Tatra T1

Tatra T1
Tram T1 in Ostrava
Manufacturer	ČKD Tatra
Constructed	1952 - 1958
Number built	287
Specifications
Length	14,500 mm (47 ft 7 in)
Width	2,400 mm (7 ft 10 in)
Height	3,050 mm (10 ft 0 in)
Passenger capacity seats	26
Passenger capacity standing	69
Maximum speed	58 km/h (36 mph)
Doors	3
Low-floor	no
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in), 1,524 mm (5 ft)

The T1 was the first tramcar based on the American Presidents' Conference Committee concept, produced by Czechoslovakian company ČKD Tatra. 287 multiple T1 units were built between 1952 and 1958. Most of them were used in Czechoslovakia, but 22 were shipped abroad: 2 to Warsaw and the remaining 20 to Rostov-on-Don.

The first prototype of T1, T1 TW 5001, which today is considered the forefather of all Tatra trams, premiered in the streets of Prague on 22 January 1951. It is now on exhibition in the Prague Museum Depot (Muzeum Vozovna Střešovice) in Střešovice. The cars remained in use into the 1960s, when they were converted into T3-type vehicles. The last T1 was retired on 4 April 1987, in Plzeň.

Production

New Tatra T1 units were delivered to the following cities:

	City	Year	Number
	Košice	1956–1958	11
	Most	1957–1958	34
	Olomouc	1957–1958	10
	Ostrava	1955–1957	44
	Pilsen	1955–1957	33
	Prague	1952–1956	133
	Rostov-on-Don	1957	20
	Warsaw	1955	2
		Total	287

Photo gallery

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  Historical T1 tram in Ostrava

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  Historical T1 tram in Pilsen

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  Historical T1 tram in Prague

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  Historical T1 tram in Prague

External links

Media related to Tatra T1 at Wikimedia Commons