Light Rail Vehicle for KCRC, Hong Kong

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) in Hong Kong operates the light rail system in the north-west district of New Territories. Phase I was inaugurated in 1988 with a fleet of 70 LRV. In order to cope with the increasing ridership and the extension of the system, KCRC placed an order for 30 LRV (Phase II) to Kawasaki in 1991. There are two types of LRV; D-car (motor car with a driver's cab at one end) and MT-car (motored trailer car). One passenger train is either a single operation or multiple operation of up to three cars. The car length over coupler faces is 20.2 m, equivalent to heavy rail cars in Japan.