8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Narodní Třída - Škoda 52T: Jacubthegamer13· CC0
- 2. Škoda 52T, Hlubočepy: Dobravacek· CC0
- 3. Praha, Smíchov, Dvorecký most, tramvaj Škoda 52T: Aktron· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Škoda 52T - Narodní Třida: Jacubthegamer13· CC0
- 5. Škoda 52T Forcity Plus na Invalidovně: Jacubthegamer13· CC BY 4.0
- 6. Škoda 52T Forcity Plus už ve zkušebním provozu v cestujicími na lince 12: Jacubthegamer13· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Škoda 52T Forcity Plus v Vltávske: Jacubthegamer13· CC BY 4.0
- 8. Škoda 52t přijíždějící do zastávky Hlubočepy: Tschermaak· CC0
what is it?
Škoda 52T (marketed as the Škoda ForCity Plus 52T), is a five-section, single-ended, fully low-floor tram manufactured by Škoda Transportation for the Prague tram network. Developed specifically for Prague as part of Škoda's ForCity Plus family, it is a new-generation design with four powered bogies, electromechanical and regenerative braking, and a lidar-based collision-avoidance system. The type entered regular passenger service in November 2025.
who runs it
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 1 years ago, in 2025.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 31.8 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 173: 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
- 2025
- number built
- 40
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- builders
- Škoda Transportation
- operators
- Prague Public Transit Company
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 31.8 m
- weight
- 48 t
- capacity
- 173 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q124256025, Wikipedia: Škoda 52 T (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.