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Silver Line Ride Along: Wiehle-Ballston (real time)

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  • Опубліковано 20 лип 2014
  • The full Silver Line ride, between Wiehle-Reston East and Ballston, in real time with natural sound. Service begins July 26 at noon.

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  • @tanithrosenbaum
    @tanithrosenbaum 10 років тому +195

    A cab ride without music added to "improve" it, with full original sound, and full length real time without someone cutting out "the boring bits". Finally someone gets it. THANK YOU! Perfect!

    • @LucarioFan550
      @LucarioFan550 9 років тому +9

      IKR

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      @jaybruce514 3 роки тому

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      @carmelozion7690 3 роки тому

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  • @geraldgreen5371
    @geraldgreen5371 6 років тому +94

    I like how they designed the train to run between the highways, so that when its backed up like in LA , you see exactly what your paying for. I also love the speed...in NYC we don't have that, we got other shyt!!!!

    • @K1_Trains
      @K1_Trains 5 років тому +14

      there are some places in nyc were the subways do go at fast speeds like that

    • @Netbook451
      @Netbook451 4 роки тому +11

      We could've had a line in the median of the Long Island Expy in the 70s but then the city went broke.

    • @davidnissim589
      @davidnissim589 3 роки тому +2

      We have the same in SF

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 3 роки тому +6

      There aren't that many median tracks in DC, mostly the ones you see in this video (Orange and Silver lines west of Ballston-MU). On the other side of the Potomac you don't really have expressways radiating out from the city. The Blue and Yellow Lines below Reagan Airport (except the portion of the Yellow Line from King St to Huntington) follow the CSX tracks, so they can be above ground. Most of the above ground portions on the MD/DC side also follow CSX tracks, such as the Red Line from Union Station to Silver Spring and from Twinbrook to Shady Grove, the Green and Yellow Lines from College Park to Greenbelt, and the Orange Line from Minnesota Ave to New Carrolton.
      Obviously there are exceptions, such as some of the farthest out portions of the Blue and Silver to Largo and the Green to Branch Ave, and a few elevated tracks in dense urban areas if there is a big highway underneath to build it over.

    • @johnvargo7338
      @johnvargo7338 3 роки тому +2

      @@victort.4798 National Airport

  • @SuperWorldRailFanProductions
    @SuperWorldRailFanProductions 8 років тому +25

    It takes a total of 7 and a half minutes to get from Wiehle-Reston East to Spring Hill Stations. That is my favorite part of the Silver Line.

    • @brian_brennan42
      @brian_brennan42 5 років тому

      SuperWorldFan360 long gap between McLean and EFC too

  • @VidviewerV000
    @VidviewerV000 3 роки тому +19

    0:00 Wiehle-Reston East
    7:27 Spring Hill
    8:52 Greensboro
    10:35 Tysons Corner
    11:56 McLean
    18:15 East Falls Church
    22:30 Ballston-MU

  • @TripHacksDC
    @TripHacksDC 7 років тому +63

    Very cool POV that few Metro riders ever get to experience!

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 6 років тому +4

      Sometimes I find a train where the conductor is at the back. The door to the cab has two positions, one of which gives you access to two more passenger seats adjacent to the cab. A few times I've been able to sit there at the front of the train and enjoy the view (though you do have to sit awkwardly to make it work).

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 5 років тому

      @Zachary Potter If you have to open a door to get there I'd say no but the times I've sat there the door was in the position where you could just walk over and sit down. The door still seals off the control area, just opens up the seat adjacent to it.

    • @PGHammer21A
      @PGHammer21A 4 роки тому

      Wanna bet? The ride is similar to Vienna.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 3 роки тому

      @@Rhacman You actually saw the conductor at the back? I know most (or all) trains have a conductor's cab at both ends so they can switch directions without rotating the train, but I've never actually seen the conductor in the back cab. I think they have to be able to see in front

    • @Rhacman
      @Rhacman 3 роки тому

      ​@@victort.4798 It's been a while so perhaps I was mistaken but I seem to recall I could see into the area where they would have been and didn't see anyone. Odd they'd have the door in the position where I could sit up front if they were in there. Perhaps I was sitting next to them and staring right at them without realizing it lol!

