Tatra T6A2

The Tatra T6A2 was a tramcar built by ČKD Tatra between 1985 and 1999. Having enjoyed widepsread success with its previous models among mainly Soviet customers, the T6A2 was quite different in appearance to its predecessors, and was bought exclusively by cities in the former East Germany.

Variations

T6A2D/B6A2D

Towards the end of the 1980s, many East German cities required new trams to replace their ageing fleets, and it was for this reason that Tatra commissioned the building of three prototype vehicles in 1985. These vehicles were tested first of all in Prague before being moved to Dresden. Between 1988 and 1991, 174 of the type were delivered to five East German cities. Berlin was the largest customer, taking delivery of 177 examples, plus a further 5 which were acquired from Rostock in 1995.

T6A2B

The T6A2H was produced for the Sofia network, of which 40 were delivered in 1991 followed by a second batch of 17 in 1999.

T6A2H

The 13 examples delivered to the Hungarian city of Szeged were labelled T6A2H and entered service in 1997 into a fleet that had previously consisted of exclusively Hungarian-built stock.

Production

256 T6A2 trams and 92 B6A2 trailer cars were produced from 1985 to 1999 and delivered to:

Bulgaria
*Sofia (57 T6A2B trams)
Hungary
*Szeged (13 T6A2H trams)
Germany
*Berlin (118 T6A2D trams + 64 B6A2D trailer cars)
*Dresden (4 T6A2D trams + 2 B6A2D trailer cars)
*Leipzig (28 T6A2D trams + 14 B6A2D trailer cars)
*Magdeburg (6 T6A2D trams + 3 B6A2D trailer cars)
*Rostock (24 T6A2D trams + 6 B6A2D trailer cars)
*Schwerin (6 T6A2D trams + 3 B6A2D trailer cars) - never went in service, sold to MagdeburgNote: This is production list. Public transport companies may sell used trams to other companies, thus number of cities where are (or were) these trams may be higher.