Pesa Twist is a articulated low floor
tram
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produced in
Bydgoszcz
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by
Pesa SA. The Twist is currently operated in
Częstochowa
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,
Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy
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,
Kyiv
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,
Kraków
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and
Wrocław
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Tallinn
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has made an order of the trams.
History
Pesa Bydgoszcz started production of trams in 2006. The first model produced was the Tramicus (2006-2008), and since 2010, the Swing.
. Their structures, however, were close to each other (30-meter trams have about 5 sections moving on six wheels).
At that time,
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issued a tender for the purchase of brand-new low-floor trams because of the planned opening of a new tram line have increased need for rolling stock.
In 2012
Silesian Interurbans bought 30 Pesa twist-step trams, and a year later Moscow bought 120 Pesa Fokstrot units (based on Twist-Step). In the following year,
MPK Kraków bought 36 trams, and in 2015 MPK Wrocław also bought Pesa Twist trams.
Gallery
File:Twist on Niepodległości Avenue2.jpg
File:Pesa Twist Wroclaw 01.JPG
File:Pesa2014N„Krakowiak”-UlicaBasztowa-POL, Kraków.jpg
File:KyivTram2018.jpg
File:Pesa Twist Gorzów.jpg
File:Twist_2017N_Bytom_Jagiellońska.jpg
File:Twist 2012N-10 Sosnowiec 3 Maja.jpg
See also
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Transport in Poland
Transport in Poland involves air, water, road and rail transportation. The country has a large network of municipal public transport, such as buses, trams and the metro. As a country located at the 'cross-roads' of Europe, Poland, with its highly ...
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List of rolling stock manufacturers
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References
External links
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Twist
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