Sapporo Streetcar A870 series

The Sapporo Streetcar A870 series was a Japanese connected streetcar type operated by the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau on the Sapporo Streetcar network from October 1969 to April 1972.
==History==
The A870 series cars was a series of connected streetcars manufactured for the Sapporo Streetcar network. A total of two two-car sets were manufactured between October and November 1969 by Sapporo Kōtsū Kikai, using equipment from retired streetcars.
Operation began in October 1969; these were mainly used on less crowded lines. A derailment of one of the sets caused both sets to be pulled from service in April 1972; the sets did not return to service by May 1974 when a significant number of routes on the Sapporo Streetcar network were abolished. As a result the sets were considered retired after just over two years of service. No A870 series sets have been preserved.
==Design==
The A870 series cars featured a boxy design. The cars were painted in the Sapporo Municipal Transport Bureau's corporate colors of a tan body with green accents.
==Specifications==
Construction of the cars was of steel. The cars used a nose suspension drive system and rode on Sumitomo KS-40 bogies.
The sets reused many parts from scrapped streetcars; the bodies were sourced from D1030 series diesel-powered streetcars and the electronics from 560 series streetcars.
==Preservation==
Set A871-A872 was preserved in Ebetsu, Hokkaido for a time; it has presumably been removed and scrapped.
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