10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tram SL-95 TRS 050416 044: Trond Strandsberg· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. SL95-143 v Ovre Slottsgate: Taara001· CC BY 4.0
- 3. SL79 and SL95 in Storgata: Rolf Thoresen· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 4. SL95 Bekkestua: Bjørn Andersen· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 5. SL95 Kolsåsbanen 1: Roar G. Nilsson· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 6. SL95 roof Kirkeristen: Hans-Andreas Fristad· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 7. Two SL95 at Rikshospitalet: Hans-Petter Lyshaug· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 8. 20250425 siste SL95: Kolbkorr· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. SL95 164 at Solli plass: Road G. Nilsson· CC BY-SA 3.0 no
- 10. SL95 at Rikshospitalet: Peter· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
SL95 was a series of 32 low-floor, articulated trams operated on the Oslo Tramway. The series was built by Italian rail manufacturer Ansaldo/Firema, later known as AnsaldoBreda (now Hitachi Rail Italy), and delivered between 1999 and 2004. Capacity for the eight-axle, three-section vehicles is 212 passengers, of which 88 can be seated.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 27 years ago, in 1999.
- 840 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 33.1 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 212: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 26 years (1999–2025).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- retired
- 2025
- status
- retired
- number built
- 32
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- builders
- Ansaldo, Titagarh Rail Systems, AnsaldoBreda
- operators
- Sporveien Trikken
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 840 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′
- length
- 33.1 m
- weight
- 64 t
- capacity
- 212 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7390725, Wikipedia: SL95 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.