Cities: Skylines

Cities: Skylines

45 ratings
Tram Tatra T6B5 (Changes Colour!)
   
Award
Favorite
Favorited
Unfavorite
Assets: Vehicle
File Size
Posted
Updated
2.925 MB
20 Feb, 2016 @ 1:07am
23 Feb, 2016 @ 3:13am
2 Change Notes ( view )
You need DLC to use this item.

Subscribe to download
Tram Tatra T6B5 (Changes Colour!)

In 1 collection by komurka
Murka's Public Transport Collection
48 items
Description
This car changes livery color into the color of the line!

Being the most perfect Tatra tram, T6B5 was the first serial electronic tram vehicle, built in 1983-2007 in Prague, Plzeň (Czech Republic) and Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine). It was designed in 1983 to serve on Moscow tram lines, but failed city ride tests - off cource, not becouse it was bad, but Moscow tranport autorities and depot administration just were not interested in any changes and still wanted to use competely outdated, but simple and reliable Tatra T3 tramcar. So, there were only 2 prototypes of this type in Moscow - both were decommissioned in 2006 and one piece is still safe as a historicvehicle in Moscow City Transport Museum collection.

The next life of this gorgeous tramcar began in 1986, when during the modernization of tram system of Kiev a large party of this trams were purchased. From that year many of Soviet cities got these cars until the Soviet Union collaped.

After the collapse most of post-Soviet cities coudn't afford to buy this car (except several examples, like Toshket in Uzbekistan, wich got large Russia-oriented party of T6B5's, and the city of Tula in Central Russia, wich still could to buy some of this cars in the mid-90s), so many of new-built vehicles vere sold in Bulgaria (Sofia) and North Korea (Pyongyang, these cars were marked K).

In 90s in Ddepropetrovsk, Ukraine, some of thess cars were built by the Juzhmash plant (these cars are known as Tatra-Jug, or Tatra-South translating from Russian).

After the disbanning of CKD plant in Prague, several cars were built in Plzeň by Inekon group. These cars were sold in 2007 and now are working in the city of Ufa in Bashkirian Republic, Russia.

In-game model has:

~3000 tris
1024x1024 textures
55 capacity
80 km/h speed

If You like it and want some more, You can always make a little donation. Thanks!
[www.paypal.com]
30 Comments
hry_plays 24 Mar, 2022 @ 7:35am 
can you please make the T6A5 too?
DAKI4 11 Jan, 2018 @ 10:49am 
That trams are still running in Sofia
komurka  [author] 4 Mar, 2016 @ 11:22am 
Yes it is en exellent bargain)
フロニャン 4 Mar, 2016 @ 11:19am 
Actually I read that they modernize the old Tatra trains at Prague Public Transit Company. The first ones were renewed external but later they did by themselves because it was cheaper.
Well, Prague's KT8 (no. 9006) was damaged in an accident that much that they decided to not rebuild it (in 1995). Strausberg got 2 new trams anyway, so they need only 1 KT8 as backup (they can only use 2 trains at the same time). So they sold 2 of the 3 KT8 to Prague and got the 3rd one modernized (I think I read for free but I'm not sure where I read it). Now they have another backup KT8 in Prague and Strausberg got a modernized one back. Sounds like a great deal to me.
komurka  [author] 4 Mar, 2016 @ 8:14am 
Zhitomir and Vinnica are cities in Ukraine with 1000 mm. Trams there were established in Russian Empire.

Lvov was an Austrian city before 1917 (and was known as Lemberg), but may Austrian cities have 1435 mm gauge.

We here have mostly 1525 mm gauge on trams (and 1520 on heavy rail). But there is an unique tram system in Rostov-on-Don, where the gauge is 1435 as in Europe. It is strange but they still don't use used cars from Europe.
komurka  [author] 4 Mar, 2016 @ 8:14am 
"Why does the 2nd wagon have the old pantograph?"

