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BART Car Orders and Deliveries

Car Numbering

Communication dated 2/17/1969 indicated a desire for the following number system of BART vehicles:
001-100 Reserved for non-revenue vehicles
101-250 "A" cars ordered under Contract 2Z4602
251-500 Reserved for future "A" cars
501-600 "B" cars ordered under Contract 2Z4602
601-700 "B" cars option under Contract 2Z4602
701-999 Reserved for future "B" cars

Rohr A and B Cars

Order 1 (Contract 2Z4602) was for 250 cars total.

Order date: July 3, 1969
Cost: ~$72 million
Cost per car: $262,000 / car

This consisted of:
150 A Cars (Fleet numbers 101-250) - Delivered 1972-1973
100 B Cars (Fleet numbers 501-600) - Delivered 1972-1973

(Dates based on production cars)

Order 2, partially funded with a check (grant) given from President Nixon on his visit to BART in September 1972, was for 100 more cars.

Order date: 9/28/1972
Cost: $37 Million, $~24 Million paid by US Department of Transportation
Cost per car: $359,000

This consisted of:
100 B Cars (Fleet numbers 601-700)- Delivered 1973-1974
Construction began on the first of this order on October 1, 1973 - September 1974

Order 3, the final Rohr order, was for 100 more cars. Total planned fleet size was 450.

Order date: 9/28/1972?
Cost: $37 Million, $~24 Million paid by US Department of Transportation
Cost per car: $359,000

This consisted of:
26 A Cars (Fleet Numbers 251-276) - Delivered 1975
74 B Cars (Fleet Numbers 701-774) - Delivered 1975


Alsthom C1 Cars

One order, for 150 cars.

Order date: October 1982

This consisted of:
303, 306 (1987 Onboarding)
301, 302, 304, 305, 307-437 (1988-1989 Onboarding)
437-450 (1990 Onboarding)

Morrison-Knudsen C2 Cars

One order, for 80 cars.

Order date: March 17, 1992

This consisted of:
2501-2566, 2568 (1995 Onboarding)
2567, 2569-2580 (1996 Onboarding)

Bombardier/Alstom Fleet of the Future (D and E cars)

Contract No. 40FA-110
Date: May 10, 2012

This consisted of a base contract and four (4) options, totalling 775 cars as follows:
Base Contract: 260 Vehicles
Option 1: 150 additional Vehicles
Option 2: 150 additional Vehicles
Option 3: 115 additional Vehicles
Option 4: 100 additional Vehicles

Cost:
$2,250,048 each for first 104 D cars (Cars 3001-3104) - These cars onboarded 2018 - c.2020
$1,898,212 each for first 156 E cars (Cars 4001 - 4156) - These cars onboarded 2018 - c.2020
$1,775,601 each for next 206 D cars (Cars 3105 - 3310) - These cars onboarded c.2020 - 2024
$1,574,956 each for next 309 E cars (Cars 4157 - 4465) - These cars onboarded c.2020 - 2024

The ratio is 4 D cars to 6 E cars. This was due to a planned "rapid make" of trains during the design phase. Now, BART will likely have too few E cars, similar to the 1970s problem of having too few B cars.

There may be an expansion/option for a total fleet of 1081-1200 cars in the future.

Last Updated 5/19/22
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