7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Trieda SNP, Tatra KT8D5R.N2: Honza Groh ( Jagro )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Tram KT8D5R.N2 Brno: User:Harold17· Public domain
- 3. Brno, Tatra KT8D5R.N2 č. 1724 with Petrov: Oleksandr Dede· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Kt8d5 interier: No machine-readable author provided. Sheep221 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Kt8d5 ke: No machine-readable author provided. Sheep221 assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Kt8d5: Sheep221· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. P4040001: Original uploader was Sheep221 at cs.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Tatra KT8D5R.N2 is a reconstruction of the bidirectional tram Tatra KT8D5 and Tatra KT8D5SU (Soviet Union). They were being reconstructed between 2002 and 2014 in Brno and Košice between 2003 and 2009.
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
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 30.3 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 171: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
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- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- length
- 30.3 m
- weight
- 38.5 t
- capacity
- 171 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12058361, Wikipedia: Tatra KT8D5R.N2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.