  • @LoveStallion
    @LoveStallion 9 років тому +42

    Man is that a haul to Spring Hill.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 3 роки тому +3

      Longest in the system! 5.65 miles (at least for now, maybe the silver line extension will have longer ones)

    • @Toast0808
      @Toast0808 3 роки тому +1

      That’s what I thought too!

  • @markydee48
    @markydee48 4 роки тому +21

    I would love to see more videos like these even if it's underground. DC's Metro is a crown jewel. That ride out to Dulles and beyond in the nearer future is gonna be quite long. It may require a trip to the bathroom before riding!

    • @TSquared2001
      @TSquared2001 3 роки тому +1

      Imagine that

    • @GILLIGFAN
      @GILLIGFAN 3 роки тому +3

      Would be nice if METRO Could take a page from some agencies and offer restrooms in a handful of stations or at least nearby Port-A-John’s

    • @sleeken
      @sleeken 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe connect all their cabs in a safer way so we could have restrooms

  • @davidthaler7018
    @davidthaler7018 3 роки тому +19

    Interesting to see the difference in trackage when the newer tracks of the Silver Line merge with the older tracks of the Orange Line as you approach E. Falls Church.

  • @robertmason7553
    @robertmason7553 8 років тому +4

    Friggin awesome to watch. I was born in DC and i took a ride from Benning RD to wherever my cousin took me the day it opened. Now i live in NE and regularly deliver steel to the Kawasaki plant where they are building your new cars. Incredible plant and operation.

  • @benjaminoconnor1687
    @benjaminoconnor1687 8 років тому +34

    I like the concreted rail ties.

    • @chrisc.6405
      @chrisc.6405 8 років тому +3

      Same.

    • @hobog
      @hobog 7 років тому +7

      unlike the rotting wooden ties that line the rest of DC metro over ground

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 років тому +2

      16:14 very disturbing track condition.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 3 роки тому +2

      @@benjaminbrown3939 Yes, but it makes sense considering it opened in 1986. I actually think the metro rehabilitation project for that area in the last year or so involved new rail ties, but don't quote me on that

  • @susankuhn9426
    @susankuhn9426 Рік тому +1

    There will always be something magical about trains. This is enchanting.

  • @bebo2good1
    @bebo2good1 10 років тому +8

    Great work! Can't wait to check out the SV, with also the 7000s.

  • @mimoys11
    @mimoys11 9 років тому +33

    I wish Miami would build a true rail system like the metro.

    • @Zarastroika
      @Zarastroika 9 років тому +1

      +ira moyse But Miami already have··· Isn't the Metrorail?

    • @w41duvernay
      @w41duvernay 4 роки тому +11

      Too bad you are under Republican rule. The don't believe in developing Mass Transit. Keep lobbying for it. We finally started working on it in the early 70's. DC was a mess before it. If Metro has to shut down, the Streets here in DC are a mess. I just wish we had done the extension lines in the 70's as well. This has been a God send.

    • @markydee48
      @markydee48 4 роки тому +1

      too bad Miami didn't do things right because they could have had a Metro system twice the size of DC with all the open space Dade county has.

    • @insertchannelnamehere8685
      @insertchannelnamehere8685 3 роки тому

      @@markydee48 Because of the density required to support metro, more open space usually means a smaller metro system.

    • @spider_hoss
      @spider_hoss 3 роки тому

      They're very similar in rolling stock to DC.

  • @jayo1212
    @jayo1212 10 років тому +18

    @9:38 I wish the rest of the system's tunnels were that well lit!

