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what is it?
The Tatra T5B6 was an experimental tramcar built in 1976 by ČKD Tatra.
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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 122: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 12 years (1978–1990).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- retired
- 1990
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 77 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- length
- 14.7 m
- weight
- 16 t
- capacity
- 122 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1761164, Wikipedia: Tatra T5B6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.