Ganz articulated underground tramcar

Fleet data:

Built: 1971, 1973, 1987
Numbers: 21-22, 23-41, 42-43
Quantity: 23
Line: Metro No.1 (yellow line)

Technical data:

Lenght: 30 370 mm
Weight: 37 000 kg
Axleload: 8650 kg
Adhesions proportion: 63 %
Body:
Framework: steel
Lenght: 29 560 mm
Widht: 2220 mm
Height: 2590 mm
Floor level: 470 mm
Wheel-base: 1600 and 1800 mm
Distance between pivots: 8915 and 9050 mm
Wheel diameter: 670 mm
Capacity:
Gross area: 65 m²
Seats: 48
Stands (4 pers./m²): 113
Standing area: 28,3 m²
Total capacity: (4 pers./m²) 161, (5 pers./m²) 189 fõ
Doors:
Type: double sliding
Layout: 2–2–2–2–2–2
Operation: by compressed air
Engines:
Quantity: 4
Type: TK44A
Power: 66 kW
Brakes:
Normal: electrical
Additional: air-brake
Stop: air-brake, hand-brake
Electrification system: 600 V DC
Lights inside: strip lighting, 24 V
Battery loading: static transformer
Type of control: manual, contactors
Minimum usable radius of curvature: 37 m
Maximal speed: 60 km/h

Some pictures about the previous car-type of the underground line No.1. The locale is the old aboveground end-station at Városliget which closed in 1973.

Finally there is a picture on tramway.com about the operating museum-car.

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