Canadian Light Rail Vehicle

CLRV
A Carlton car crosses the Main Street Bridge
Constructed	1977-1981
Number built	196
Number in service	195
Number scrapped	1
Specifications
Car length	15 m (49 ft)
Doors	2
Braking system(s)	Westinghouse Air Brake Company

The interior of the CLRV, looking to the rear.

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 Hawker-Siddeley Canada Ltd. Thunder Bay works. However, this number was cut down to six, which is why there are no CLRVs numbered 4006-4009. These cars are used by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and are numbered 4000 to 4005, and 4010-4199. These are the primary type of streetcar currently used by the TTC, along with the Articulated Light Rail Vehicle.

In 1980, cars 4027, 4029 and 4031 were leased and tested by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA). During this time, two cars were occasionally operated as a pair.

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 to the CLRV.
• US Standard Light Rail Vehicle, a similar attempt to build a standardized PCC successor in the US which, unlike the CLRV, failed.
• Flexity Outlook (Toronto LRV) (planned successor of Toronto's fleet of CLRV/ALRVs)

References

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External links

• The Canadian Light Rail Vehicles (The CLRVs)