Electroputere V54

what is it?

The Electroputere (EP) V54 was a tram series produced by Electroputere of Craiova, in the (then) People's Republic of Romania in the 1950s, with a total of 265 units built, excluding the 37 units of the earlier V951 Festival tramcars, produced by URAC Bucharest. Inspired by the PCC streetcar, the name comes from the Romanian "Vagon (din anul 19)54", translated to as "Tramcar model year 1954".

who runs it

base stats

• speed 67 km/htop speed
• power 36 kWpower output
• weight 18 tin working order
• seats 22passengers

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 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏14.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 49 years (1951–2000).

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built

1951

in service from

1951

retired

2000

status

retired

number built

—

kind

tram / light rail

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

builders

Electroputere, Societatea de Transport București

operators

ITB/RATB Bucharest, ITT Timișoara/IJTL Timiș, ICO Oradea/IJTL Bihor

top speed

67 km/h

power

36 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

600 V DC , 750 V DC (only for Bucharest)

wheel arrangement

B'B'

length

14.8 m

weight

18 t

capacity

22 passengers

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