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Siemens-Duewag Supertram
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 1994· type of tram operating on Sheffield Supertram system
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 20091223 375 Supertram 114: Andrew Cryer· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Sheffield Supertram: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Supertram 23 on bowstring bridge: Murgatroyd49· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Supertram 24 at Leppings Lane: Murgatroyd49· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Supertram Cathedral 02-07-04: Gregory Deryckère· CC BY 2.5
- 6. Supertram at parksquarebridge: Randwick· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Sheffield Supertram (13406570445): The TAS Partnership Ltd from Preston, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Sheffield Supertram 01: http://underclassrising.net/· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Sheffield Supertram 02: http://underclassrising.net/· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Sheffield Supertram 03: http://underclassrising.net/· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Siemens-Duewag Supertram is a fleet of 25 trams built by Siemens-Duewag of Düsseldorf, Germany in 1992 for use on the South Yorkshire Supertram light rail network in England. They were the only trams in use on the network until the entry into service of British Rail Class 399 tram-trains in 2017. As of October 2025, 24 units of the fleet are operational.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 34.8 m long: about 8 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 155: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
- Still in service after 32 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 25
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, DÜWAG, Siemens
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- (nominal) from overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- B′+B′B′+B′
- length
- 34.8 m
- weight
- 52 t
- capacity
- 155 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7510860, Wikipedia: Siemens-Duewag Supertram (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.