The additional sections increase the car length by thirty-seven feet and expand seating capacity from sixty-eight to one hundred and two seats, as well as provide additional standing room. Kinkisharyo came up with a design for an expanded vehicle that adds two additional sections to the existing light rail vehicle, increasing the number of sections from three to five. To address the need for increased capacity, NJ TRANSIT partnered with Kinkisharyo International, LLC, the original vehicle manufacturer of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail’s existing fleet, and Twenty-First Century Rail Corporation to find an innovative, cost-effective solution that would not significantly impact the system’s infrastructure or require a costly investment in new rail cars. The roll out of this new expanded vehicle on Newark Light Rail allows for 50 percent increase in capacity per car, which will help us to alleviate crowded conditions particularly at the platform level,’’ said NJ TRANSIT interim Executive Director Dennis Martin. “Listening is an important tool when it comes to Customer Service, and that’s exactly what we did through our Scorecard process. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail has been using a prototype of the extended light rail car for almost three years with great success. This is the second expanded light rail in the NJ TRANSIT system.
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