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71-931

🇷🇺 Russia ·built by PC Transport Systems· Tram model

71-931, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Mos.ru· 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

  • speed 75 km/htop speed
  • power 72 kWpower output
  • weight 37 tin working order
  • seats 320passengers
  • built 434made 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 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.

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