Canadian Light Rail Vehicle (TTC)

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TTC CLRV
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 (CLRV) is a type of streetcar currently used by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada.

The first ten cars were to be manufactured by SIG of Zurich, Switzerland and used as templates for Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) (now Bombardier) to manufacture the rest at the Thunder Bay works. However, this number was cut down to six, which is why there are no CLRVs numbered 4006-4009.

[edit] CLRV specifications

• Car manufacturer: SIG (L1) and UTDC (L2)
• Years of manufacturer: 1977-1980
• Primary Manufacturing and Assembly location:Thunder Bay, Ontario
• Fleet no.: L1 - 4000-4005, L2 - 4010-4199
• Fleet size: 196
• 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.

[edit] External links

• The Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (The CLRVs)

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