Little Dancer

Updated on Dec 24, 2023

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The Little Dancer is a low-floor tram brand built by Alna Sharyo, a Japanese manufacturer of trams and light rail vehicles.

Overview

"Little Dancer" was named by two means. One of the means is to aim lively and cute image. And another mean is a Japanese word "dansa". "dansa" in Japanese means "bump" or "step". So, "Little Dancer" is lively and cute and little bump tram.

Little Dancer series adopt axles for all wheels. So, user, that is accustomed to maintenance old trams is easy to maintenance these new tram.

Type

Little Dancer series has several variants.

Type S

Type S series adopt short body and close the bogies each end.

Japan : Iyo Railway - 2100 series. (10 sets)

Japan : Railway Technical Research Institute - LH02 (Test car.) (1 set)

Type L

Type L series adopt to articulate 3 cut long body. (All 3 articurations have the bogies.)

Japan : Tosaden Kōtsū - 100 series. (1 set)

Type A

Type A series adopt 3 or 5 articulation bodies. (Some of articulations have no bogies and be floating.)

Japan : Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau - 1000 series (9 sets) and 7000 series (4 sets) and the first Little Dancer type to enter service.

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".

Japan : Nagasaki Electric Tramway - 3000 series (3 sets) and 5000 series (3 sets)

Japan : Toyohashi Railroad - T1000 series (1 set)

Japan : Toyama Chihō Railway - T100 series (2 sets)

Japan : Sapporo Streetcar - A1200 series (3 sets)

Japan : Hankai Tramway - 1001 series (2 sets)

Japan : Chikuhō Electric Railroad - 5000 series (2 sets)