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MBTA Kinki Sharyo Type 7
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Kinki Sharyo· from 1986· model of American tram/streetcar
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MBTA 3656 in Riverside Yard, December 2018: Pi.1415926535· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. MBTA Type 7 3600: YW421· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Back of Green Line Type 7 at Park Street (April 2025): RailTypes· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Dilapidated Type 7 at Newton Highlands April 2015: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Front of Green Line Type 7 at Park Street (April 2025): RailTypes· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Green Line Type 7 and Type 9 at Newton Highlands: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Green Line Type 7 train departing Eliot October 2025: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
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 made for an American transit agency built by Japanese rail vehicle manufacturer Kinki Sharyo.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.6 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 269: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 40 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1986
- in service from
- 1986
- status
- in service
- number built
- 120
- kind
- High-floor light rail vehicle
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- 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
- 38.6 t
- capacity
- 269 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q71328868, Wikipedia: MBTA Kinki Sharyo Type 7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.