MTR Phase III LRV

"Phase III LRV" is a colloquial name used to describe a set of twenty light rail vehicles operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation and its successor the MTR Corporation on the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Light Rail system since September 1997.
==History==
The Phase III LRV was the third generation of rolling stock operated on the Hong Kong Light Rail system. A total of twenty cars were constructed by A. Goninan & Co. As a result these are often named Goninan Cars. These were the last light rail vehicles to be ordered by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation before it was merged with the MTR Corporation in 2007.
The cars entered service in September 1997 on Route 507. When not in service, the trains are stationed at Tuen Mun depot. During busier periods up to two cars are coupled together.
==Design==
The Phase III LRVs feature a boxy design with an unpainted body. The cars feature a red stripe on the roof, a blue stripe surrounding the side windows and yellow cabs. The front of the cars feature a green flip-dot matrix display with the destination and the route number. A small flipboard in the driver's cab displays the train running number.
These are the only trains to feature an ex-KCR livery running on the Light Rail system; they are slated to be repainted in the future to a livery resembling the later Phase IV LRVs.
==Specifications==
Construction of the sets is of stainless steel with fiberglass cabs. The sets use Mitsubishi MAP-122-75V67 3-level IGBT variable frequency drives, the first vehicles on the Light Rail system to be so equipped; these power Mitsubishi MB-507 series traction motors. The sets ride on Duewag bogies.
==Incidents==
1091 was involved in a fire on 17 December 2013 when smoke was detected from near the rear bogie by a passenger. The fire was put out in about 20 minutes by firefighters, who confirmed the cause of the fire was a faulty air conditioner. After being stored out of service for some years at Tuen Mun depot repair works began in January 2016 and were completed in May 2016; 1091 re-entered service on 4 September 2016.
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