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Timiș 2
🇷🇴 Romania ·built by Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara· from 1971· series of tramcars built by the Timișoara Transport and Tram Carriage Construction Company
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- 1. Podul Traian Timisoara 1987: Gerd Böhmer. Firobuz at de.wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
what is it?
Timiș 2 were a series of tram vehicles built in Timișoara, Romania, initially by the Timișoara Transport Company, and later by Electrometal Timișoara (also known as Eltim).
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1971–2011).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 541
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara
- operators
- RATT Timișoara, CTP Arad, OTL Oradea, Brăicar, Transurb Galați, RATP Iași
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600 or 750 V DC
- wheel arrangement
- B'B' (motor car) + 2'-2' (trailer car)
- length
- 14 m
- weight
- 21 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2434726, Wikipedia: Timiș 2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.