Tatra T1

Tatra T1
Tram T1 in Ostrava
Interior
In service	1952 – 1987
Manufacturer	ČKD Tatra
Assembly	Prague
Family name	Tatra
Constructed	1952 – 1958
Entered service	1952
Number built	287
Number preserved	6
Successor	Tatra T2
Capacity	95
Specifications
Car length	14,500 mm (47 ft 7 in)
Width	2,400 mm (7 ft 10 in)
Height	3,050 mm (10 ft 0 in)
Doors	3
Maximum speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Weight	16,600 kg (36,600 lb)
Engine type	TM 22
Traction motors	4
Power output	4×40 kW
Electric system(s)	600 V DC
Current collector(s)	pantograph
Wheels driven	4
Coupling system	Albert
Track 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 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:

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
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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