The T1 was one of the first

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cars based on the American '' Presidents' Conference Committee'' concept, produced by Czechoslovak company ČKD Tatra. 287 multiple T1 units were built between 1952 and 1958. Most of them were used in Czechoslovakia, but 22 were shipped abroad: 2 to

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and the remaining 20 to Rostov-on-Don. The first prototype of T1, T1 TW 5001, which today is considered the forefather of all Tatra trams, premiered in the streets of

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on 22 January 1951. It is now on exhibition in the Prague Museum Depot (''Muzeum Vozovna Střešovice'') in Střešovice. The cars remained in use into the 1960s, when they were converted into T3-type vehicles. The last T1 was retired on 4 April 1987, in Plzeň.

Production

New Tatra T1 units were delivered to the following cities:

Gallery

T1_Ostrava.jpg, Historical T1 tram in Ostrava T1_tram_Pilzno.jpg, Historical T1 tram in Plzeň T1front.jpg, Historical T1 tram in

T1_praha1.JPG, Historical T1 tram in Prague

References

External links

{{TatraTram Tatra trams Tram vehicles of the Czech Republic Tram vehicles of Poland