1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tram in Sofia 2: Иван Иванов· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
T8M-900 is a tram manufactured by the Bulgarian company Tramkar in Sofia in 1991.
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
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 26.5 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- —
- kind
- Tram
- origin
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- builders
- Tramkar
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,009 mm narrow gauge
- length
- 26.5 m
- weight
- 29.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20498576, Wikipedia: T8M-900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.