    • @thosecoolvids1157
      @thosecoolvids1157 9 років тому +1

      That light was the metro car headlights

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 8 років тому +1

      +jayo1212 some of new york's tunnels are 100% dark lol

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 8 років тому +1

      +ThoseCoolVids I don't think it was the metro's headlights. And +jayo1212 I dont think it was actually a tunnel at 9 minutes if that's what you mean. I think it was just a little thing dug in right under a building...well...a tunnel but not like the rest of them lol

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 років тому +1

      It most certainly is a tunnel. It goes under the large hill in the middle of Tyson's Corner.

    • @charonsferryold
      @charonsferryold 6 років тому

      Always hated the low light in Metro tunnels

  • @markschrock774
    @markschrock774 4 роки тому +7

    The Metro is the best way to around the DC area, and the most enjoyable.

  • @Mr_Prospector_
    @Mr_Prospector_ 10 років тому +6

    This should be exciting.

  • @hobog
    @hobog 6 років тому +25

    MORE CAB VIDS FOR REST OF METRO PLS

    • @timothystark4475
      @timothystark4475 5 років тому +1

      Yeah. I would love to watch cab ride videos on other entire lines like in NYC cab POV videos.

  • @timothystark4475
    @timothystark4475 5 років тому +3

    I love to watch POV cab ride with this new silver line from Wiehle to Ballston. I hope to watch that POV video until Largo (end of silver line). I had watched many POV cab ride videos on NYC subway system and CSX railways.

  • @josephlopez4871
    @josephlopez4871 3 роки тому +2

    I took this train everyday while attending Georgetown...before I left VA they were almost finished extending the line past Dulles Int.

  • @cps2204
    @cps2204 5 років тому +12

    This is great! Can you guys do the same format for the rest of the system (like CTA does)?

  • @wootnik
    @wootnik 10 років тому +34

    super long gap between wiehle and spring hill

    • @Salmagundiii
      @Salmagundiii 10 років тому +7

      There was talk of a stop at Wolf Trap, using the event parking lots during the day for commuter parking, but obviously that would be fraught with huge logistical problems. What if everyone decides to work late one day and there's a concert that night. Do you tow their cars or something?

    • @wootnik
      @wootnik 10 років тому +3

      Salmagundiii That is a problem, but how many times a year are there concerts? There would be a bigger benefit in using it the lots for commuters year-round, and just banning them on event days, I guess? It would be hard to enforce, but I trust that people would do the right thing in most cases. People would just have to find alternatives.

    • @thosecoolvids1157
      @thosecoolvids1157 9 років тому +1

      Does it matter

    • @pixelsandbacon
      @pixelsandbacon 7 років тому +12

      It's the longest distance between any two stations on the network.

    • @LIG87
      @LIG87 6 років тому +1

      imagine having to lay all that track with pinpoint accuracy for that distance!!!

  • @SuperRip7
    @SuperRip7 10 років тому +11

    It was worth 22 minutes and 42 seconds.

  • @njadakaboles9999
    @njadakaboles9999 9 років тому +5

    love it its music to my ears

  • @HackleFlyer
    @HackleFlyer 5 років тому +5

    You guys should do more videos like this. How about a Red Line Video?

  • @derrickwilson7467
    @derrickwilson7467 9 років тому +3

    Excellent! Thanks!

  • @lolfunnycp
    @lolfunnycp 8 років тому +22

    its really hauling @$$ lol

  • @papadop
    @papadop 2 роки тому

    As a lifelong Boston resident, this makes me envious. Wish our subway infrastructure was as good to allow those high speeds.

  • @srinip
    @srinip 4 роки тому +4

    Loved it!!

  • @jg-7780
    @jg-7780 4 роки тому +3

    I'd love to see this for the whole system!

  • @aznfriedrice415
    @aznfriedrice415 4 роки тому +5

    BART's Twin System

  • @SchuminWeb
    @SchuminWeb 10 років тому +13

    What was with that siren sound as the train left Greensboro station? Was that a sound from Metro (like a fire alarm test or something), or is it from elsewhere?

    • @petep4peace
      @petep4peace 10 років тому +4

      To me it sounded like a police siren coming from Rt. 7.

