10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tram Warsaw, Pesa Swing 120Na n°3287: Guillaume.G· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Pesa Swing 122NaL Łódź (1): Jakub Pietrasiak· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. PESA SWING LODZ: Jakub Pietrasiak· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Pesa Swing Bydgoszcz: Marek Łuczyński· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Cluj-Napoca, PESA 81, 2012.06.07: Radu· CC0
- 6. Cluj-Napoca, PESA 82, 2012.06.09 (2): Radu· CC0
- 7. Pesa 120Nc in Cluj Napoca.: Rus felix· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Swing Cluj in Częstochowa, Poland (during transport) - 2: Jjajjo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Brama Oliwska & PESA 120Na in Gdańsk: Artur Andrzej· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Estación de FFCC, Gdansk, Polonia, 2013-05-20, DD 14: Diego Delso· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
PESA Swing is a tram manufactured by Polish company PESA in Bydgoszcz. It is a 100% low-floor, five-section vehicle based on the 120N model. The Swing is a tram of the multi-articulated type with sections connected by accordion-type pivot joints.
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 17 years ago, in 2009.
- 480 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 30.1 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 161: 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
- 2009
- number built
- 364
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pesa
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 480 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 30.1 m
- weight
- 41.6 t
- capacity
- 161 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q132310, Wikipedia: Pesa Swing (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.