10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 71-931m in curve: Mos.ru· CC BY 4.0
- 2. 71-931 "Витязь", Краснодар: Nikita_Finko· CC BY 4.0
- 3. 71-931 on ExpoCityTrans (2014): Управа района Черёмушки города Москва· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Moscow tram 71-931 2200 20150404 229 (16870729348): Artem Svetlov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Saint Petersburg tram 0102 2025-03 Ruchyovskaya Square 71-931 320: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 6. Saint Petersburg tram 0104 2016-07 1469128967 Rustaveli Street 71-931: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Saint Petersburg tram 0104 2016-07 1469129129 Rustaveli Street 71-931: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Saint Petersburg tram 0104 2016-07 1469129198 Rustaveli Street 71-931: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 9. Saint Petersburg tram 0104 2016-07 1469129233 Rustaveli Street 71-931: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Saint Petersburg tram 0104 2016-07 1469129266 Rustaveli Street 71-931: Artyom Svetlov· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
71-931 "Vityaz" (Russian: "Витязь", lit. 'Knight') is a Russian three-unit six-axle 100% low-floor tram car created by LLC "PK Transportnye Sistemy" (transl. "Transportation Systems", PK TS) and manufactured in cooperation by PK TS and Transmashholding at the facilities of the Tver Carriage Works. Currently exists in two versions: the basic model Vityaz and 71-931M Vityaz-M modification with modified front and rear mask, different interior and Russian-designed traction motors.
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
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 27 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 320: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 434
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- PC Transport Systems, Tverskoy Vagonostroitelniy Zavod
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 72 kW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo-Bo
- length
- 27 m
- weight
- 37 t
- capacity
- 320 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q21634885, Wikipedia: 71-931 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.