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Škoda 06 T

🇨🇿 Czech Republic ·built by Škoda Transportation· from 2006

Škoda 06 T, photo 1 of 9
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what is it?

The Škoda 06 T is a five-carbody-section low-floor bi-directional tram, developed by Škoda for the Italian city of Cagliari. The vehicle is six-axle and fully air-conditioned, and is based on the Škoda 05 T. The low-floor area represents 65% of the entire vehicle floor.

base stats

  • speed 70 km/htop speed
  • power 460 kWpower output
  • weight 37.7 tin working order
  • seats 238passengers
  • built 9made 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.
  • 460 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 29.5 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Seats 238: 5 full city buses (~50 seats each).

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

spec sheet

built
2006–2007
number built
9
kind
tram / light rail
origin
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
builders
Škoda Transportation
top speed
70 km/h
power
460 kW
gauge
950 mm narrow gauge
length
29.5 m
weight
37.7 t
capacity
238 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q2097460, Wikipedia: Škoda 06 T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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