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This is around the time the Washington DC Metro launched and they launched with carpeted cars. They stuck with carpets for decades and only in the past few year
by massysett 7y ago
This is around the time the Washington DC Metro launched and they launched with carpeted cars. They stuck with carpets for decades and only in the past few years with the newest cars did they go to hard floors. The old carpets would get nasty and they would replace them with new carpets of a different color, leading to a sickly blend of 1970s brown seats and 2000s grey or red carpet.
- empath75 7y agoA lot of trains still have carpeted floors in dc.
- timdiggerm 7y agoYes, but it's less than half the active rolling stock. 538 vs 648 of the 7000 series, and and there are still 100 more 7000 series cars yet to arrive, which will lead to more retirement of the older cars. Once the 8000 series starts arriving in 2024, the end of carpeted trains (which will by then be...I dunno, less than a third of the cars?) will be very near. Numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro_rolling_stock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metro_rolling_stock
- timdiggerm 7y agoUpdate: They have actually received all of the 7000 series cars, and it's 60% of the fleet. https://wamu.org/story/20/02/27/metro-just-received-the-last-of-its-7000-series-rail-cars/ https://wamu.org/story/20/02/27/metro-just-received-the-last...