50 Years of BART | The Transbay Tube

BART celebrates 50 years of service on September 11, 2022. Join us as we dive into the archives and look back at our history in a series of vintage films.

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[wblynch]

I was a laborer on the rail crew, laid rail through the trans bay tube and 70% of the original system.

[Statimtek]

Gotta love these old school documentaries with the funky color cinematography, background music and narration. Takes me back to grade school days when teacher rolled out the TV set on the cart to show us some program.

[christianweagle]

These welders hit the motherlode of work. Fifty-seven identical huge structures, easy access, no war happening, San Francisco next door. What a time to be alive.

[shouryabose]

As a student in the Bay area, I see advanced microprocessors and “software” all the time. but the howling sound in when Bart passes the transbay tube is the icon of American engineering.

[rcstann]

I was a Systems Technician for what is now United Technologies when we built the BART Cars for P.B.T.B. We manufactured primarily airliners and their components, so the design was essentially an airliner with no wings.

I became the First person, to sit in the First seat, of the First BART Car.



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[davidnoticiero]

Back when California was the undisputed best state in the union, with the best educational system, infrastructure, and heavy industry. We are now an uneven tech and service based economy, with disparities in earnings, education, and healthcare rotting away at the remnants of the once vibrant middle class

[rcwilliams]

My grandfather designed the electrical for The Tube. I was very proud of it when I was a kid. When I lived in San Francisco back in the 90s I was even more proud when I was using it to commute to Berkeley for my job. Seriously the best part of my commute!

[NickC]

This might be the most wholesome thing I've watched this year on YouTube.

[canondemons]

That exact barge you can still see if you catch a warriors game. It's right in the water to the right of chase center. Extremely cool now knowing something it was used for

[oh...hi.]

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation” – Gustavo Petro

[gravityfuzz]

Awesome! I'm always amazed at our species when I see this stuff. And the BART is a great ride. I practice holding my breath when I travel under the bay from West Oakland to Embarcadero.. My best is three breaths from tunnel entrance to first light at Embarcadero.

[jakemoeller]

Having lived in SF for a few years, BART was always a trusted mode of transportation. Topside were buses and trolleys, but BART was perfect for a quick trip. I wish that an extension to Santa Rosa would be constructed.

[edwardmiessner]

When I visited SF with my partner for the first time in 1994 we took a BART train through the tube to Downtown Oakland and on to UC Berkley. Such a fast trip! Now hearing about commuter congestion issues I wish they had built a Geary Street Tunnel and a second Transbay Tube! 😭😭😭

[a_pullin]

Remember, folks: It took the city of San Francisco 13+ years to add a single 2-mile long bus lane to an existing street.

[joelanejo]

Fantastic documentary wow Been leaving in the bay area for 27 years & didnt know the proceess & hardword for many communters to enjoy today 1/4/23 wow awesome Thank you Humans!!

[cecilia]

My Grandfather was an engineer on BART

[christopherbuckley]

Fascinating video concerning this engineering achievement. I only rode it once from SFO after turning in my rental car and heading for Oakland to pickup an Amtrak train for Chicago at Emeryville the following day.

[sooryanarayan]

This is a marvel of American engineering

[mrrolandlawrence]

when the US understood public transport & had the drive to do so. great times indeed!

[itsacorporatething]

The Bay Area no longer has any steel shipyards. Would be that much harder to do this today. :/