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The Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 [1] (commonly known as RVAR 2010) is a statutory instrument in the United Kingdom. It aims to set standards designed to improve accessibility for disabled people on light rail passenger vehicles .
The Siemens S200 is a high-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) manufactured by Siemens Mobility in Florin, California, beginning service in 2016. [4]The S200 succeeds earlier Siemens high-floor LRV models, including the SD-100/SD-160 and the SD-400/SD-460.
The barriers move upwards, rather than sideways, to let passengers through. Some Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Eastern European countries have stations that use rope-type screen doors, to lower the cost of installation and to deal with the problem of different train types and distances between car doors.
North American light rail type vehicles frequently have a similar configuration but with a centre bogie designed to accommodate a low floor situated under a short centre section. In Vienna, Ultra Low Floor (ULF) Trams can "kneel" at the curbside, reducing the height from the road to only 180 mm (7.1 in).
For the LRT Line 1 and MRT Line 3 which use light rail vehicles, the platform heights are at 620 mm (24.4 in) [8] and 920 mm (36.2 in), respectively. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Future train lines such as the Metro Manila Subway and the North–South Commuter Railway will use the same heavy rail standard at 1,100 mm (43.3 in), [ 11 ] while the PNR South Long ...
Light rail is a generic international English phrase for types of rail systems using modern streetcars/trams, which means more or less the same thing throughout the English-speaking world. Light rail systems can range from trams running in streets along with other traffic, to semi-metro systems having portions of grade separated track. [13]
A report from the World Bank places the capacity of an MCS at 15,000 to 30,000 p/h/d. [4] For comparison, ridership capacity of more than 30,000 p/h/d has been quoted as the standard for metro or "heavy rail" standards rapid transit systems, [5] while light rail systems have passenger capacity volumes of around 10,000 to 12,000 p/h/d [4] or 12,000 to 18,000 p/h/d. [5]
All of the concepts proposed a longer vehicle than the current Type 8/9 cars, with lengths ranging from 100 to 131 ft (30 to 40 m). The MBTA's final concept for the new cars was a 114-foot (35 m) articulated low-floor light rail vehicle made up of 7 segments, riding on 4 trucks, and equipped with 5 sliding doors on each side. [5]: 30–35