SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — For BART riders, the fleet of the future cannot get here soon enough.
On Monday, BART released video of the first brand new train car making its journey to the Bay Area. The train cars are being made in Plattsburgh, New York.
The first car is now being sent to a BART testing facility in Hayward.
Nine other cars will do the same throughout 2016. They will make BART’s first new 10-car test train.
The journey could take awhile since there is some snow covering roads back east.
If testing goes smoothly, this 10-car train could be used for actual BART passengers by Dec. 2016.
At least 50 more train cars will be added to the BART system next year.
In total, nearly 800 new train cars will be integrated into the system by 2021.
BART is still hoping more funding will allow it to manufacture even more new train cars.
It is a system that is currently bursting at the seams as ridership soars.