    • @mvp2307
      @mvp2307 10 років тому +14

      No it was a siren that a train is coming into the tunnel so the trians wont have to honk their horn anymore!

    • @SuperWorldRailFanProductions
      @SuperWorldRailFanProductions 8 років тому +4

      +JC SanK It's some type of alarm warning a train is coming, but operators would still have to honk.

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 8 років тому +2

      for anyone whos wondering it comes at around 9:00

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 6 років тому +3

      That siren sounds when a train passes it

  • @beebeesfuntasticadventures6110
    @beebeesfuntasticadventures6110 5 років тому +3

    so beautiful.

  • @3985uprr
    @3985uprr 3 роки тому +2

    Do all of the lines in their entirety please.

  • @alext442
    @alext442 10 років тому +3

    Nice ride. We need that in the Chi.

  • @TrainSounds
    @TrainSounds 10 років тому +5

    As the train left Greensboro, there was a siren and what was that supposed to be?

  • @kristianjelm6900
    @kristianjelm6900 7 років тому +6

    So cool

  • @AllAmericanRailfan
    @AllAmericanRailfan Рік тому +1

    Hope there will be a new video when Phase II opens up!

  • @stargazer2504
    @stargazer2504 4 роки тому +4

    Look how new and clean the tunnel is. Wait 20 years for the brake dust (and other crap) to build up. It'll be like a coal mine.

  • @easonmurphree4353
    @easonmurphree4353 8 років тому +5

    please make more

  • @JohnSulu14
    @JohnSulu14 3 роки тому

    The phase 2 stations look near done, but it has been taking forever and ever for them to open for passenger service.

  • @William_sJazzLoft
    @William_sJazzLoft 8 років тому +5

    As long as the ride to Dulles evidently is, it does seem like this train ought to be going much faster than the vehicles on the freeway

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 8 років тому +4

      +smoothjazzaxe They're going like 55mph

    • @user-pz2lm4vq7e
      @user-pz2lm4vq7e 8 років тому +1

      +Ethan Carter (EliteTech) You should see NYC, they almost had to cut speed limits in HALF.

    • @ethancarter4388
      @ethancarter4388 8 років тому +2

      +404Gaming wow that's slow lol

    • @mattwardpictures
      @mattwardpictures 8 років тому +1

      +smoothjazzaxe To say nothing of Virginia's general attitude on speed...

    • @hoodboyzAtl
      @hoodboyzAtl 5 років тому

      @@ethancarter4388 No they go 70Mph Just like Marta in Atlanta

  • @fbernard08
    @fbernard08 6 років тому +4

    This is great...when will the silver line extension be completed!

    • @benjaminoconnor1687
      @benjaminoconnor1687 6 років тому +1

      fbernard08 by 2022

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 4 роки тому +1

      @@benjaminoconnor1687 You stated the year that Potomac Yard Metro is expected to open

  • @PGHammer21A
    @PGHammer21A 4 роки тому +1

    Since this was filmed, the entire Silver Line is now in operation from Reston to Lanham. The Silver Line shares track with the Orange Line from East Falls Church to Armory - Audi Field, and with the Blue Line from there to Lanham.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 роки тому +5

      You mean Stadium-Armory and Largo Town Center?

  • @stickmen7117
    @stickmen7117 6 років тому +3

    7:00 it sounds like a star wars plane

  • @jayo1212
    @jayo1212 10 років тому +7

    Is this taken from a 7000 series train? I like these Ride Alongs MetroForward ! I'd like to see you do one of the rest of the trip to Largo, and maybe one of the Yellow Line, too!

    • @FanRailer
      @FanRailer 10 років тому +7

      no. this was an Alstom powered car, most likely a 6000 series.

    • @benjaminoconnor1687
      @benjaminoconnor1687 8 років тому +1

      No, it was not taken from a 7,000-series train.

