The new Urbos 100 LRV was constructed by CAF. Credit: The City of Calgary.

The City of Calgary in Canada has revealed a mock-up of a new low-floor light rail vehicle (LRV) designed for the Green Line, the city’s next light rail transit (LRT) line.

Spain-based Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) has constructed the mock-up of the new Urbos 100 LRV. The company previously received a contract for the delivery of a new fleet of 28 Urbos 100 LRVs for the Green Line.

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The new model will be used for the validation of Green Line’s technical requirements, as well as assessing its ability as a modern, safe and accessible transit option for Calgarians.

To enable the operator’s cab to serve as a training simulator for future operators of the Green Line LRVs, it is designed to split apart from the remainder of the mock-up.

The 12m-long mock-up weighs around 12,000kg, which makes it a little more than a quarter of the actual LRV’s length and 20% of its estimated weight.

The LRV mock-up is built from steel, wood and plastic, as well as a combination of real and simulated components.

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The Urbos 100 features modern and low-floor technology that offers several accessibility improvements compared to earlier generations of LRVs.

Its lowered floors eliminate the requirement for steps during boarding.

To offer a better boarding experience for riders, the eight entrances of the vehicle will dock level with station platforms.

Green Line LRV systems and systems integration manager Shakti Sarai said: “From a technical perspective, the Urbos 100 LRV has met all of our requirements in a service-proven platform.

“It represents a combination of the best lessons learned from 41 years of Calgary Transit LRV operation and 20 years of CAF refining the Urbos LRV.”