Ganz CSMG

what is it?

The Ganz CSMG (Hungarian: [ˈɡɒnz ˈt͡ʃeːɛmɡeː]), known in official FVV/BKV records as GCSM, or sometimes known as ICS, is a series of tramcars which was manufactured by Hungarian companies Ganz-MÁVAG Mozdony-, Vagon- és Gépgyár ("Ganz-MÁVAG Locomotive, Carriage and Machine Factory") and Ganz Villamossági Gyár ("Ganz Electric Factory"). The CSMG tramcars have three main variants, which are all eight axle rail motor coaches with a Bo'2'2'Bo'tr axle arrangement, the last variant being capable of operating as electric multiple units. The cars were manufactured in Budapest between 1964 and 1978, and in overall 152 regular units and two prototypes were made.

who runs it

BKV

base stats

• speed 50 km/htop speed
• power 197 kWpower output
• weight 33.6 tin working order
• seats 201passengers
• built 308made in total

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 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 201: 4 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• 🧓Still in service after 61 years.

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

spec sheet

built

1965

in service from

1965

status

in service

number built

308

kind

tram / light rail

traction

electric

origin

🇭🇺 Hungary

builders

Ganz Works

operators

BKV

top speed

50 km/h

power

197 kW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

600 V DC from overhead line

wheel arrangement

Bo'2'2'Bo'tr

formation

MC, MC+MC

length

26 m

weight

33.6 t

capacity

201 passengers

Dutch name

Ganz CSMG tramtype

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