The 71-608 (in colloquial language KTM-8) is a Russian motor four-axle high-floor
tramcar
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. These rail vehicles are produced by Ust'-Katav Vagon-building plant (
UKVZ, УКВЗ, Усть-Катавский Вагоностроительный Завод имени С. М. Кирова - Russian abbreviature and full name). "KTM" means ''Kirov Motor Tramcar'' (russian: Кировский Трамвай Моторный). This abbreviature was producer's official trademark before 1976, when new designation system for tram and subway rolling stock was introduced in the Soviet Union. After official abandoning KTM trademark it still lives in everyday conversations of Russian tram workers and enthusiasts.
Types
* 71-608 - two prototypes from 1988, used in Tver and Moscow. Withdrawn.
* 71-608K - standard model 1991-1993
* 71-608KM - standard model 1993 - 2000s
Gallery
71-608 nn.jpg, 71-608KM model 2004 tramcar in Nizhny Novgorod
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, Russia
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. Car from last batches, interior similar to 71-619K model
Perm asv2019-05 img14 tram at MGorkogo stop.jpg, 71-608 in Perm
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** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
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External links
71-619 on Nizhny Novgorod TramSite(in Russian)
Soviet tram vehicles
tram vehicles of Russia
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