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The Silverliner V is an electric multiple unit railcar designed and built by Hyundai Rotem. It is used by Philadelphia 's SEPTA Regional Rail and Denver 's Regional Transportation District . This is the fifth generation railcar in the Silverliner family of single level EMUs.
Silverliner is the name given to a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) railcars in commuter rail service in the Philadelphia area since 1958. As of the introduction of the Silverliner V in 2009–2010, there have been 5 generations of Silverliner cars, identified by the Roman numerals I through V placed after the name Silverliner.
The Budd Silverliner was a model of electric multiple unit railcar designed and built by the Budd Company with 59 examples being delivered starting in 1963. Fifty-five of the cars were purchased for the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroads with public funds for use in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area commuter rail service with the remaining 4 cars being purchased by USDOT for use in high-speed ...
The Silverliner V cars represent one-third of SEPTA's regional rail fleet. [ 13 ] In late 2014, and the beginning of early 2015, SEPTA began the "Rebuilding for the Future" campaign that will replace all deteriorated rolling stock and rail lines with new, modernized, equipment, including ACS-64 locomotives, bi-level cars, and better signaling.
Silverliner V SEPTA Regional Rail train at Wilmington station. The line north of Wilmington was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.The original alignment was opened January 17, 1838, and on November 18, 1872, a realignment opened north of Chester (part of the old route is now used for the Airport Line).
Silverliner; Silverliner IV; Silverliner V; Škoda 10 T; Stadler KISS; Stadler METRO; State-of-the-Art Car; Streamliners (Illinois Terminal Railroad) T. Taipei Metro ...
Silverliner V; Single-Level Dome; Skytop Lounge; Slumbercoach; Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Coach Car-S.P. X7; St. Louis San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Coach No. 661; St. Peter's Chapel Car; Strata-Dome; Sun Lounge (railcar) Super Dome (railcar) Superliner (railcar) Surfliner (railcar)
On October 29, 2010, the Cynwyd Line was where the Silverliner V rail cars made their first run in revenue service, [12] and, on June 29, 2012, where the final Silverliner IIs and IIIs ran in revenue service before being fully retired. [citation needed] [13] SEPTA activated positive train control on the Cynwyd Line on November 21, 2016. [14]