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 6 років тому +1

      This video might have also been taken from a 2000 or 3000 series railcar

  • @yilibobchris
    @yilibobchris 10 років тому +3

    I ride the second train of the silver line!

  • @raymondrodriguez45
    @raymondrodriguez45 6 років тому +14

    They only recorded it to Ballston because the rest of the line is ghetto, dark and loud all the way to Maryland.

    • @stickmen7117
      @stickmen7117 6 років тому +1

      terry jay not really, i live near glenmont station and its really nice there... if only they cleaned up the station

    • @lawrencelu1876
      @lawrencelu1876 6 років тому

      I did know that the Silver Line metro is extending and coming to Dulles Airport as well as Loudoun through Reston and Herndon area, but the problem as well as my concern is that it's very long and slow. The speed, etc with the Metro trains is slow. In my opinion, the Silver Line Metro coming to DC from Loudoun area is too much time and it's too slow.

    • @charonsferryold
      @charonsferryold 6 років тому +2

      Rockville is actually really nice, now that it exists

    • @stargazer2504
      @stargazer2504 4 роки тому

      "ghetto, dark"... I see what you did there.

  • @andrewlikestrains4138
    @andrewlikestrains4138 2 роки тому +1

    Are you guys going to do something similar for Phase 2 of the Silver Line?

  • @jessewatson3850
    @jessewatson3850 8 років тому +2

    smooth ride

  • @cts3696
    @cts3696 3 роки тому +2

    9:01 why do I hear a police siren?

  • @aaronmanchester3194
    @aaronmanchester3194 Рік тому +1

    9:01 What's the siren for? Is it alerting that there is another train ahead or something?

    • @dcd19844
      @dcd19844 Рік тому +1

      SAME I WAS WONDERING TOO

    • @jordanfgfox7237
      @jordanfgfox7237 4 місяці тому

      As a person that lives near by the Tysons station I still dk why it's been used for

  • @petterzachrisson6500
    @petterzachrisson6500 3 роки тому +5

    Interesting to discover the DC metro system. To me, as a European, it looks more like a commuter rail similar to the Paris RER. More an more European commuter rail networks are connected with tunnels through the city centers... combining speed with connectivity.

    • @xavierdomenico
      @xavierdomenico 3 роки тому

      That is because this video is showing the metro going out to the suburbs. The metro from Ballston (Arlington) into DC is much more like a traditional subway system.

    • @unconventionalideas5683
      @unconventionalideas5683 Рік тому +4

      In the inner portions, this very much acts a bit more like a subway system, much like the RER or S-Bahn type systems. That is very much what this system is, in essence.

  • @karenholmes2764
    @karenholmes2764 Рік тому

    Five seconds to get on or off. Reminds me of a bus I took in Guadalajara.

  • @KudaanDaGreat
    @KudaanDaGreat 10 років тому +3

    Reminds me of my home town Chicago max out at 55mph on the 95th Dan Ryan Red line , Eisehower and Kennedy Expwy Blue line Forest pk to O'Hare and Southwest corridor the Midway Orange line

    • @hoodboyzAtl
      @hoodboyzAtl 5 років тому

      D.C Metro train go 70Mph Just like Marta in Atlanta

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 роки тому

      Qam Yasharahla 59mph except green line 65mph on certain stretches

  • @blackdemonevo9
    @blackdemonevo9 2 роки тому

    Now can you guys do this for phase 2 soon

  • @3985uprr
    @3985uprr 3 роки тому

    In New York City they have someone who closes the doors plus the operator and that saves time. It kind of drives me nuts that there’s a delay between the time the doors close and the time the train moves and a delay between the time the train stops and the train doors open. in New York City it happens immediately. I guess it saves on labor costs but it can slow the ride a bit over time. Well the Metro Trains travel at a higher speed than the New York subway so I guess it balances out.

  • @louiszhang3050
    @louiszhang3050 3 роки тому

    That’s what tysons corner looked like before? How times have changed.

  • @TSquared2001
    @TSquared2001 4 роки тому +3

    Where did that siren come from?

