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Tatra T4

🇭🇷 Croatia ·built by ČKD· 1967 Czechoslovakian tram

🚋 tram / light rail electric
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Bucharest Tatra tram 1: Stefan Puscasu· Public domain
  2. 2. Tatra T4R 3409 at Gara Basarab: TrainSimFan· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. 3321+3427(2017.07.06)-25- Tatra T4R (35623743411): M Marius· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. DVB Tatra T4D Altmarkt: burts ( talk · contribs )· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. Iasi Tatra T4D tram 223 (ex-Halle 995) at Dacia depot in May 2006: Tiberiu Sufitchi· Public domain
  6. 6. Iasi Tatra T4R tram 202 on line 5 in February 2006: Tiberiu Sufitchi· Public domain
  7. 7. Radebeul, Tatra T4+B4: Felix O· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Tatra T4: Suradnik13· CC BY 3.0
  9. 9. Tatra T4R trams in coupled formation on Panduri Avenue: Șerban Lăcrițeanu· Public domain
  10. 10. Tatra T4 tram in Sofia: Photographer: Mosbatho· CC BY 4.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Tatra T4, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Stefan Puscasu· Public domain

what is it?

T4 is a tram produced by ČKD Tatra. It is the narrower variant of the Tatra T3 model. A large number of cars was supplied to the GDR, the USSR, Romania and the former Yugoslavia using names T4D, T4SU, T4R and T4YU, respectively.

who runs it

Zagrebački električni tramvajDresdner VerkehrsbetriebeLeipziger VerkehrsbetriebeVerkehrs- und Betriebsgesellschaft GeraHallesche Verkehrs-AGLiepājas tramvajsMagdeburger VerkehrsbetriebeSocietatea de Transport BucureștiTallinna AutobussikoondisCTP IașiGSP BelgradeLvivelectrotransStolichen elektrotransport EAD

base stats

  • speed 65 km/htop speed
  • power 160 kWpower output
  • weight 16 tin working order
  • seats 117passengers
  • built 2,635made in total

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 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 117: 2 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
2,635
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇭🇷 Croatia
builders
ČKD, ČKD Tatra
operators
Zagrebački električni tramvaj, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Verkehrs- und Betriebsgesellschaft Gera, Hallesche Verkehrs-AG, Liepājas tramvajs, Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe, Societatea de Transport București, Tallinna Autobussikoondis, CTP Iași, GSP Belgrade, Lvivelectrotrans, Stolichen elektrotransport EAD
top speed
65 km/h
power
160 kW
gauge
1,000 mm metre gauge
electric system
600 / 750 V DC
length
14 m
weight
16 t
capacity
117 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q600750, Wikipedia: Tatra T4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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