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New Light Rail Vehicle, SFMTA MUNI (LRV) Trolleys, San Francisco, California

New Light Rail Vehicle
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One of the new light rail vehicals in San Francisco pulled to a stop at a station on the J-Church line.


New Light Rail Vehicles external link   •  SFMTA MUNI (LRV) Trolleys external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 12:47:03 Thursday 19 October 2018)   •  (Date Published: Friday 15 March 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C18_7981
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Inside A New Trolley
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The inside of one of the new light rail vehicals. Notice how the seating all faces inward from the sides. Although it may seem less comfortable than forward facing seats, they were just fine to sit on. Once, on a very crowded trolley, this style of seating made it much easier to get off a really crowded train.


New Light Rail Vehicles external link   •  SFMTA MUNI (LRV) Trolleys external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:18:21 Saturday 23 February 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 15 March 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_9246
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Buttons
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A view of the steps retracted to form a ramp at the 4th & King Station. Notice the buttons to open the doors, where the buttons inside match the buttons outside. This was an improvement over the previous older trolleys where a bar inside opened the doors and a mismatched button outside opened the doors.


New Light Rail Vehicles external link   •  SFMTA MUNI (LRV) Trolleys external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:25:50 Saturday 23 February 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 15 March 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_0247
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Multiple Signs
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Multiple inward facing signs showed the next stop. The next stop was also announced by a robot voice. The signs stayed lit while the car waited to board additional riders. So many signs make it difficult to miss a stop, and nearly impossible to board the wrong train.


New Light Rail Vehicles external link   •  SFMTA MUNI (LRV) Trolleys external link   •  San Francisco external link California external link   •  (Date Photographed: 13:26:02 Saturday 23 February 2019)   •  (Date Published: Friday 15 March 2019)   •  © 2019 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C19_0249
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