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LVS-86 is a model of
tramcar
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
developed at the
Leningrad Tram Manufacturing Plant in the former
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. LVS stands for "
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
-made articulated tram" in
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, and 86 refers to the model year. The design was based on the LVS-80 tramcar. 473 LVS-86s were built from 1987 until 1997. LVS-86s currently run in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and formerly in
Arkhangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies o ...
. Tram operation in Arkhangelsk ceased in July 2004.
Technical specifications
LVS-86 is a
Russian gauge
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
tramcar with six
axle
An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In the former case, bearing ...
s. Two equal-sized sections
articulate around a central mm
bogie
A bogie ( ) (in some senses called a truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. Bogies take various forms in various modes of transp ...
. Each section has two
electric motors
An electric motor is an electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a wire winding to generate force ...
which can also act as brakes, supplemented by
pneumatic brakes and
magnetic track brakes. The central bogie is not motorized. The motors are controlled by
potentiometer
A potentiometer is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat.
The measuring instrume ...
s or
thyristor
A thyristor () is a solid-state semiconductor device with four layers of alternating P- and N-type materials used for high-power applications. It acts exclusively as a bistable switch (or a latch), conducting when the gate receives a current ...
s.
The tram has 27 seats and holds 327 riders when fully loaded.
Most trams have four-segment
folding doors at the front and rear and at the middle of each section. LVS-86 is 22.5 metres long, 2.55 metres wide, and 3.15 m high. Unloaded, it weighs 29.5 tonnes. Multiple trams can be
linked together and controlled from a single cab.
Modifications
* LVS-86K Rheostatic-Contactor control system.
* LVS-86T Thyristor control system.
* LVS-86M MERA thyristor control system.
* LVS-86A Asynchronous AC traction. One tram was rebuilt from an LVS-86T in 1997 -- "The first AC traction tram in Russia".
* LVS-86K-M Rheostatic-contactor controls, plastic and glass facing of the front panel.
External links
LVS-86 at site «piter-tram.de»
See also
*
Tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
*
Tramways in Saint Petersburg
Trams in Saint Petersburg are a major mode of public transport, public transit in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Saint Petersburg once had the second-largest tram Transport network, network in the world, consisting of about of unduplicated ...
Трамваи Северной столицы - Trams of Saint Petersburg1000+ Photo of Russian Trams and Trolleybuses - STTS
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