Kinki Sharyo P3010

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Kinki Sharyo P3010
Kinki Sharyo P3010 1.jpg
In service2016–present
Manufacturer Kinki Sharyo
Assembly Palmdale, California, US
Built at Osaka, Japan
Replaced Nippon Sharyo P865 & P2020
Constructed2014–2020
Entered service2016–2022
Number built235
Fleet numbers1001–1235
Capacity68 seats
Operators LAMetroLogo.svg
Depots
Lines served LACMTA Circle A Line.svg   LACMTA Circle C Line.svg   LACMTA Circle E Line.svg   LACMTA Circle K Line.svg  
Specifications
Car body construction Stainless steel and LAHT composite
Car length89 ft (27.13 m)
Width8 ft 8+3⁄4 in (2.66 m)
Height12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Floor height39.2 in (996 mm)
EntryLevel with platform
Doors8 (4 per side)
Articulated sections2 (one articulation)
Wheel diameter28.0 in (711 mm)
Wheelbase 7 ft 1 in (2.15 m)
Maximum speed65 mph (104 km/h)
Weight99,000 lb (45 t)
Traction systemToyo Denki RG6022-A-M 2-level IGBT–VVVF [1]
Traction motors 4 × Toyo Denki TDK6483-A [1] 194 hp (145 kW) asynchronous 3-phase AC
Power output780 hp (580 kW)
Transmission6.43 : 1 gear ratio (2-stage reduction) [1]
Acceleration 3 mph/s (1.3 m/s2)
Deceleration 3.5 mph/s (1.6 m/s2)
Electric system(s) Overhead line,  750 V DC
Current collector(s) TransTech pantograph
UIC classification Bo′+2′+Bo′
AAR wheel arrangement B-2-B
Bogies KD242 (powered), KD243 (center) [2]
Minimum turning radius 82 ft (25 m)
Braking system(s) Pneumatic
Safety system(s) ATC, ATP, Emergency brakes, ATO
Coupling system Tomlinson/Dellner
Headlight type LED
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Notes/references
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The P3010 is an articulated light rail car used on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system manufactured by Kinki Sharyo, operated on all of the Metro Rail light rail lines. [4]

Contents

Ordered by Metro in 2012, the first train entered service in 2016. A total of 235 trains were built, making it Metro's largest rail fleet. [5]

History

AnsaldoBreda delivered 50 P2550 LRVs to Metro between 2006 and 2011 for use on the newly expanded Gold Line. Delivery of the vehicles was approximately three years behind schedule, and Metro claimed they were overweight; thus, the agency chose not to exercise their option to purchase more beyond this initially contracted order. [6] [7]

However, with multiple light rail lines under construction or in planning and the P865 trains approaching their end of life, Metro anticipated a substantial need for LRVs and thus requested bids for a new contract, for vehicles which were dubbed the P3010 series. The base P3010 contract order was for 78 cars: 63 cars for the Expo and Blue lines, and 15 cars for the Gold Line Foothill Extension. (Phase 1 of the Expo Line used P865 cars from the existing fleet.) Metro completed a contract on April 30, 2012, [8] with delivery of the first LRV projected for 30 months later, in 2014. The contract included options for an additional 157 cars. [9]

Contract award

Metro awarded the contract for the first 78 cars to Kinki Sharyo for $299 million. The remaining cars were split into four options with 28, 39, 21 and 69, respectively. If all the options were exercised, the number of LRVs would total 235, valued at a total $890 million. [10] [11]

On July 25, 2013, Metro exercised two options (69 + 28) totaling 97 additional cars for $396.7 million. [12] This brought the total of ordered cars to 175. As part of the option, Kinki Sharyo, the El Segundo-based U.S. arm of Kinki Sharyo Co. Ltd. of Osaka, announced in December 2014 that they would retrofit an existing space in Palmdale to build the vehicles. [13] Final assembly work was being performed in hangar space the company leased in Palmdale from Los Angeles World Airports. [14] The first car was delivered to Metro in October 2014 for testing before series production begins. [15]

Entry into service

The cars began entering service in early 2016, though many were still in the testing stage when the Expo Line and Gold Line extensions opened that year, resulting in longer-than-expected headways and some crush loads. [16] By October 2016, four LRVs were being delivered per month. [17] In June 2017, P3010s began to be rolled out on the Blue Line, allowing Metro to begin phasing out the P865s. [18] At the end of 2017, some of the P3010s from the Blue Line were routed for Green Line service using the Willowbrook spur and pocket track to transfer between the two lines.

In January 2021, the final train of the contract was delivered by Kinki Sharyo, with the $1.02 billion project completed on time and on budget. [5]

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