The trains didn't have automated announcements when they were delivered. RTA instaled them a few years ago.

[Roboboy]

@diburning I'm curious though, if the MBTA did any research to determine

[Roboboy]

@diburning It sounds like they just should've hired a different woman to do the announcements. Research shows greater retention of information when it is given by a female voice and greater compliance when orders are given by a male voice.

[tpirman1982]

I recognize the voice during the stop announcements. That's Frank Olgesby Jr. Voice of the MBTA for more than 20 years

[diburning]

They are now. When the MBTA was still running with all RTS buses, they had a trial ASA system in the buses with a female voice.