One of three new BART trains was open to the public at the platform at the Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre Station in Walnut Creek on Saturday, October 15, 2016.
The company that manufactures BART’s Fleet of the Future cars announced Friday it is opening a rail car assembly site in Pittsburg.
Bombardier Transportation will move the assembly of the Fleet of the Future cars from upstate New York to Pittsburg in the coming months. BART officials said the new facility will employ local workers, contribute tax dollars to the local economy and greatly reduce the vehicle emissions needed to transport the cars to BART property.
The site will be about 50 miles from BART’s Hayward test track. BART representatives, local elected officials and representatives from Bombardier Transportation announced the news at a media event in Pittsburg on Friday.
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