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HCP 115N
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by H. Cegielski – Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych· from 1995· prototype tram produced in Poznań, Poland
5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 105N2 Poznań: Radomil· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 115N Głogowska RB1: Radomil talk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 115N Głogowska RB2: Radomil talk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 115N Głogowska RB3: Radomil talk· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. 115N Głogowska RB4: Radomil talk· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
HCP 115N (type assigned by Research and Development Center for Rail Vehicles (Polish: Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Pojazdów Szynowych, OBRPS): 115N, type introduced by the manufacturer and used by the operator: 105N/2, nicknamed glizda ("earthworm")) – the first Polish prototype partially low-floor tram that was produced by H. Cegielski factory in Poznań. It was made in 1995 from two Konstal 105N cars used by MPK Poznań and in service until 2006. In 2011 the tram has been scrapped.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 26.5 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 235: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 11 years (1995–2006).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995
- in service from
- 1995
- retired
- 2006
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- H. Cegielski – Fabryka Pojazdów Szynowych
- operators
- MPK Poznań Sp. z o.o.
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 26.5 m
- weight
- 35 t
- capacity
- 235 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q9284587, Wikipedia: HCP 115N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.