Sapporo Streetcar A820 series

The Sapporo Streetcar A820 series was a Japanese articulated streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from December 1964 to June 1976.
==History==
The A820 series cars was a series of articulated streetcars manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. A total of two two-car sets were manufactured in December 1964 by Tokyu Car Corporation.
Operation began in December 1964; many railfans call the A820 series cars the "culmination" of the "Sapporo Style" streetcars due to its extensive use of curved surfaces. The sets were withdrawn in June 1976 when all other articulated streetcars were withdrawn.
==Design==
The A820 series cars featured a curvy design. The cars were painted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents.
These were the first streetcars since the MTc series cars to feature dual front headlights.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars was of steel. The cars used a nose suspension drive system and rode on Tokyu Car's TS-119 or TS-120 bogies, the latter being the articulated bogies between segments.
==Preservation==
The cab of A821 is preserved at the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's training school. It is renumbered 330 and used as a teaching aid for students learning how to operate streetcars.
A823-A824 was privately preserved in Heiwa, Sapporo but was removed and scrapped in 2002.
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