Trams and trolleybuses in North Korea

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Trams and Trolleybuses in North Korea are forms of transportation for North Koreans to travel around in urban centres given the shortages on fuel and access to cars for average citizens.

Very few details are known about these trolleybuses and trams due to the closed society of North Korea.

Contents 1 Trams 2 Trolleybuses 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Trams

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

#	Description	Make	Fleet #	Year acquired	Notes
45	double-articulated	CKD/Tatra KT8D5K units	1001-1045	1990
129	articulated trams	T6B5K single motor units	1046-1174	1990s
50		KT4K units	1175-1224	ordered 1991	removed articulation by Shenfang Works China
Leipzig (200 vehicles), Dresden (95), and Magdeburg (25)	trams	CKD/Tatra T4D/B4D			used
	Kim Jong Tae Locomotive Works - copy of CKD KT4		1990s
18 trailers and 18 motor units	Zürich 4/4 1b (Kurbeli)		built 1947-1954 for Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon (MFO) and Schindler Waggon Schlieren (SWS)		retired 1994; purchased by NK 1995

[edit] Trolleybuses

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

#	Description	Make	Fleet #	Year acquired	Year retired	Notes
	trolleybus	Hungarian Ikarus 260/280
	trolleybus	Skoda		1950s
	articulated trolleybus	Chollima
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 1/2/9.11	N/A	1961
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 9.25		1963
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 70		1970
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 72		1972
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 74		1974
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 84		1984
	articulated trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 962		1987
	articulated trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 90/903		1990
	articulated trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chongnyon		1990
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 72		1972
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chongnyonjunwi		1996
	trolleybus and articulated	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima		1997		Ikarus assembly
	articulated trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Sonyon		1999
	trolleybus	Pyongyang Trolleybus Works Chollima 032		2004
	trolleybus	Chongjin Bus Works Jipsam 74		1972
	articulated trolleybus	Chongjin Bus Works Jipsam 86		1986
	trolleybus	Chongjin Bus Works Chongnyonjunwi Chongjin		2000

[edit] See also

• Pyongyang Metro
• Pyongyang Tram
• Transport in North Korea

[edit] References

• DPRK automobiles
• Pyongyang Metro