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MBTA AnsaldoBreda Type 8
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Breda· from 1999· light rail vehicle for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MBTA Green Line B: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Back of Green Line Type 8 at Park Street (April 2025): RailTypes· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Front of Green Line Type 8 at Park Street (April 2025): RailTypes· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Green Line Type 8 train departing Eliot October 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 5. MBTA Green Line Type 8 shell at Riverside June 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 6. MBTA Green Line Type 8 shells at Riverside June 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Type 8 panel near Riverside Yard, December 2025: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Type 8 shells stored at Riverside, December 2025: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
MBTA AnsaldoBreda Type 8 is a light rail vehicle that was built by Breda (merged into AnsaldoBreda during production) for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA). The cars were constructed from 1998-2007 and replaced all remaining Boeing LRVs. They were built to have a low-floor section to allow for accessibility by all.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 27 years ago, in 1999.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 27 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- status
- in service
- number built
- 95
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Breda, Hitachi Rail Italy
- operators
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+2′+Bo′
- length
- 22.6 m
- weight
- 39 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q54933038, Wikipedia: MBTA AnsaldoBreda Type 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.