BART's Revenue Fleet
Legacy Fleet, Fleet of the Future, Oakland Airport Connector, eBART, and Fleet Size
BART's revenue fleet can be divided into three main chunks:
- Legacy Fleet
- Fleet of the Future
- Expansions (OAC, eBART) fleet
Legacy Fleet
The legacy fleet refers to the entire BART revenue fleet built between 1970 and 1996. These total 688 cars (fleet size numbers vary depending on year), divided into 4 different and distinct types, have a long and illustrious history, including various rebuildings, modifications, and accidents. This section of the website explains to the user the different types of cars of the legacy fleet.
Click on each button to learn more about a particular type of car.
For historical development and various shining moments of the fleet, see the history section of this site.
For historical development and various shining moments of the fleet, see the history section of this site.
The original, pre-rebuild Rohr Cars (1970-2002)
Rohr Industries, Inc. built a total of 454 complete A and B cars for the original BART Fleet (original orders were for 450 cars). The slant-nosed A car is the iconic face of BART. B cars are used in the middle of trains. These B cars do not have automatic controls, and rely on a lead and trailing units for their operation in revenue service. They can run under manual control as single units in the yard. All remaining A and B cars were rebuilt into A2 and B2 cars during the turn of the century, and over a dozen were written off between 1971 and 1992.
Rebuilt Rohr Cars (1998-Present)
All remaining 439 Rohr A and B cars were rebuilt into A2 and B2 cars. For more details on the design of the BART car, see the Design page. For more details on the rebuilding program, see the rebuilding program page.
C Cars (In service from 3/28/1988 to 5/15/2023)
The C car design allows for these cars to be used as lead, trailing, or mid cars. This was contrasted to the original Rohr built fleet of A and B cars, of which were only to be used in lead/trailing and midtrain position respectively.
Fleet of the Future
The fleet of the Future consists of 2 major types of cars: D cars and E cars.
These cars were designed to replace the entire legacy fleet, while also being able to support service expansion.
These cars were designed to replace the entire legacy fleet, while also being able to support service expansion.
Oakland Airport Connector
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The Oakland Airport Connector (OAC) links Coliseum station with the Oakland International Airport. This Automatic People Mover was built by Doppelmayr Cable Car, which also holds the operating contract for 20 years.
Service began in 2014, and it is listed currently as the "longest cable-driven transport system in the world." |
eBART
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A fleet of eight Stadler GTWs shuttle along a short line in Contra Costa County. Although labeled to the public as part of the SFO Airport - Antioch (Yellow) line, the system known commonly as eBART is different from the standard BART system.
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How Many Cars Does BART have?
As of 5/16/23, BART currently has about 878 cars in the revenue fleet, excluding the expansion fleet.
5/28/22, 5/16/23
