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The Green Line is one of the most-used light rail systems in the United States, serving over 101,000 passengers per day in 2023. [2] The state of Massachusetts committed to extending the Green Line in 1991, as part of a settlement related to the impacts of the Big Dig, but construction work on the Green Line Extension did not begin until 2012 ...
The Type 10 LRV is a future class of low-floor light rail vehicles, to be manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the MBTA Green Line in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The Type 10 cars are 54% longer than the existing rolling stock of the Green Line, and will be equipped with new safety and accessibility features.
The Green Line, operated by the MBTA, is a light rail system with an underground section in Boston. To replace the PCC cars that had been used for many years, the US Standard Light Rail Vehicle (USSLRV) manufactured by Boeing Vertol was introduced in 1976. However, problems frequently occurred in various parts such as the door, air conditioning ...
In the United States, "light railway" generally refers to an urban or interurban rail system, which historically would correspond to a streetcar network. The distinct term light rail was introduced in the 1970s to describe a form of urban rail public transportation that has a lower capacity and lower speed than a heavy rail or metro system, but which generally operates in exclusive rights-of ...
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. The renaissance of light rail in North American began in 1978 when the Canadian city of Edmonton , Alberta adopted the German Siemens-Duewag U2 system, followed three years later by ...
As of March 2020, there are a total of 53 operational light rail-type lines and systems (noting that some cities, such as Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle, have more than one light rail system) that offer regular year-round transit service in the United States: 26 modern light rail systems, [8] 14 modern streetcar systems, and ...
The Siemens SD-400 and SD-460 are light rail vehicles (LRV) that were manufactured by Siemens Mobility between 1985 and 2005 for the North and South American markets. The SD-400 was built under Siemens' joint venture with Duewag and assembled at both Duewag's factory in Düsseldorf, West Germany (Germany after reunification in 1990) and the Siemens factory in Florin, California.
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]