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan 5 років тому +1

    Is that Washington DC Metro?

  • @FeartheCyr611
    @FeartheCyr611 2 роки тому +1

    What was the siren at 9:00 for?

    • @dcd19844
      @dcd19844 Рік тому

      SAME I WAS WONDERING THAT TOO

  • @LIG87
    @LIG87 6 років тому +3

    what are those long, rectangular things in between the tracks @ 21:13??

    • @justinballetta1269
      @justinballetta1269 6 років тому +1

      Those are either rails or third rails

    • @LIG87
      @LIG87 5 років тому

      thanks

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 років тому +2

      They are pieces of broken third rail protection, but they have been fixed.

  • @hrysivjt67
    @hrysivjt67 Рік тому

    Did you guys really tape this on a car with a dead spot?! Wow.

  • @ma-ge-mel4907
    @ma-ge-mel4907 Рік тому

    That’s awesome ❤😂

  • @PhillyFan20
    @PhillyFan20 10 років тому +1

    So how does terminating at Wiehle work? I didn't notice a crossover near the station.

    • @DarkEnzanArikado
      @DarkEnzanArikado 10 років тому

      I would guess either one before the station or it relays even deeper in the future route with a crossover at some point.

    • @khroe
      @khroe 10 років тому +2

      There is a pocket track on the other side.

    • @PhillyFan20
      @PhillyFan20 10 років тому +1

      khroe It still seems like a bizarre engineering decision. The lack of a crossover will require all trains to offload at the platform to reverse. A pocket track is designed to allow trains to short turn (i.e. Red line). Since Wiehle will be a terminal, a crossover should've been designed on the inbound side. Perhaps it was due to budget costs.

    • @DarkEnzanArikado
      @DarkEnzanArikado 10 років тому +1

      PhillyFan20 Well it is a temporary terminal at most so I guess they felt like the the pocket track is fine which generally it is since at least the hope is the line will extend pass this stop some point within our lifetimes.

    • @DaWolf805
      @DaWolf805 10 років тому

      PhillyFan20 If you think about it, the pocket track on the opposite side allows space for four trains to wait at the end of the line, and is a crossover, all in one - while remaining useful after Wiehle is no longer a terminus. It does require trains to take a bit more time to reverse, but that's not unheard of - take, for example, the Ashmont terminus of the Red Line in Boston. I think it's pretty well-designed, personally.

  • @juniors2sexy
    @juniors2sexy Рік тому

    Can somebody tell me where are the signals at ?

  • @martinbreslow1401
    @martinbreslow1401 10 років тому

    We need a video on how to recognize the elevator building you just parked in. The levels have the same numbering Gn n 1 to 8 or 1 to 6, I forget. #Wiehle

  • @usstiger_cd4165
    @usstiger_cd4165 3 роки тому +1

    do you know how fast the average speed is?

    • @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs
      @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs 3 роки тому

      Like 40 - 30 in local dc tunnels. 50 - 60 in far distances like the first one. I think it goes 100 mph

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 2 роки тому

      Max is 59mph except certain stretches on Green L

  • @kevinhoward9593
    @kevinhoward9593 6 років тому +1

    Why are the cars on the highway beating this train? are they built for 80mph running?

  • @spacepeanut
    @spacepeanut 3 роки тому

    weird cut at 16:54, not sure why it's there...

  • @relorzen
    @relorzen 6 років тому +1

    My nearest station is Huntington main area

  • @elevatortoiletandtransitfa9258
    @elevatortoiletandtransitfa9258 3 роки тому +1

    10:31 The train sounds like an engine or machine shutting down

  • @justinballetta1269
    @justinballetta1269 6 років тому +1

    Did anyone notice the 2 flashes at 9:35?

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 років тому +2

      Electric arcing on the third rail.

