MBTA Kinki Sharyo Type 7 is a type of light rail vehicle owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Since 1986, the MBTA has used the Type 7 on its Green Line light rail network. It is the first rail vehicle for the United States built by Japanese rail vehicle manufacturer Kinki Sharyo. [1][6][2][7]

These Type 7 were designed with the best features of the US SLRV, the Canadian LRV, and the PCC cars. A total of 120 Type 7 vehicles were purchased, 100 were delivered between 1986 and 1988, and an additional 20 cars ordered and delivered in 1997.

the staple of the fleet while entering its fourth decade of successful passenger service.

2011年6月20日 · In Boston, the LRV situation was becoming a major political and public relations nightmare. The MBTA was still accepting new cars from Boeing-Vertol, but the cars were falling out of service faster than the MBTA's maintenance staff could repair them.

2006年11月5日 · MBTA trolleys between North Station and Haymarket in Boston in 1988. This part of the Green Line is all underground now.

2021年9月7日 · This LRV was originally supplied to upgrade the 100 year old Green Line. The No. 7 car is the staple of the fleet while entering its fourth decade of...

2022年5月29日 · MBTA Kinki Sharyo Type 7/7.5 is a light rail vehicle made by Kinki Sharyo for Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Green Line in Boston, Massachusetts. These cars replaced all PCC streetcars and 10 were moved to the Mattapan High Speed Line. This LRV are located in Multiple Units, so not a tram.

2016年8月7日 · Unlike the Orange, Red and Blue Lines, the Green Line is a streetcar-like train. This train was on the E Branch of the Green Line. The car I was riding was a Kinki Sharyo Type 7 streetcar, which...

2023年5月19日 · These Type 7 were designed with the best features of the US SLRV, the Canadian LRV, and the PCC cars. A total of 120 Type 7 vehicles were purchased, 100 were delivered between 1986 and 1988,...

2012年10月22日 · Last June, Scott Page, a Boston to a T Guest Contributor, reported that the MBTA had approved the overhaul of 86 Green Line Type-7 Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs). The vehicles are set to be overhauled by Alstom Transportation which has a facility in Hornell, New York. Four months later, the overhaul program is finally starting to move forward.