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MBTA CAF USA Type 10
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· class of light rail vehicle for the Green Line in Boston, MA, USA
what is it?
The Type 10 LRV is a low-floor light rail vehicle manufactured by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) for the MBTA Green Line in Greater Boston, Massachusetts. The Type 10 cars are 54% longer than the existing rolling stock of the Green Line, and will be equipped with new safety and accessibility features. The MBTA ordered 102 Type 10 cars in late 2022, at a cost of $810 million.
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
- 34.7 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 400: 8 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Low-floor light rail vehicle
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+0′+Bo′+0′+Bo′+0′+Bo′
- formation
- Mc-S-M-S-M-S-Mc
- length
- 34.7 m
- capacity
- 400 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q130242729, Wikipedia: MBTA CAF USA Type 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.