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Konstal N

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Konstal· Polish tram

Konstal N, photo 1 of 8
1/8 Ludek· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

Konstal N was a tram model based on the German Kriegsstraßenbahnwagen concept, manufactured between 1948 and 1956 by the companies Konstal in Chorzów, Gdańsk Shipyard no. 3 and Sanok Railcar Factory "Sanowag". The narrow-gauge version (Konstal 2N) was built from 1950 to 1956.

base stats

  • speed 55 km/htop speed
  • power 60 kWpower output
  • weight 13.5 tin working order
  • seats 99passengers
  • built 516made 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

  • Weighs about as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 10.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
—
number built
516
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Konstal, Remontowa Shipbuilding
top speed
55 km/h
power
60 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
600 V DC
length
10.4 m
weight
13.5 t
capacity
99 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2112847, Wikipedia: Konstal N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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