It carries 368 passengers, is air-conditioned and can travel at high speed.
The world’s longest tram It was launched on a line connecting three cities in southwestern Germany. Touring the lines of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region including Manheim, Ludwigshafen and HeidelbergThe giant tram is 58.61 meters long from end to end and is a world record. It carries 368 passengers, is air-conditioned and can travel at 80 km/h.
These record-breaking trams will essentially operate as metropolitan trains operating on both urban and intercity routes. Its modular design allows it to be divided into sections for maintenance or to create trams of different lengths.
The tram was delivered to Mannheim in September. It is manufactured by the Czech group Škoda.. It is part of a tram package worth more than 260 million euros, commissioned by the transport operator and whose total delivery is planned for the end of 2026.
Rhine-Côte d’Azur Region (RNV) network, tram length records. Already in the sixties, its 38.55-meter vehicle was the longest tram in the world at that time. Previously, the record belonged to the 9-section, 55.9-meter-long tram from Budapest, which has been passing through the city since 2016.
Which is the longest passenger train in the world?
These extra-long trams are dwarfed by record-length trains. In 2022, a Swiss railway company broke the record for the world’s longest passenger train. 100 wagons and 25 locomotives It has a length of 1,910 meters. In total, the weight of the train was almost 3,000 tons.
As if that wasn’t enough, Rising to a height of 789 meters From Preda to Alvaneu, we pass through Bergün. There are 4,550 seats on the ship, but unlike fast trams, it can only travel at 30 or 35 km/h.
The entire 61 kilometer journey along the Albula Line, UNESCO World HeritageIt took approximately 46 minutes, traveling along historic viaducts and climbing spiral rails. The train came in Guinness Book of Records for its incredible length. Rhaetian Railways launched the world record-breaking train on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the Swiss Railways in 2022.