    • @victort.4798
      @victort.4798 3 роки тому

      It’s a flash of electricity relating to the connection between the train and the third rail when it crosses between third rail segments I believe

  • @juniors2sexy
    @juniors2sexy 2 роки тому

    Can someone explain to me where are the signals how do they know how to operate

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 2 роки тому

      Signals are before interlockings and training is how they know

  • @robertgreen6492
    @robertgreen6492 7 років тому +6

    Thd silver line is a slow moving train. Every auto passed it on the highway.

    • @jameshiroki1
      @jameshiroki1 7 років тому +17

      Robert Green Metro train operations are restricted to 59MPH, the trains normal operating speed is up to 75MPH

    • @mrrobot5963
      @mrrobot5963 4 роки тому

      @@jameshiroki1 Ever since 2009 right

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 роки тому

      Limited to 59mph every where except parts of the green line where speeds are 65mph. But speed commands lower all the time depending on what’s going on.

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 3 роки тому

      I've timed it to be over 65 MPH on the Silver and Orange Lines. The car drivers are speeding.

    • @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs
      @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs 3 роки тому

      What about the cars behind?

  • @dongshuowu3454
    @dongshuowu3454 6 років тому +2

    What was the top speed of the train?

  • @khroe
    @khroe 10 років тому +1

    I think that car has flats on it.

  • @sleeken
    @sleeken 2 роки тому

    I never ride this thing cus who rides a metro to Reston?

  • @LeprousThang
    @LeprousThang 5 років тому

    where are the people?

  • @cats0182
    @cats0182 6 років тому +1

    The cars on the highway at the right are traveling fast4er than the train? Figures.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 5 років тому +2

      Cats01 Wait until Rush hours. It’s a different story.

  • @Gregq96
    @Gregq96 2 роки тому

    Why is it so slow??

  • @ArinGokdemir
    @ArinGokdemir 6 років тому

    How long before it falls apart?

    • @benjaminbrown3939
      @benjaminbrown3939 5 років тому +1

      But the rest of the system is actually falling apart right now!

  • @erikhyrkas2955
    @erikhyrkas2955 10 років тому +3

    This is a bit zen.

  • @kellandbailey2970
    @kellandbailey2970 8 років тому +1

    wonder why they elected to use footage from a train with flat spots...

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 3 роки тому

      The spare test train is spare for a reason.

  • @hobog
    @hobog 7 років тому +10

    16:04 return to regular shit tracks in 3, 2, 1, ...

  • @k.h.4698
    @k.h.4698 4 роки тому

    I am all in support of public transit, but this video doesn’t sell the concept very well. The relatively little traffic (that there is) is going a lot faster than the train. Why would anybody need this extension line? It seems the money would have been better spent in a more populated corridor where mobility is virtually at a standstill on the surface.

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 4 роки тому +3

      That traffic was midday traffic, not rush hour

  • @leatherman88ch
    @leatherman88ch 6 років тому +1

    I think it was on automatic Train control that's why I was flying so fast

    • @tubeman2010
      @tubeman2010 6 років тому +1

      Chris Hoff
      Unfortunately, there are currently no DC Metro lines running automatically.

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 4 роки тому +1

      @@tubeman2010 Correction! Mclean-Reston-East Runs on ATC. So will phase 2 when it opens this year

    • @tubeman2010
      @tubeman2010 4 роки тому +2

      @@dreamyyx_3762
      The entire system is under ATC, of which ATO is a subsystem; and, currently, there are no lines on the DC Metro system that are utilizing ATO.
      It's also doubtful that the Silver Line Phase 2 will run ATO, because even if it's working, there are hundreds of operators with no experience with ATO. Training must come first.

    • @Reallynow101
      @Reallynow101 4 роки тому

      No ATO at the moment. No plans for ATO either.

  • @njadakaboles9999
    @njadakaboles9999 9 років тому +1

    oh this thing is hauling butt

  • @benjaminbrown3939
    @benjaminbrown3939 5 років тому +1

    16:11 Returning to regular shit tracks in 3, 2, 1. Metro really needs to replace these with concrete ties.

