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Standard Lo-V (New York City Subway car)
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Pressed Steel Car Company· retired class of New York City Subway car
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Interborough Rapid Transit Lo-V 5292: AEMoreira042281· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Standard Lo-V (an abbreviation for “Low-Voltage car”) was a New York City Subway car type built from 1916 to 1925 by the Pressed Steel Car Company, American Car and Foundry, and Pullman Company for the IRT. A total of 1,020 cars were built, which consisted of 725 motors and 295 trailers. It was the third and most common "Lo-V" type car ordered for the IRT (after the Flivver Lo-Vs and the first Steinway Lo-Vs).
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
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 152: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 1,020
- kind
- metro
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Pressed Steel Car Company, Pullman Company
- operators
- Interborough Rapid Transit Company, New York City Board of Transportation, New York City Transit Authority
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC Third rail
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 35.2 t
- capacity
- 152 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6663059, Wikipedia: Standard Lo-V (New York City Subway car) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.