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 (1495 mm) |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
The Canadian Light Rail Vehicle is a type of streetcar currently used by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada.
The first six cars were manufactured by, SIG of Zurich, Switzerland and used as templates for Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) (now Bombardier) of Millhaven, Ontario to manufacture the rest.
[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 (15,423 mm)
- Weight: 29,685 kg (service)
- Seating: 46, 132 standee (max)
- Speed: 70 mph or 100 km/h
- Motor: 2 x 185 HP (2 x 136kW) continuous, 245 HP (180kW) in acceleration, 370 HP (272kW) in braking (rating)
- Track gauge: 4 feet, 10 and 7/8 inches (1495 mm)
- 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
- Toronto streetcar system
- 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.
