Tatra T2

T2
Number built	771
Built from	1955-1962
Length	15,200 mm
Width	2,500 mm
Height	3,050 mm
Maximum power	160 kW
Passenger capacity	25 seats (T2SU: 38) 75 standing (T2SU: 56)
Manufacturer	ČKD Tatra

Tatra T2 - that sign tram produced in the years 1955 to 1962 at the premises of CKD in Prague in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia).

Design

T2 is a unidirectional railcar, equipped with three folding doors. The concept of building comes from the U.S. specification PCC and is a development model of T1. Compared to its predecessor, the wagon box and the extended position motorniczego improved. Placed at the front of the car surrounded by a single spotlight decorative chrome bar (called "Stalin's mustache). The biggest drawback was the large mass of the wagon so soon began the construction of a new model of T3.

Operation

Tatra T2 have been operated only in Czechoslovakia (Bratislava, Brno, Kosice, Liberec, Most and Litvínov, Olomouc, Ostrava, Pilsen, Prague, Ústí nad Labem). Currently T2 trams can be found only in the service line in Liberec (upgraded copies), and as cars are also on duty in Brno. Two prototypes are exhibits in the museum of communication Střešovicach in Prague.

For the Soviet Union produced a variety T2SU with two pairs of folding doors and more seats .

	City	Year	T2	T2SU	Total
	Bratislava	1959 -1962	66	0	66
	Brno	1958-1962	94	0	94
	Košice	1958-1962	31	0	31
	Liberec	1960-1961	14	0	14
	Most	1961-1962	36	0	36
	Olomouc	1960-1961	4	0	4
	Ostrava	1958-1962	100	0	100
	Plzeň	1960-1962	26	0	26
	Prague	1955	2	0	2
	Ústí nad Labem	1960-1962	18	0	18
	Samara	1958-1962	0	43	43
	Kiev	1960-1962	0	50	50
	St. Petersburg	1959	0	2	2
	Moscow	1959-1962	0	180	180
	Rostov on Don	1958-1959	0	40	40
	Yekaterinburg	1958-1962	0	65	65
		Total	391	380	771

Photo gallery

Tatra T2

Historical T2 tram in Prague

Historical T2 tram in Prague

Historical T2 tram in Prague

Tatra T2R service tram in Brno