The Škoda 14T (also called Porsche and Elektra) is a five carbody section uni-directional

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, developed by

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for the

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. The 14T is the first low-floor tram purchased by the . The vehicle's body was designed by

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. The 14 T has six axles, and the low-floor area represents 50% of the entire vehicle floor. Due to specific Prague conditions it is able to deal with difficult adhesive conditions on

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up to 8.5%. It is based on the

Škoda 05 T The Škoda 05 T, also known as Škoda Vektra (''Velkokapacitní tramvaj'' (High-capacity tram)) was a five-carbody-section low floor, low-floor tram developed by Škoda Transportation and based on the Škoda 03 T. The prototype was built in 2003 ...

Production

: 3 trams were produced and delivered to Prague. Prague has ordered 20 vehicles with an option for another 40. : There are about 40 trams delivered to Prague. : The order has been completed in March with a total of 60 trams delivered.

Accidents

On September 19, 2011, the two-car set

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Tatra T6A5 Tatra T6A5 is a unidirectional high-floor Czech streetcar made for public transport in Europe and is one sub-type of T6 standard trams made by Czech light rail supplier Tatra ČKD in Prague. Five cities, namely Bratislava, Košice in Slovakia an ...

operating as line 20 crashed at high speed into a Škoda 14 T, which was stationary at the Kotlářka tram stop in

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. All three vehicles were decommissioned and accident left one fatality, the driver of Tatra T6A5. Investigation shown that driver's health problems were most likely to cause the accident.

References

External links

Information on Škoda website
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