4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tramvaj č. 1217 na Dornychu: Dezidor· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Praha, Libeň, křižovatka Sokolovská-Zenklova, Tatra T6A5 č. 8652+?: Harold· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Single Tatra T6A5 on the line 6 in Prague: Kevin.B· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tatra T6A5 Bratyslavska street Kyiv 20190710: Ельдар позниш· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Tatra T6A5 is a unidirectional high-floor Czech streetcar made for public transport in Europe and is one sub-type of T6 standard trams made by Czech light rail supplier Tatra ČKD in Prague. Five cities, namely Bratislava, Košice in Slovakia and Brno, Prague and Ostrava in Czech Republic operate them in various configurations and amounts. The vehicle was designed as successor to Tatra T3 which has been operated in Europe for more than three decades at the time T6A5 was launched.
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 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 100: 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
- 297
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD, ČKD Tatra
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- length
- 14.7 m
- weight
- 18.7 t
- capacity
- 100 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1327628, Wikipedia: Tatra T6A5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.