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Tatra T6B5
🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by ČKD· from 1985· electrical tram used in former Warsaw Pact countries
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T6b5 nn: Сергей Филатов· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. J26 192 ul. Pirotska, ET 4134: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. T6B5 №3198: ЗиЛовец· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Tatra-T6B5 tram in Minsk 02: Redline· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Tatra T6B5 in Minsk 01: Redline· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tatra T6B5 interiér (1): Znopa· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Tatra T6B5 interiér (2): Znopa· CC BY 4.0
- 8. 11. tramvajs uz Miera ielas: Titāns· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Samara tram 1021 2011-06 1307128633 Barboshina Polyana Tatra T6B5: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Samara tram 1021 2011-06 1307128661 Barboshina Polyana Tatra T6B5: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Tatra T6B5 is a Czechoslovak-built high floor four axle tram with a pulse-width-modulation ('chopper') speed control. This model of tram was produced by CKD Praha in Smíchov, Prague in the period of 1983–1995, following one year in Zličín until 1996. After ČKD Praha went bankrupt, the final assembly and sale of incomplete trams were managed by Inekon Trams until 2007.
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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 120: 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
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- number built
- 1,150
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- ČKD, Tatra-Yug
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- 45 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC
- length
- 15.3 m
- weight
- 18 t
- capacity
- 120 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1642248, Wikipedia: Tatra T6B5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.