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BART Bids Farewell to Old Wool Seats

Watch as the final wool seats are removed from a Bay Area Rapid Transit District train car and customers say their goodbyes. BART has now changed every seat on every train car, replacing the wool material with easy-to-clean vinyl.BART utility workers yanked out the last grimy seat on December 30, 2014 and replaced it with pristine vinyl under the watchful eyes of a few interested reporters and to the delight of tens of thousands of BART riders.

January 27, 2015

Watch as the final wool seats are removed from a Bay Area Rapid Transit District train car and customers say their goodbyes. BART has now changed every seat on every train car, replacing the wool material with easy-to-clean vinyl.BART utility workers yanked out the last grimy seat on December 30, 2014 and replaced it with pristine vinyl under the watchful eyes of a few interested reporters and to the delight of tens of thousands of BART riders.