This was one of my favourite threads on CE forum, now well-buried in European Forums archives. I thought I might establish a CZ thread and start it with a link from the old thread:
Thats an ordinary T5C5. You can find heaps of it in EE. I think the turning radius is like 5m in this case
This particular accident happened because a switch was not secured properly,and the back didnt follow the front...
Official capacity of single T3 is 100 people, official capacity of 15T under the same circumstances is 210 people (however I think that real-life capacity of 2xT3 will be a little bit higher than that of 15T). But not all T3s will be replaced by the current order of 15Ts. There are currently ~360 unmodernised T3s (T3, T3SU(CS), T3M), which will all go (sale or scrapyard, also modernisations are still done), and ~300 modernised T3R.Ps, which will last at least 15 years. Then there are T3R.PVs (35) and low-floor(-ish) T3R.PLFs (12 currently), which all are basically new trams. While no more R.PVs are planned, R.PLFs are still manufactured. So T3 reincarnations will be with us for quite some time.
I also heard of plans to get rid of the unmodernised T3s and also sell the T6 (possibly all 150 of them).
Praha - Prodloužení tramvajové trati do Radlic, kterou budou moci pražští cestující poprvé využít v sobotu 4. října, ovlivní i další linky pražské hromadné dopravy. Od soboty tak začnou tramvaje jezdit nejen v úseku Laurová - Radlická, ale bude obnoven také provoz v úseku Na Knížecí - Laurová, jenž byl přerušen v dubnu. Úpravy se dotknou i tramvají číslo 4, 6 a 7 a některých autobusů. Dnes to sdělil Filip Drápal, mluvčí společnosti Ropid, která v Praze a jejím okolí organizuje dopravu.
Na nové trati ke stanici metra Radlická, po které bude jezdit tramvaj číslo 7, budou zřízeny zastávky Škola Radlice a Radlická. Mezi současnými zastávkami Křížová a Laurová navíc přibude Braunova. Ve večerních hodinách se cestující u tohoto spoje dočkají kratších intervalů, tramvaj bude jezdit každých deset minut místo současných 20.
Náhradou za linku 7, která v současné době vozí cestující až do sídliště Řepy, bude podle Drápala v ranní špičce prodloužena tramvaj číslo 4 o úsek Kotlářka - Sídliště Řepy. Tramvaj číslo 6 bude místo do stanice Na Knížecí jezdit do obratiště Kotlářka. Šestka bude v provozu pouze v pracovní dny mezi 6:00 a 20:00.
Od 4. října se změní také jízdní řády některých autobusů. V Bohnicích bude zkrácen interval na linkách 102 a 144 v pracovní dny ráno ze šesti na pět minut. Linka 154 bude zkrácena o úsek Chodov - Koleje Jižní Město, ve zrušeném úseku jezdí podle Drápala dostatečně linka 136.
Omezen bude také provoz linky 182, která bude končit v zastávce sídliště Lhotka a fungovat bude pouze v pracovní dny ráno. "Jako náhradu lze použít kapacitní autobusové linky 139, 205 a 253 s možným přestupem v zastávce Družná. Částečnou náhradou je také posílení provozu linky 189 v pracovní dny odpoledne ve směru Kačerov," uvedl Drápal. Školní linka 553 bude nově zajíždět až do zastávky Na Návsi.
is comparing the factor of wheelbox intrusion in 100% low floor designs compared to the 15T. The Crotram certainly demonstrates the problem very well! The Flexity is neater but I suspect is able to be because the bogies don't pivot like the 15T. Would I be right (question for CZ tram experts on forum)?
I am trying to find good video of Prague trams at speed like this (but better quality). Any enthusiast DVDs or clips around that anyone knows of? I have already looked at several YouTube clips but not very good quality. Thanks.
Well this actually doesn't have anything to do with trams, but since I really don't know where to put this (and I don't think that it would deserve it's own thread), I'll put it here, as this is probably the most visited public transit related thread.
The future is coming. According to the November issue of Škodovák magazine (.pdf, 1.48MB, Czech only), Škoda company and Nuclear Research Institute are working on the new hydrogen-powered bus (not a hybrid, purely by hydrogen). By the look of things I would say it's basically their 24Tr trolleybus powered by the 48kW fuel cell and backed up by 26kWh batteries (max. output 100kW) and 0.36kWh ultracapacitors (max. output 200kW). The range should be 250kms and the road testing should start in spring.
