BART resumes accepting new cars

BART is once again accepting deliveries of new Fleet of the Future rail cars now that some major reliability issues have been sufficiently resolved by the manufacturer. 

During the pause in deliveries, BART and the manufacturer have made necessary upgrades and modifications. These changes, along with several software improvements, have significantly improved the overall performance of the new cars.

While stringent contractual reliability requirements have not yet been fully met, the progress is at a stage where BART has resumed accepting new deliveries. BART stopped accepting delivery of new Fleet of the Future rail cars on January 8, 2021, to allow the manufacturer, the time to take steps to improve the cars’ reliability and availability, and to alleviate rail car storage constraints at BART’s maintenance yards.

BART provides public updates on the number of new cars that have been received, certified, and currently in service at bart.gov/cars

As of February 16, 2022, BART has received 308 new cars, 293 have been certified for service and 219 are currently in service. BART is running 23 new trains. During the peak commute, BART has 56 total trains in service.

You can track when new trains are approaching each station using our real time departure feature.