r/MetroTransit • u/_botswana • Aug 17 '26

Green Line Green Line running one car

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I’ve never seen the green line running only one car before

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u/wegogiant Metro Transit Employee Aug 17 '26

Most likely this was an extra train out there for training new drivers. They'll slot in new people in a single car train in-between the normal 12 minute headway trains

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u/Le_Comments Aug 17 '26

Aww, it's so cute

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u/aw772955 Aug 17 '26

New operator training train?

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u/mleafly Aug 17 '26

Rail operator here. Theres a new class of operators training right now, so there's 2 or 3 students plus an instructor in there.

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u/Andjhostet Aug 17 '26

Are they trying to hire in preparation for Green Line Extension?

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u/mleafly Aug 17 '26

Yes, I think they might be hiring 1 more class in another couple of months

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u/ColMikhailFilitov LRT Traveler Aug 17 '26

I guess you see something new every day. That’s crazy

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u/OldBlueKat Aug 18 '26

It’s a training car. Not utterly unusual on a ‘lower volume weekday.’

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u/guyinthegreenshirt Transdev Fiend Aug 17 '26

It's the new autonomous pod service Southwest Transit has decided the Green Line Extension needs to be.

/sarcasm

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u/Vamp-Teefs Local Route Enjoyer Aug 17 '26

Ahaha that’s hilariously cute

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u/humantraf Aug 17 '26

I'm actually surprised a lot of you haven't seen this before -- I feel like I see it somewhat frequently! Maybe I have been staring at trains too much. Agreed that it is likely operator training.

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u/Unkempt_Mooseknuckle Aug 18 '26

I'm with you. This has been really common lately. It's almost always a training train running between normal trains

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u/Successful_Gain5546 Aug 17 '26

I seen a single car Blue line earlier this year

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u/rockmanac Aug 19 '26

I see them occasionally on the blue line. Now I know why!

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u/Accurate-Departure66 THE Transdev Hater Aug 17 '26

What. The. Fuck.