FOREIGN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT

This paper begins with a brief description of how the light rail mode has been developed in several West European countries, expecially in the Federal Republic of Germany. The basic features of the light rail vehicle and how the vehicle was derived from the streetcar and the subway or heavy rapid transit car are explained. Finally, the various attempts at standardization of light rail vehicles in West Germany after World War II are discussed. Several modern light rail vehicles are described, and it is explained why standardization could only be partically achieved.

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• Authors:
  • von Rohr, Joachim
• Conference:
  • National Conference on Light Rail Transit
  • Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States
  • Date: 1975-6-23 to 1975-6-25
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 99-110
• Monograph Title: Light rail transit
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 161
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Passenger cars; Standardization; Streetcars; Technology; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129816
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 14 1981 12:00AM