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They are the first light rail vehicles in the United States to incorporate crash energy management technology, a form of crumple zone that protects the train operator and passengers in a collision. [9] [10] The Type 9 cars are fitted with positive train control equipment, to be used with the future Green Line Train Protection System. [13]
The second series of Siemens SD660 cars, TriMet's "Type 3" MAX light rail vehicle, are outwardly identical to the Type 2 cars in design, the primary difference being various technical upgrades. Siemens installed an improved air-conditioning system, more ergonomic seats and automatic passenger counters using photoelectric sensors above the doorways.
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 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 ...
The P3010 is an articulated light rail car used on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system manufactured by Kinki Sharyo, operated on all of the Metro Rail light rail lines. [4] Ordered by Metro in 2012, the first train entered service in 2016. A total of 235 trains were built, making it Metro's largest rail fleet. [5]
The S700 streetcars are a compact version of the S70 light rail vehicles [26] that currently operate on the LYNX Blue Line. The cost to purchase these six vehicles and spare parts is $40.4 million. [27] Houston, Texas : 18 S70 units purchased, the first of which was delivered in April 2003; [5] delivery was completed in late 2004.
In 2002, the prototype SLRV, car #170, began operating on DART's Blue Line. On June 23, 2008, car #151 became the first SLRV to enter revenue service. DART converted all 115 of its LRVs into SLRVs at a total cost of approximately $190 million, [3] which was more cost effective than buying entirely new light rail vehicles.
Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America.The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor to the U.S. Federal Transit Administration) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States.