A consist of Mafersa coaches leaving Old Saybrook station in 2018
Interior of a CTDOT coach on Shore Line East service in 2018
Manufacturer
Mafersa
Constructed
1991–1992
Entered service
1992
Number built
38
Operators
CT Rail
QIT-Fer et Titane
Lines served
Hartford Line from New Haven to Springfield
Specifications
Car body construction
Stainless steel
Car length
85.3 feet (26.0 m)[1]
Width
10 feet (3.0 m)[1]
Height
13.29 feet (4.05 m)[1]
Floor height
51.5 inches (1,310 mm)
Doors
2 pairs end doors, manual operation
Maximum speed
90 miles per hour (140 km/h)
Power supply
480 V AC
Coupling system
AAR type H
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
The Mafersa coaches are a class of 38 passenger railroad cars built by Brazilian manufacturer Mafersa. Originally built for Virginia Railway Express (VRE) in 1991–92, they are currently operated by Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) for CT Rail service and by QIT-Fer et Titane.
^ abcThe 1997 Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia. ISBN 0-911382-20-8.
service and by QIT-Fer et Titane. Mafersa built the coaches new for VRE for $24.7 million. VRE sold 33 of the coaches to CTDOT in 2004 for its Shore Line...
commenced operations in 1992 with ten EMD RP39-2C diesel locomotives, 38 Mafersacoaches, and 21 remanufactured Budd Rail Diesel Cars from the MBTA. Morrison-Knudsen...
Mafersacoaches largely replaced the MBB coaches on the line in 2022, after M8 cars replaced the Mafersacoaches on Shore Line East. The MBB coaches were...
Amtrak's Northeast Corridor while locomotive hauled trains with passenger coaches are used on Amtrak's non-electrified Hartford Line. M8 electric cars are...
existing Shoreliner coach fleet on the Waterbury Branch and the Danbury Branch, as well as Mafersacoaches and leased MBTA MBB coaches on the Hartford Line...
replace the existing Shoreliner coach fleet on the Waterbury Branch and the Danbury Branch, as well as Mafersacoaches on the Hartford Line. Deliveries...
Fe in five different configurations: step-down coaches like the two prototype cars, convertible coaches which could have one end of the car converted from...
purchased the P40DCs in 2008.: 55 To augment capacity CTDOT acquired 33 Mafersacoaches from the Virginia Railway Express in 2004. These began entering service...
replace the existing Shoreliner coach fleet on the Waterbury Branch and the Danbury Branch, as well as Mafersacoaches on the Hartford Line. Deliveries...
existing ex-Metroliner cab cars until the Airo fleet arrives. A typical built Mafersa cab car with a P40DC at Old Saybrook Pacific Surfliner cab car in 2018...
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