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((Infobox train
| name = Universal Transit Vehicle
| image = MTAM Millford-Mill-departing-train.jpg
| imagesize = 300px
| caption = Universal Transit Vehicle as seen on the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink
| service = 1983–present ([[Baltimore Metro SubwayLink|Metro SubwayLink]])<br />1983–2020 ([[Metrorail (Miami)|Metrorail]])
| manufacturer = [[Budd Company]]
| family = 
| replaced = 
| yearconstruction = 1982–1986
| yearservice = 1983–1987
| refurbishment = 
| yearscrapped = 2018–
| numberconstruction = 
| numberbuilt = 236
| numberservice = 
| numberpreserved = 
| numberscrapped = 
| formation = 2 cars per trainset ([[married pair]])
| fleetnumbers = 
| capacity = 332 passengers per pair (166 per car)<br />(664 passengers per 4-car train; 996 per 6-car train)
| operator = [[Maryland Transit Administration]] (1983–present)<br />[[Miami-Dade Transit]] (1983–2020)
| depots = 
| lines = [[Baltimore Metro SubwayLink]] (1983–present)<br />[[Metrorail (Miami)|Green Line/Orange Line]] (1983–2020)
| carbody = Stainless steel
| trainlength = ((convert|150|ft|m|abbr=on)) (single pair)<br />((convert|300|ft|m|abbr=on)) (4-car train)
| carlength = ((convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on))
| width = ((convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on))
| height = ((convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on))
| doors = 3 pairs per side
| maxspeed = ((convert|75|mph|km/h|round=5|abbr=on)) (design)<br />((convert|65|mph|km/h|round=5|abbr=on)) (service)
| electricsystem = 700–750 V DC [[third rail]]
| collectionmethod = [[Contact shoe]]
| uicclass = Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'
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The '''Budd Universal Transit Vehicle''' is an [[electric multiple unit]] [[heavy rail]] car built for use on the [[Baltimore Metro SubwayLink]] and [[Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)|Miami-Dade Metrorail]] systems. They were built by the [[Budd Company]] (under the name Transit America) from 1983 to 1986, and were the last cars ever built by Budd before the company shuttered its railcar manufacturing business.

==Description==
[[File:Brickell metro station platform 2017-07.jpg|thumb|left|Budd Universal Transit Vehicle as seen on the Miami-Dade Metrorail]]
The Universal Transit Vehicle was manufactured by the Budd Company at their Red Lion plant in [[Northeast Philadelphia]]. The appearance of cars on the SubwayLink are identical to those on the Metrorail (and vice versa), as the two agencies built their systems at the same time and saved money by sharing a single order.<ref name="Roads to the Future">((cite web|url=http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Baltimore_Metro.html|title=Baltimore Metro Subway|work=Roads to the Future|author=Scott M. Kozel|date=October 13, 2002|accessdate=June 28, 2002| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20020808061523/http://www.roadstothefuture.com/Baltimore_Metro.html| archivedate= 8 August 2002 | url-status= live))</ref>

Trains draw power from the electric [[third rail]]. The cars are ((convert|75|ft|m|2)) long, ((convert|10|ft|m|2)) wide, and have a top speed of ((convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on)). Each car can hold up to 166 passengers (76 seated, 90 standing). Cars are semi-permanently attached in married pairs, and were arranged as 4-car trains on the Metrorail. The trains on the SubwayLink are arranged as 2-, 4- and 6-car consists.

The SubwayLink fleet had a significant overhaul between 2002 and 2005. Seats were reupholstered, and the floors were replaced. External destination [[rollsign]]s were replaced with LED displays; internal systems that display train destinations and upcoming stop announcements were also installed.((Citation needed|date = November 2020)) There was a planned refurbishment for the cars on the Metrorail,<ref name="2008taxpdf">((cite web|url=http://www.miamidade.gov/image/library/mdt_ciab_presentation.pdf|title=Community Image Advisory Board|publisher=Miami-Dade County|date=March 26, 2008|accessdate=January 4, 2012))</ref> but later it was decided to purchase new cars after it was found that the fleet was never maintained properly.<ref name="newcarsmemorandum">((cite web|url=http://www.miamidade.gov/COB/library/2008_Resolution/2008_401-500/R-488-08.pdf|title=Memorandum|date=May 6, 2008|publisher=Miami-Dade County|accessdate=January 19, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603064241/http://www.miamidade.gov/COB/library/2008_Resolution/2008_401-500/R-488-08.pdf|archivedate=June 3, 2013))</ref>

===Replacement===
Because of the improper maintenance of the Metrorail cars, Miami-Dade announced a $313 million purchase of 136 new Metrorail cars from [[Hitachi Rail Italy]] (formerly [[AnsaldoBreda]]) in November 2012.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/10/15/3051371/contract-for-new-metrorail-cars.html#storylink=misearch|title=Contract for new Metrorail cars moves forward|author=Mazzei, Patricia|work=[[The Miami Herald]]|date=October 15, 2012|accessdate=November 25, 2012))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/07/3086814/jmh-annexation-and-metrorail-on.html#storylink=misearch|title=Miami-Dade commissioners approve new Metrorail cars|author1=Mazzei, Patricia |author2=Rabin, Charles |work=[[The Miami Herald]]|date=November 8, 2012|accessdate=November 25, 2012))</ref> The first new trainset entered service in early December 2017.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.intelligenttransport.com/transport-news/30400/new-metrorail-train-miami-dade/ | title=Miami-Dade County gets its first new Metrorail train for over 30 years | publisher=Intelligent Transport | date=December 4, 2017 | accessdate=December 4, 2017))</ref>

In July 2017, the [[Maryland Transit Administration]] announced the purchase of 78 new railcars from Hitachi Rail Italy to replace the entire SubwayLink fleet. The cars will be similar in appearance to those purchased for the Miami Metrorail.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.mta.maryland.gov/mdot-mta-wins-approval-4005-million-purchase-metro-subwaylink-railcars-and-train-control|title=Maryland Transit Administration|website=mta.maryland.gov))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Breda A650]] - A similar fleet operated by the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] on its [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B]] and [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D]] lines.

==References==
((reflist))
((Budd Company))

[[Category:Budd multiple units]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1983]]
[[Category:Baltimore Metro SubwayLink]]
[[Category:Electric multiple units of the United States]]
[[Category:750 V DC multiple units]]

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