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The SLRV is a double-ended high-floor articulated light rail vehicle 71 ft (22 m) long overall (over the anticlimbers), in the same range as many heavy rail vehicles both at the time and now, but noticeably shorter than many other modern LRVs such as the at-minimum-81-foot (25 m) Siemens S70 and S700 commonly found today, which rides on three ...
However, most light rail systems are now standard gauge. [8] An important advantage of standard gauge is that standard railway maintenance equipment can be used on it, rather than custom-built machinery. Using standard gauge also allows light rail vehicles to be delivered and relocated conveniently using freight railways and locomotives.
Modern light rail technology has primarily German origins, since an attempt by Boeing Vertol to introduce a new American light rail vehicle was a technical failure. After World War II, the Germans retained their streetcar (Straßenbahn) networks and evolved them into model light rail systems . [5]
The Type 9 LRV is a class of low-floor light rail vehicles manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the MBTA Green Line.The fleet of 24 Type 9 cars was ordered in 2014 for the Green Line Extension project, and the first cars began service in 2018.
The first low-floor light rail vehicle was delivered in 1996 [34] and first used in service on August 31, 1997. [33] The new vehicles also came equipped with air-conditioning, a feature originally lacking from the Type 1 vehicles. [31] The initial order of 39 Type 2 vehicles was expanded, in stages, to a total of 52 vehicles. [35]
The vehicles will be low floor, meaning that disabled passengers can enter the cars at any of the train doors. The order builds upon an initial order of 20 cars in 2020 and another eight in 2021.
In September 2013, 60 light rail vehicles were ordered, costing $200 million, for the Calgary CTrain; [5] the order was later slightly expanded to 63 LRVs at a cost of $201.6 million. [7] The first car was delivered on January 6, 2016. [8] Later, an additional 6 cars were ordered.
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology [1] while also having some features from heavy rapid transit. The term was coined in 1972 in the United States as an English equivalent for the German word Stadtbahn, meaning "city railway".