From Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 9, 2017
Bay Area Rapid Transit‘s (BART) new “Fleet of the Future” rail cars failed to perform in a recent test run conducted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
During a test of a 10-car consist late last week, the train operator was unable to open doors at platform stops. This occurred because the onboard systems failed to recognize the consist as a 10-car train and instead viewed it as a three-car consist, according to a letter CPUC sent to BART.
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