Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail vehicle- modern equipment with a modern appearance

Author

Morgan, G. James

Author_Institution

c/o Dallas Area Rapid Transit, LTK Eng. Services, Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

22-24 Mar 1994

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

80

Abstract

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Authority is in the middle of construction of their Light Rail Starter System. Scheduled opening of the system for revenue service is June 1996. Civil construction and system procurement are progressing on schedule. The first Light Rail Vehicles are scheduled for delivery to begin testing in March 1995. The following aspects of the vehicles are briefly discussed: carbody, couplers, cab, doors, air comfort system, lighting, pantograph, auxiliary power, LV control power, propulsion system, traction motors, pneumatic system, friction brakes, and communication system

Keywords

mobile radio systems; power supplies to apparatus; railways; rapid transit systems; Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority; LV control power; Light Rail Starter System; air comfort system; auxiliary power; cab; carbody; communication system; couplers; doors; friction brakes; light rail vehicle; lighting; pantograph; pneumatic system; propulsion system; traction motors; Communication system control; Control systems; Couplers; Light rail systems; Lighting control; Procurement; Propulsion; Testing; Traction motors; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 ASME/IEEE Joint (in Conjunction with Area 1994 Annual Technical Conference)

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1890-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1994.289018

Filename

289018