🚋 tram / light rail retired
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tramwaj Konstal 13 na linii 36 w Warszawie 2019b: Adrian Grycuk· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 2. Warsaw tram Konstal13N at Old town: あみでん· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Konstal 13N №115: Janusz Jakubowski from Warsaw, Poland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Konstal 13NS: Janusz Jakubowski from Warsaw, Poland· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Konstal 13N podczas parady tramwajów: Therud· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. PL Warsaw Konstal 13N tram: Hiuppo· CC BY 3.0
- 7. W tramwaju typu 13N In einer Straßenbahn des Typs 13N (2): IngolfBLN· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Konstal 13N was an electric tram built by Konstal in Chorzów between 1959 and 1969 and used in Warsaw until 2012. The design borrowed heavily from the PCC-derived ČKD Tatra T1.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 100: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Served for 53 years (1959–2012).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1959
- in service from
- 1959
- retired
- 2012
- status
- retired
- number built
- 836
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Konstal
- top speed
- 68 km/h
- power
- 42 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 18 t
- capacity
- 100 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q11742809, Wikipedia: Konstal 13N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.