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what is it?
The Kinki Sharyo Super Light Rail Vehicle (SLRV) is a light rail vehicle manufactured by Kinki Sharyo, operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), and modified jointly by the two companies.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 560 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 151 m long: about 33 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 30 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1996
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 163
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Kinki Sharyo
- operators
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit
- top speed
- 112 km/h
- power
- 560 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′(2)′(2)′Bo′
- length
- 151 m
- weight
- 63.5 t
- capacity
- 94 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25005095, Wikipedia: Kinki Sharyo SLRV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.