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Pesa Twist

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Pesa· from 2006· family of low-floor trams manufactured by PESA

Pesa Twist, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Marek Mróz· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

Pesa Twist is an articulated low floor tram produced in Bydgoszcz by Pesa SA. The Twist is currently operated in Częstochowa, Metropolis GZM, Kyiv, Kraków, Wrocław, Craiova and Tallinn.

base stats

  • speed 75 km/htop speed
  • seats 102passengers
  • built 213made 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
  • Seats 102: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
2006
number built
213
kind
tram / light rail
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Pesa
top speed
75 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
capacity
102 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q4046174, Wikipedia: Pesa Twist (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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