Tatra T6B5 is a Czechoslovak-built high floor four axle

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with a pulse-width-modulation ('chopper') speed control. This model of tram was produced by CKD Praha in

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, Prague in the period of 1983-1995, following one year in

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until 1996. After ČKD Praha went bankrupt, the final assembly and sale of incomplete trams were managed by

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until 2007. The last four trams were supplied to the city of

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by late 2007. About 1,150 tramcars of this model were produced. In the Ex-Soviet Republics it is also known as Т-3М. In 2015 most of these trams were used in

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, and

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.In 1994-1996 being licensed Czech Manufacturers Dnepropetrovsk based plant, Yuzhmash (literally translated as "Southern Machinery Plant", because it is located in Dnepropetrovsk, southern Ukraine) built 38 trams of this kind, designated as Tatra-Yug (Tatra-Yug is Russian for "Tatra-South", the index word "south" came from the fact that Dnepropetrovsk is located in the southern part of Ukraine). Then they produced 75 modified trams based on T6B5 model, which was designated as K-1. Besides the countries of the former USSR, Tatra T6B5 trams were also supplied to

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and

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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, is a four-axle motorized single-ended tram. Tram cars can be used autonomously as well as in multiple units, controlled from a single console. 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.

Production

1,279 trams were produced and delivered to: Note: This is the list of first owners. Stock may have later been resold to other cities not on this list.

Gallery

File:Трамвай № 2901.JPG, Tatra Т6В5 in

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, 2901, 2016 File:T6B5 №3198.jpg, T6B5 in

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, 3198 File:Kharkov tram 4551.JPG, T6B5 in

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, 008, 2007 File:Tatra-T6B5 tram in Minsk 02.jpg, T6B5 coupled by multiple traction system in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, 020+019, 2006 File:Т6В5 в Ташкенте.jpg, Т6В5 in

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