    • @videonut1988
      @videonut1988 3 роки тому +1

      Metro was built in the mid 70s before concrete ties were mainstream. That’s why the “regular shit tracks”.

  • @desalpagesgator4988
    @desalpagesgator4988 3 роки тому

    Infrastructure démesurée pour un trafic voyageur inexistant, un gaspillage financier énorme.

  • @justinballetta1269
    @justinballetta1269 6 років тому

    The siren at 9:01 is just weird

  • @juniors2sexy
    @juniors2sexy 2 роки тому

    Where are the signals Omg runaway train 😂😂

  • @sandal_thong8631
    @sandal_thong8631 2 роки тому

    Playback x2, baby.

  • @egorleschev
    @egorleschev 8 років тому +1

    9:00 WTF?

    • @MrMKH2010
      @MrMKH2010 8 років тому

      No one go on board or go off, so there was no reason to wait.

    • @DJeimaXe
      @DJeimaXe 8 років тому +2

      It is a clearance alert.

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 років тому

      It's the building emergency alert at the station. I heard the same alarm go off at Whiele-Reston the other day, followed by a recorded announcement.

  • @drnubian1
    @drnubian1 9 років тому +1

    cars are just whizzing by speed is slow...test run

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 8 років тому +2

      +howardkevinm just be glad its not the new york subway which goes like 35 lol

    • @kjrehberg
      @kjrehberg 8 років тому +2

      Hahah, no, BART doesn't go 80 MPH. It's limited to 70 MPH because they designed the braking system incorrectly. Washington Metro goes up to 75 MPH. This Silver Line train goes up to 65 MPH when I measured it yesterday.

    • @lolfunnycp
      @lolfunnycp 7 років тому +1

      Kris Rehberg 68mph was the fastest i saw on the bart's speedometer lol

    • @baetsimpson
      @baetsimpson 7 років тому

      Kris Rehberg I have heard of Metro going full speed out near EFC a while ago.

  • @rockvilleraven
    @rockvilleraven 10 років тому +3

    Metro is full of BS, first you say you don't have the money to fix up the system, but you have money to run ads for the Silver Line. If I took over Metro, I'd cut the radio/tv/print ads and use it to fix up there rest of the system.

    • @hobog
      @hobog 6 років тому +1

      The airport authority is building the silver line tracks, actually

    • @TheRailLeaguer
      @TheRailLeaguer 5 років тому +1

      rockvilleraven That joke is getting too old.

  • @franklinshaffer2382
    @franklinshaffer2382 5 місяців тому

    Flat spot on wheel

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 9 років тому +1

    Why do most American cities look so desolate? Yet another example here of how ghostly American roadways and transit stops more often appear around that country..oh well.

    • @lazamair
      @lazamair 9 років тому +7

      trainrover cities like Tysons Corner show the most traffic during the morning and evening commutes. True they appear desolate, but by no means are they ghostly.

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman 9 років тому +7

      I lived in Reston and Tysons this video looks like it was taking on an early Sunday morning! During the week and later in the day on the weekend is busy! DC is a very populated city and this is more or less outskirts in Virginia

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman 9 років тому +3

      +lazamair come let me take you on a ride up Dulles toll road to 66 to the Capital Belt way thru the Springfield mixing bowl up 395 in to DC this Monday morning!!lol

    • @dreamyyx_3762
      @dreamyyx_3762 4 роки тому

      @trainrover Hey! Are you from Britain? You like like on of thoses dumass people who think britain is better than everything so shut up

  • @DugEphresh
    @DugEphresh Місяць тому

    Garbage POV, edit it so we know WTF!

  • @Delta922
    @Delta922 2 роки тому

    I will never ride DC metrorail again. The service sucks, security is insufficient, attendants are rude and the trains are disgusting. Crackheads even do and deal illegal drugs in the trains and on the platforms.

    • @swampfoxIX
      @swampfoxIX 2 роки тому

      But still 1000x better than most subway systems.