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- 1. UV villamos (3888): Adorján Erdélyi· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Lijn47UVwagn: Charles Voogd at nl.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Ganz UV (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɡɒnz ˈuːveː]) is a series of tramcars which was manufactured by Hungarian companies Ganz Vagon- és Gépgyár ("Ganz Carriage and Machine Factory"), Rába Magyar Vagon- és Gépgyár ("Rába Hungarian Carriage and Machine Factory") and Klement Gottwald Villamossági Gyár ("Klement Gottwald Electric Factory"), which was the name of Ganz Villamossági Gyár ("Ganz Electric Factory") at the time of manufacturing. The UV tramcars have four main variants, all are four axle rail motor coaches with a Bo'Bo'tr axle arrangement, capable of operating as electric multiple units. The cars were manufactured between 1956 and 1965 in Budapest, and overall 375 regular units and 2 prototypes were made.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 12.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 51 years (1956–2007).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 2007
- status
- retired
- number built
- 754
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- builders
- Ganz Works
- operators
- BKV
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 149 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 V DC from overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'tr
- formation
- MC, MC+TR, MC+TR+MC, MC+MC
- length
- 12.6 m
- weight
- 19.8 t
- capacity
- 94 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q943489, Wikipedia: Ganz UV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.