By the look of things I would say it's basically their 24Tr trolleybus powered by the 48kW fuel cell and backed up by 26kWh batteries (max. output 100kW) and 0.36kWh ultracapacitors (max. output 200kW).
OSTRAVA photo request - has anyone seen this tram?
Hello. Inekon built some trams for use in Washington, DC, USA, but Washington has not completed construction of the tracks yet. As a result, the trams have been running in PlzenOstrava until Washington is ready to take them.
Here are two pictures of the DC trams. Does anyone have more? I would love to see them.
Yep. All 3 trams (completed 2007) are currently stored in Ostrava - Poruba tram depot. I don't know about any photos of them except perhaps those in this article about manufacture of trams for the US in Inekon. Some of the trams depicted are presumably for Washington.
The trams are basically the same as those in Seattle whose pictures are easily available as they are already in operation. For instance Inekon site features lots of them.
From Radio Prague news 17.1.2008:
New trams being removed from some routes in Prague
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The newest trams in use in Prague will be removed from some routes in
the coming weeks. The poor condition of some tram lines in the Czech
capital is being made worse by the heavy 14 T trams, say city
officials. However, the company which produces the trams, Skoda
Transportation in Plzen, rejects the suggestion that its vehicles are
harming tracks, saying that had not been proven.
General belief suggests that 14Ts have a more negative impact on the rails then other Prague's trams (makes sense - despite the lubricating system, the bogies turn just a bit, and the axle pressure is higher). However, all the routes which will be now closed for 14T type are built using the BKV technology (prefabricated concrete panels), and many of them didn't receive any major maintenance in last 20 years.
So both factors are to blame - the trams and the track technology, both not very suitable for Prague's network.
No precise date is known yet. However, some rumours are around, but being rumours, they are usually saying "next month" and being postponed every month. Let's hope that 15T starts the tests in Prague in 1H09 (and some test drives in Pilsen are expected before that).
well yes some tracks are bad in Prague but I don't believe that 14T infacts badly on tracks.
bogies turn normally besides the space between bogies is as same as the Tatras I think is it right?
so I don't see any type of problem here the 20 year tracks must be changed with new technologies and won't be problem.
oh I'm so waiting to see 15T in Prague they're so beautiful much more than 14T I think they are ugly. looks like a potato.
waiting for 15T.
well now about speed.
I don;t find attractive Prague trams speed in city they can speed up mpre but they don't have very stupid timeslots
only 60 km/h is bad. must be 80-90 km/h on some intersections between stations that are far and like this are very much.
for example in Zagreb trams run much more fast like 75-85 km/h maximum the new TMK 2200.
in 15T's technical pasport it's written 60 km/h maximum Ican't belaive that this moder vehicle can't accelerate more than this.
I think that this is ony speed limit and it can much.
do you know something about it?
Dos anyone have Skoda 15T technical drawing big one?:banana:
in 15T's technical pasport it's written 60 km/h maximum Ican't belaive that this moder vehicle can't accelerate more than this.
I think that this is ony speed limit and it can much.
The top speed of 15T (as well as 14T) is limited electronically, so it's only a matter of a software change, the trams are powerful enough to reach higher speeds. I think that the 60kph limit is imposed by our legislation.
Really? I thought the high floor sections would allow use of pivoting (rotating) bogies underneath. However according to the Skoda website 14T has a speed limiter for curves; this is usually necessary with fixed bogies.
Really? I thought the high floor sections would allow use of pivoting (rotating) bogies underneath. However according to the Skoda website 14T has a speed limiter for curves; this is usually necessary with fixed bogies.
Anyone know how many degrees of rotation the end bogies on the 15T have? The other (Jacobs) bogies are a different situation I guess as they work on conjunction with the articulation.
thanks for drawing I had this drawing but small one and wanted big one thak you.
Hope 15T can reach technicaly more speed than 60 km/h. I know that it's limited electronicaly to 60 but I'msure that it can reach like 90 km/h
hey and this tram has separate motors on each wheel??? 16x45 haaa? is this so?:nuts:
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