Sapporo Streetcar 560 series

The Sapporo Streetcar 560 series was a Japanese streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from June 1954 to December 1971.
==History==
The 560 series cars was a series of streetcars manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. A total of ten cars were manufactured numbered 571 through 580, with 571 through 574 manufactured by Kisha Seizō in June 1954, 575 manufactured by Kisha Seizō in August 1954 and 576 through 580 manufactured by Naniwa Kōki in June 1955.
Operation began in October 1953. 561 was withdrawn in October 1968 and scrapped; the electronic equipment from 561 was reused for 710 series car 713. 562 to 565 were dismantled from October to November 1969, with their electronic equipment reused on the A870 series connected streetcar sets; 566 through 570 were withdrawn from service in December 1971. No 560 series cars have been preserved.
==Design==
The 560 series cars featured a boxy design. Initially painted in dark green with cream accents, the cars were later repainted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents. Their top-mounted headlights were disliked by crews due to their insufficient illumination.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars was of steel. The cars used a nose suspension drive system and rode on Sumitomo KS-40 bogies.
565 was experimentally fitted with steel floorboards as opposed to wood.
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