Canadian Light Rail Vehicle
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| TTC CLRV | |
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| TTC CLRV | |
| Reporting marks | TTC |
| Locale | Toronto |
| Years of operation | 1977 – Present |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 10 7/8in (1.495 m) |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
The Canadian Light Rail Vehicle is a type of streetcar currently used by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada.
The streetcars were built by two contractors, SIG of Zurich, Switzerland and Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) (now Bombardier) of Millhaven, Ontario.
[edit] CLRV specifications
- Car manufacturer: SIG (L1) and UTDC (L2)
- Years of manufacturer: 1977-1980
- Fleet no.: L1 - 4000-4009, L2 - 4010-4199
- Fleet size: 198
- Length: 50.6 feet
- Weight: 29,685 kg (service)
- Seating: 46, 132 standee (max)
- Motor: 2 x 185 HP continuous, 245 HP in acceleration, 370 HP in braking (rating)
- Track gauge: 4 feet, 10 and 7/8 inches
- Brakes: WABCO
- Air-Conditioning: originally the entire fleet had A/C, but it was removed when problems could not be fixed; 1 - # 4041 first of 99 other cars to be outfitted from 2006-2009
[edit] See also
- Articulated Light Rail Vehicle
- Hawker Siddeley Canada proposed their version of a streetcar in the 1970s known as the Municipal Service Car, but the bus like car lost out the CLRV.
- US Standard Light Rail Vehicle, a similar attempt to build a standardized PCC successor in the US which, unlike the CLRV, failed.
