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SSB DT 8
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by DÜWAG· from 1985· light rail train type operated in Stuttgart, Germany
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Fellbach Lutherkirche U1: No machine-readable author provided. Karlo assumed (based on copyright claims).· Public domain
- 2. Stadtbahn on the street in Stuttgart - geo.hlipp.de - 4492: Dr Neil Clifton· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. DT8 Prototypen Zuffenhausen: Silesia711· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Sandbehälter DT 8.10: Kleinesfilmröllchen· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Stadtbahn Stuttgart DT 8 Bildschirm: Joma2411· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Sonderfahrt Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen Möhringen Bahnhof: Frank Nowotny· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. SSB Stuttgarter Straßenbahnlinie 3 Sonderfahrt: Frank Nowotny· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Stadtbahn Stuttgart Möhringen SSB: Frank Nowotny· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Ausblick bei der Stadtbahn Haltestelle Parksiedlung am Scharnhauser Park bis zur Schwäbischen Alb - panoramio: qwesy qwesy· CC BY 3.0
- 10. Haltestelle Staatsgalerie Stuttgart-pjt2: Pjt56· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DT 8, also known as S-DT 8, is a type of light rail vehicle used on the Stuttgart Stadtbahn system, produced in multiple iterations by various manufacturers, including Duewag and Stadler, since 1985.
who runs it
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.
- 38.1 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 144: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 41 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1985
- in service from
- 1985
- status
- in service
- number built
- —
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- DÜWAG, Siemens, Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany, Stadler Rail
- operators
- Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 222 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 750 V DC overhead catenary
- formation
- 2 cars per trainset
- length
- 38.1 m
- capacity
- 144 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1686776, Wikipedia: SSB DT 8 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.