Tatra T6B5

Tatra T6B5
Coupled Tatra T6B5 trams in Sofia
ManufacturerČKD Tatra
Tatra-Yug
AssemblyCzech Republic Prague
Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk
Family nameTatra
Constructed1983–2007
Number built1,279
PredecessorTatra T3
SuccessorTatra-Yug K1
Capacity120
Specifications
Car length15,300 mm (50 ft 2 in)
Width2,500 mm (8 ft 2 in)
Height3,145 mm (10 ft 3.8 in)
Doors3
Maximum speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Weight18,000 kg (40,000 lb)
Engine typeTE 023
Traction motors4
Power output4×45 kW
Electric system(s)600 V DC
Current collector(s)pantograph
Wheels driven4
Bogies2
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in), 1,524 mm (5 ft)

Tatra T6B5 is a Czechoslovak-built high floor four axle tram with a pulse-width-modulation ('chopper') speed control. This model of tram was produced by CKD Praha in Smíchov, Prague in the period of 1983–1995, following one year in Zličín until 1996. After ČKD Praha went bankrupt, the final assembly and sale of incomplete trams were managed by Inekon Trams until 2007. The last four trams were supplied to the city of Ufa by late 2007. About 1,150 tramcars of this model were produced. In the former Soviet Union, it is also known as Tatra T3M. In 2015 most of these trams were used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.[note 1]
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