The sort-of is the sound of Škoda motors which will be heard in Melbourne in the near future!
Here is a well-composed video taken inside the new 52T in Prague, showing it at work on the eastern part of Line 12.
Near the end of the video there is a detailed walk-through worth watching, showing the interior, but the video first starts at the back end where there is an additional nine seats in place of a second driver's cab. The 32 metre long 2.5 metre wide tram has 70 seats and 173 standing places, making a total capacity of 243.
It's very similar to the (full length) G2 class, except, as mentioned elsewhere, having the end swivelling bogies, positioned right at the end of the tram, rather than in the end saloon as in the G class. This is to minimise the amount of narrowed aisle resulting from bogie swing. All of the seats in the 52T are mounted on the flat floor, not on raised plinths.
The 52T is a Forcity Plus model, which first appeared in Bratislava in 2014. There is another example of the Forcity Plus, built for FCB (Frankfurt(Oder)/Cottbus/Brandenburg), which is very similar to the G1 class, having only three modules and the swivelling end bogies under the saloons like the G1. (Again that diabolical situation where trams with different mechanical platforms are classed together as the same model!) The FCB tram is 29 metres long, 156 passenger capacity including 61 seats. It is only 2.4 metres wide and narrow gauge.
The G1 class is 25.2 metres long and has a capacity of 150 (I don't know the number of seats). The G2 class is 35 metres long. Both are 2.65 metres wide. I would be interested to know the number of seats in each, including folding.
Tony P
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