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- 1. Taganrog tram 71-628: Пресс-служба правительства Ростовской области· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The 71-628 is a Russian fully low-floor tram model built by Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant since 2020. The tram is based on the unrealised 71-625 project and is a development of the partially low-floor 71-623 tram.
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 5 years ago, in 2021.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2021
- in service from
- 2021
- number built
- 374
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant
- operators
- trams in Taganrog
- top speed
- 75 km/h
- power
- 248 kW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 550V
- length
- 16.5 m
- weight
- 22 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q107711941, Wikipedia: 71-628 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.