Tatra KT8D5

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Tatra KT8D5 is a bidirectional light rail vehicle currently (December 2025, and not expected to retire soon, except in Brno) operating in Europe and Asia. In several variations, it was designed and manufactured by Czech engineering corporation ČKD Tatra from 1984 to 1999 and a total of 206 cars were sold. The vehicle has an angular design similar to Tatra T6A5, Tatra RT8D5M, and Tatra KT4 both outside and inside. During its production period, several versions of KT8D5 were sold. The need for new generation vehicles for Czechoslovakia started in late 1970s. The original goal was to make a light rail vehicle with a higher capacity to meet growing demands for public transport. The project to design and build the KT8D5 was approved in 1982, and the first two prototypes were constructed in 1984. In 1989 the first prototype was sent to Moscow, from where in 1992 it was sent to Volgograd for the metrotram. The second prototype was sent to Ostrava in 1989. The first vehicles entered operation 1986 in Prague, Brno, Most and Košice.