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Kawasaki LRV
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries· from 1980· Article about SEPTA light rail vehicles
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEPTA9001: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 20140526 06 SEPTA Route 101 Upper Darby, Pennsylvania-2 (16167565684): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 20140526 08 SEPTA Light Rail @ 69th St. Terminal (16602515330): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 4. 20140526 10 SEPTA Light Rail @ 69th St. Terminal (16582589537): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 5. 20140526 11 SEPTA Light Rail @ 69th St. Terminal (16169942393): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 20140526 12 SEPTA Light Rail @ 69th St. Terminal (16169942123): David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 7. End of the line 101: Smallbones· Public domain
- 8. 30th Street Trolley Station 2: Ii2nmd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. 36th Street and Market w-SEPTA 10 Train: User:Ii2nmd· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. 36th Street Portal w-SEPTA 10 Train: DanTD· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Kawasaki Light Rail Vehicle (Kawasaki LRV), commonly referred to as the K-car, is a light rail vehicle manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and used for service on trolley lines operated by SEPTA. The Series 9000 is a streetcar that has been used on the SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines since 1980. The similar Series 100, which was manufactured at the same time, was also built for the Media–Sharon Hill Line. The K-cars were Kawasaki's first rail cars for the American market.
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 46 years ago, in 1980.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 46 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1980
- in service from
- 1980
- status
- in service
- number built
- 141
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries
- operators
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,588 mm broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- formation
- Series 9000: uni-directional vehicle, Series 100: bi-directional vehicle
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 26 t
- capacity
- 77 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q86738041, Wikipedia: Kawasaki LRV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.