Tatra T6B5

T6B5
Tatra T6B5 tram in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia Tatra T6B5 tram in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Manufacturer	ČKD Praha Inekon Trams
Constructed	ČKD: 1983 – 1995 Inekon: 1995 – 2007
Number built	1,150
Specifications
Current collection method	pantograph

T6B5SU is a Czechoslovak-built high floor four axle tram with an impulsive speed control. This model of tram was produced by CKD Praha, Praha - Smichov in the period of 1983-1995, following one year in Zlichin until 1996. After ČKD Praha went bankrupt, the final assembly and sale of incomplete trams was 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 Ex-Soviet Republics it is also known as Т3М. Today, most of these trams are used in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Tram description

The T6B5 is notably distinct from the other sub-classes of the T6 series. Its most noticeable difference is its extra width, which causes the front end not to look as "pointed" as the other T6 types.

General

T6B5, also known as T3M, is a four-axle motorized single-ended tram. Tram cars can be used autonomously as well as in multiple units, controlled from single console. These trams cannot be used with motorless trailer tramcars. It is possible to rise only one pantograph, when such trams are driven in sets of two. Yet using three-car tram sets, two pantographs must be up. Controlling the second tram cars from a first is possible even if the traction equipment of a first car is out of order.

• Kharkov tram 4551.JPG

  T6B5 in Kharkov, 4551, 2008

• Tatra T6B5 in Minsk 01.jpg

  T6B5 in Minsk, 008, 2007

• Tatra-T6B5 tram in Minsk 02.jpg

  T6B5 coupled by multiple traction system in Minsk, 020+019, 2006

• T6B5 №3198.jpg

  T6B5 in Barnaul, 3198

• Т6В5 в Ташкенте.jpg

  Т6В5 in Tashkent, 2742, 2009

• Trams in Sofia 2012 PD 072.jpg

  Tatra Т6В5 in Sofia

See also

• Pyongyang tram system
• Trams and trolleybuses in North Korea