The Little Dancer is a

low-floor tram A low-floor tram is a tram that has no stairsteps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin. The low-floor design improves the accessibility of the tram for the public, and also may provide larger windows and more airspac ...

brand built by Alna Sharyo, a Japanese manufacturer of trams and light rail vehicles.

Overview

The name "Little Dancer" was chosen by Alna Sharyo for two reasons, firstly to evoke an image of a lively dancer, and secondly for its similarity to the Japanese word "dansa". "Dansa" in Japanese means "step", pertaining to the step-free access that the trams provide. The result is aimed to evoke an image of a lively, cute, and small tram. Little Dancer trams feature conventional

bogies 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 ...

so that it is easier for railway companies and their maintenance staff to adjust to the trams when they are introduced.

Type

There are several variants of the Little Dancer.

Type S

Type S series are a short body type tram with a single section. * :

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- 2100 series. (10 sets) * :

- 5000 series. (unknown) * :

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- 1100 series (2 set) * :

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- LH02 (Test car.) (1 set) file:Iyotetsu-Moha2102.jpg, Iyo Railway 2100 series File:Iyotetsu-Moha5004.jpg, Iyo Railway 5000 series file:Sapporo Street Car Type 1100 1102 Sirius 2020-3-23.jpg, Sapporo 1100 series file:RTRI-LH02.jpg, LH02

Type L

Type L series have an articulated three section body. * :

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- 100 series. (1 set) file:Tosaden 100.jpg, Tosaden 100 series

Type A

Type A series adopt 3 or 5 articulated bodies. (Some of the articulations have no bogies and are floating.) * : Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau - 1000 series (9 sets) and the first Little Dancer type to enter service. * : Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau - 7000 series (4 sets) file:KagoshimaLRT1017.jpg, Kagoshima 1000 series (Type A3) file:KagoshimaLRT7003.jpg, Kagoshima 7000 series (Type A5)

Type U,Ua

Type S,L,A series weren't 100% low floor, because the motors attached the bogies. U series devises to position the motor. So, U series are 100% low floor. "U" is an initial of "Ultimate". * :

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- 3000 series (3 sets) and 5000 series (3 sets) * :

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- T1000 series (1 set) * :

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- T100 series (2 sets) * :

- A1200 series (3 sets) * :

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- 1001 series (3 sets) * : Chikuhō Electric Railroad - 5000 series (2 sets) * :

- 3000 series (unknown) File:Nagasaki Denkikidou3002.jpg, Nagasaki 3000 series (Type U) File:Nagasaki Electric Tramway 5001 201103051430.png, Nagasaki 5000 series (Type Ua) File:20090124Toyotetsu T1001.jpg, Toyohashi T1000 series (Type Ua) File:Hankai 1001 IMG 7431 20130825.JPG, Hankai 1001 series (Type Ua) File:Chikutetsu5001.jpg, Chikutetsu 5000 series (Type Ua)

Type C

"C" is an initial of "Combination". * : Hakodate Transportation Bureau - 9600 series (2 sets) File:Hakodate Transportation Bureau type 9600 tramcar.jpg, Hakodate 9600 series (Type C2)

Type X

The traction motor is downsized to the limit, and the same driving system as the conventional vehicle is adopted. * {{flag, Japan : Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau - 7500 series (unknown) file:鹿児島市電7500系7501編成.jpg, Kagoshima 7500 series (Type X)