Tatra tram
Tatra tram is the unofficial name for a number of tram series from the former Czechoslovak and Czech manufacturer ČKD Tatra based in Prague , which are technically based on the American PCC cars . The manufacturer himself referred to the cars as the T series. Vehicles of this type were used in almost all Eastern Bloc countries , including the GDR , the Soviet Union (USSR), Hungary , Romania and Yugoslavia , in addition to factories in the former Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) due to a Comecon Agreement .
history
The first tram car based on the PCC car model was manufactured as T1 in 1951.
Tatra instinctual and sidecar still drive among other today in the German cities of Berlin , Chemnitz , Cottbus , Dresden , Erfurt , Gera , Frankfurt (Oder) , Gotha , Görlitz , Leipzig , Plauen , Potsdam and Zwickau , but especially in Prague , Brno , Bratislava , Szczecin and other Eastern European cities. The most common variants in East German cities are the types T3D , T4D , KT4D and T6A2D as well as their modernized forms - some with low-floor middle parts. In Strausberg , cars of the type KT8D5 and the prototype of the T6C5 are now also in use.
In the meantime, the Tatra wagons are being further developed by Aliance TW , which was founded in 2001 , consisting of the railway repair plant Krnovské opravny a strojírny sro (KOS) in Krnov (Jägerndorf) as a production facility, the Prague design office VKV Praha sro and the Prague marketing company Pragoimex as
Series
The original Tatra T1
Tatra T2
Tatra T3
Tatra T4 D + B4D
T5C5 in Budapest
Tatra T6B5
Tatra T6A2
Tatra T6A5
Tatra T7B5
Tatra K2
Tatra KT4 D
Tatra KT8D5
Tatra RT6N1
Tatra RT8D5
Tatra RT6S
Type designation |
Construction year | Countries to which the cars were delivered | number |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | 1952-1958 | Czechoslovakia, Poland, Soviet Union | 287 |
T2 | 1955-1962 | Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union | 771 |
T2D | 1966-1968 | GDR | 117 |
T3 | 1960-1989 | Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, GDR, Romania, Yugoslavia | 13991 |
T4 | 1967-1986 | Soviet Union, GDR, Romania, Yugoslavia | 2635 |
T5A5 | 1972 and 1981 respectively | prototype | 2 |
T5B6 | 1976 | prototype | 2 |
T5C5 | 1980-1984 | Hungary | 322 |
T6B5 | 1985-2000 | Bulgaria, North Korea, Soviet Union | 1203 |
T6A2 | 1985-1999 | Bulgaria, GDR, Hungary | 256 |
T6A5 | 1992-1997 | Czechoslovakia | 260 |
T7B5 | 1988-1993 | Czechoslovakia | 8th |
T6C5 | 1998 | Prototype, USA ( New Orleans ), since 2003 Germany ( Strausberger Eisenbahn ) | 1 |
K1 | 1964 and 1965 respectively | prototype | 2 |
K2 | 1966-1983 | Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia | 567 |
K5AR | 1970-1973 | Egypt | 200 |
KT4 | 1974–1990 and 1997 | Soviet Union, GDR, Yugoslavia, North Korea | 1767 |
KT8D5 | 1986-1999 | Czechoslovakia, North Korea *, Soviet Union | 205 |
RT6N1 | 1993-1997 | Czech Republic, Poland | 19th |
RT6S | 1997 | Czech Republic | 1 |
RT8D5 | 1997-1999 | Philippines | 73 |
Type designation
The many different types of wagons that were built by Tatra received a common identification scheme that has been modified and supplemented over the years. The main technical data can be derived from this combination of numbers and letters.
Vehicle type:
- T = railcar
- B = sidecar
- K / KT / RT = articulated train
The following number indicates the development series (for articulated trolleys "RT" and "KT" the number of axles).
The next character was used from T5 or KT8:
- A = one-way trolley with 6.7 m pivot spacing
- B = one-way trolley with 7.5 m pivot spacing
- C = bidirectional wagon with 6.7 m pivot spacing
- D = bidirectional trolley with 7.5 m pivot spacing
The following number (from T5 / KT8) refers to the car body width:
- 2 = 2.2 m
- 5 = 2.5 m
- 6 = 2.6 m
From T2 or K2, the type designation was supplemented by further capital letters that indicated the country of use (e.g. H = Hungary, SU = Soviet Union, D = GDR, YU = Yugoslavia). An attached (small) t indicates that the vehicle has been equipped with thyristor control.