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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 71-608K 4060 tram on Proletarskaya: Mikhail (Vokabre) Shcherbakov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Moscow tram 71-608KM 1245 20110831 005 (11619761766): Artem Svetlov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The 71-608 (in colloquial language KTM-8) is a Russian motor four-axle high-floor tramcar. These rail vehicles are produced by Ust'-Katav Vagon-building plant (UKVZ, УКВЗ, Усть-Катавский Вагоностроительный Завод имени С. М. Кирова - Russian abbreviature and full name). "KTM" means Kirov Motor Tramcar (Russian: Кировский Трамвай Моторный).
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 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.2 m long: about 3 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
- 1,479
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- length
- 15.2 m
- weight
- 16.8 t
- capacity
- 32 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q262252, Wikipedia: 71-608 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.