No, both cars are definetely T6's. I think this is a pantograph from some local car. Original one get to another head car instead of broken one. People in Russia and Ukraine are very inventive in such things.

Here is a photo where second car still has its original pant:
http://transphoto.ru/photo/06/25/44/625445.jpg

About 1000 mm in Russia: the other city in Russia with 1000 mm gauge is Pjatigorsk. It is placed in North Caucasus. Germans were there in 1942 but the tram is much older =))

Also Cremean trams (Evpatoria and closed Sevastopol and Simferopol systems) have 1000 mm. Evpatoria uses Tatra KT4 and never used Tatra T4, but used Gotha trams (GDR built).

komurka  [author] 4 Mar, 2016 @ 8:03am 
About Strausberg's KT8:

yep its realy looks like Prague modernised wagon. Strange mb they were rebuilt in Plzen?
And actually this car has low section on the middle so it is compartable for disabled persons. Why they disbanded it?

"KT4 trains in some cities here got a middle part with low floor"

yes sometimes this cars even called Tatra KT6 (like in Tallin).

I know about Kt4 - Soviet sistems prefered T4 trams (narrow version of T3) for a long time, while KT4 were purchased by GDR. You know our people was very... conservative if not say retarded) Moscow purchased Tatra T3 till 1988 (!!) although there already were T6B5 and KT8D5. The good point - we still have a great amount of rebuild Tatras here http://transphoto.ru/photo/08/55/66/855661.jpg , the bad... you know it looks very cute but still strange for such a large city as Moscow is.
フロニャン 4 Mar, 2016 @ 4:30am 
The EU law I mentioned prohibits high floor trains in the European Union, so they have to get rid of the old trams. Official reason is to have more accessibility for disabled people in wheelchairs but I guess it's more about beating out small operating companies (high fines for those who can't upgrade due to financial reasons) and production of new trams...

That's maybe the reason why all the Tatra trams are getting disbanded.
At least it's the reason for the German ones.
KT4 trains in some cities here got a middle part with low floor (from first sight maybe a bit like KT8 light edition)
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/deutschland~strassenbahn~schoneicher-rudersdorfer-strasenbahn/772627/tw-26-der-schoeneicher-ruedersdorfer-strassenbahn-am.html

The KT4 were actually built fist for German cities so their width was set to our old tram system standards. The prototype has been tested in Potsdam.
フロニャン 4 Mar, 2016 @ 4:23am 
About your photo:
http://transphoto.ru/photo/08/66/45/866450.jpg
Why does the 2nd wagon have the old pantograph? I mean, the doors are obviously those from Berlin. Also the red lamps over the doors (door closing lights) are from here. But did they maybe put a pantograph on a B6? I mean, we replaced all pantographs here to the newer ones...

Well, the reason Kaliningrad has 1000mm gauge is that the city used to be Prussian by the time the trams were introduced. We normally use 1435mm gauge here but some cities here still have 1000mm. But since it's not common in Russia and it's hard to get new trains from local manufacturers with that gauge they got rid of most lines in Kaliningrad.
フロニャン 4 Mar, 2016 @ 4:12am 
Well, apart from Strausberg all our Tatras in Germany used Scharfenberg coupling (which is standard here too^^)
The Temirtau train looks like it just came from Potsdam, with old operator logo and even number.

I know many old KT4D and T6A2 are now in Szcecin. Actually rode them last year during my visit and noticed they even have the last repaint information etc. on the outside still in German.

About Strausberg's KT8:
Before modernization
http://www.bahnbilder.de/1200/die-strausberger-eisenbahn-verfuegt-ueber-714333.jpg
After modernizarion
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bild/deutschland~strassenbahn~strausberg/859251/strausberg-ste-sl-89-kt8d5rns2-22.html
They seemed to modernize it the same way they did for Prague's KT8 with differences in the design which is the actual BVG (Berlin's tram, subway and bus operator) corporate design. Also the interior as far as I could see it on photos is the same as BVG has, not Prague's design.