Tatra T1

4 ft 8+12 in), 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in), 1,524 mm (5 ft)

The T1 was one of the first tramcars 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:[1]

Country City Type Delivery years Number Fleet numbers
Czechoslovakia Košice T1 1956 – 1958 11 201–211
Most – Litvínov T1 1957 – 1958 34 201–234
Olomouc T1 1957 – 1958 10 101–110
Ostrava T1 1955 – 1957 44 501–544
Pilsen T1 1955 – 1957 33 101–133
Prague T1 1951 – 1956 133 5001–5133
Poland Warsaw T1 1955 2 501, 502
Soviet Union Rostov-on-Don T1 1957 20 301–320
Total: 287

Photo gallery

  • Tatra T1
  • Historical T1 tram in Ostrava
    Historical T1 tram in Ostrava
  • Historical T1 tram in Pilsen
    Historical T1 tram in Pilsen
  • Historical T1 tram in Prague
    Historical T1 tram in Prague
  • Historical T1 tram in Prague
    Historical T1 tram in Prague

References

  1. ^ "Tatra T1 deliveries". Strassenbahnen-Online. Retrieved 2007-12-08.

External links

Media related to Tatra T1 at Wikimedia Commons

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Trams produced by ČKD Tatra in Prague
Standard trams (T)
T1 • T2T3 (T3R • T3RF) • T4T5 (T5A5T5B6T5C5) • T6 (T6A2T6A5T6B5 • T6C5) • T7 (T7B5)
Articulated trams (KT, RT)
K1K2K5KT4 (KTNF6) • KT8D5 (KT8D5N) • RT6 (RT6N1 • RT6S) • RT8D5
Trailers (B)
B3 • B4 • B6A2