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Maschinenfabrik Esslingen GT4

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen· from 1959· tram type built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Strassenbahn Stuttgart: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Augsburg GT4 419: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. GT4-60: Thetigerbeast· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Tosadentetsu 735 stuttgart: spaceaero2· CC BY 3.0
5. 014-N (9493021311): Visor-Timisoara from Timisoara, Romania· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. Abc (16) (9493037017): Visor-Timisoara from Timisoara, Romania· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. AR 281 (9493130615): Visor-Timisoara from Timisoara, Romania· CC BY-SA 2.0
8. Arad (29867089817): Fred Romero from Paris, France· CC BY 2.0
9. Augsburg-stadtwerke-augsburg-sl-4-1208650: Kurt Rasmussen· Attribution
10. Augsburg-stadtwerke-augsburg-sl-4-1208687: Kurt Rasmussen· Attribution

what is it?

The GT4 (from German: Gelenktriebwagen 4-achsig, which translates as 4-axle articulated tramcar) is an articulated tram vehicle built by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen from 1959 until 1965.

who runs it

Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen

base stats

speed 60 km/htop speed
power 125 kWpower output
weight 19.5 tin working order
seats 125passengers
built 380made 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 67 years ago, in 1959.
Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
18.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 125: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built: 1959–1965
number built: 380
kind: tram / light rail
origin: 🇩🇪 Germany
builders: Maschinenfabrik Esslingen
operators: Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen
top speed: 60 km/h
power: 125 kW
gauge: 1,000 mm metre gauge
wheel arrangement: (1A)' (A1)'
length: 18.8 m
weight: 19.5 t
capacity: 125 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q783388, Wikipedia: Maschinenfabrik Esslingen GT4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.