🚋 tram / light rail retired
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tram in Sofia in front of Central Railway Station 2012 PD 021: Bin im Garten· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
T8M-301 Bulgaria 1300 is a tram manufactured by the Bulgarian company Tramkar in Sofia from 1981 until 1989. The model is also known as Class T8M300. It is called Bulgaria 1300 because it is released in 1981, exactly 1300 years after the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 32 years (1981–2013).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- in service from
- 1981
- retired
- 2013
- status
- retired
- number built
- 25
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- builders
- Tramkar
- operators
- Sofia Tramway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,009 mm narrow gauge
- weight
- 30 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12295913, Wikipedia: T8M-301 Bulgaria 1300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.