New Tram 100 series/New Tram 100A series

The New Tram 100A series was a Japanese rubber-tired light rail automated guideway transit operated by the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau and later Osaka Metro from October 1991 to March 2019 on the Nankō Port Town Line. This article will also cover the OTS100 series, an identical derivative of the 100A series that operated on the Osaka Port Transport System's New Tram Technoport Line.
==History==
The 100A series trains were introduced in 1991 mainly to increase the transportation capacity of the line and to supplement the older 100 series trains; a total of 17 trains were produced for the line from 1991 to 2001, ultimately replacing all the 100 series trains on the line. The trains began operation on 20 October 1991, when driverless operation began on the line.
An identical set of 3 trains were manufactured for the Osaka Port Transport System in preparation for the opening of the OTS New Tram Technoport Line, classified the OTS100 series. All were manufactured in 1997 and began operations on 18 December 1997. This was short-lived, however; the line was assimilated into the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau's Nankō Port Town Line in July 2005 with the OTS100 series being renumbered as part of the 100A series of trains; apart from the replacement of OTS logos with the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau's logos, the ex-OTS100 series trains ran with the livery they sported during their OTS days.
In 2015, the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau announced that these trains would be replaced by new 200 series trains starting from fiscal 2015 and the 100A series trains would be progressively retired, with a target of full retirement by fiscal 2018. Retirements began in 2016 with scrapping following shortly after; the last set, 101-34, was retired in March 2019 following a number of special ceremonies and scrapped shortly after. No 100A series cars have been preserved.
==Design==
The 100A series use a simple body with red accents on the front and blue on the side. These can sometimes be considered a counterpart to the New 20 series trains introduced on the Osaka Municipal Transport Bureau around that time.
==Specifications==
Construction is of stainless steel. The sets use thyristor drives which produce a low hum.
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