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Bucur LF

🇷🇴 Romania ·built by Societatea de Transport București· from 2007· series of low-floor trams

6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Bucur LF on line 1: Cristi2555· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. 405(2016.06.15)-1- Bucur LF-CH (27411159710): M Marius· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. 401(2018.02.27)-1- Bucur LF (40520740781): M Marius· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. Bucur LF 405 Bucuresti: SSBChris· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Bucur LF 416 in Victoria tram depot: TrainSimFan· CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Bucarest tram - Bucur LF (1): Kyah117· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Bucur LF is a series of low-floor tram vehicles produced by the URAC section of the STB (formerly RATB) transit company of Bucharest, Romania. The tram is configured as a three-section 65% low floor vehicle, with two powered and one unpowered bogies. The vehicle has four double-leaf 1,305 mm (4.281 ft) wide doors, and at the outer ends there are two other single leaf 650 mm (2.13 ft) wide doors.

who runs it

Societatea de Transport București

base stats

speed 60 km/htop speed
power 480 kWpower output
weight 34 tin working order
seats 160passengers
built 17made 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 19 years ago, in 2007.
480 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
25.4 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
Seats 160: 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: 2007
number built: 17
kind: tram / light rail
traction: electric
origin: 🇷🇴 Romania
builders: Societatea de Transport București
operators: Societatea de Transport București
top speed: 60 km/h
power: 480 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 750 V DC
wheel arrangement: B′+2′+B′
length: 25.4 m
weight: 34 t
capacity: 160 passengers

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

Sources: Wikidata Q94952749, Wikipedia: Bucur LF (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.