Škoda Artic

what is it?

Artic, styled as ARTIC or ForCity Smart, is an articulated low-floor tram model designed and manufactured by Škoda Transtech Oy in Finland. Trams of the design are in operation in Finland, Germany and Czechia, with further large orders in these countries. The design was subsequently rebranded under the Škoda ForCity brand.

who runs it

Metropolitan Area Transport LtdHelsinki City Transport

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 65 kWpower output
• weight 41.6 tin working order
• seats 125passengers
• built 119made 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 13 years ago, in 2013.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏27.6 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 125: 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

2013

in service from

2013

status

in service

number built

119

kind

tram / light rail

origin

🇫🇮 Finland

builders

Škoda Transtech

operators

Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd, Helsinki City Transport

top speed

80 km/h

power

65 kW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

length

27.6 m

weight

41.6 t

capacity

125 passengers

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