ČSD Class EMU 89.0
| ČSD Class EMU 89.0 ŽSR Class 420.95 |
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A class 420.95 at Tatranská Lomnica, Summer 2000.
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| In service | 1965–2002 |
| Manufacturer | ČKD Tatra |
| Built at | Smíchov |
| Replaced | Various EMU classes |
| Constructed | 1965 prototype 1968–1970 series |
| Entered service | 1965 |
| Scrapped | 2001–2002 |
| Number built | 18 |
| Number preserved | 1 |
| Number scrapped | 14 |
| Fleet numbers | ČSD EMU 89.001-018 ŽSR 420.952-968 |
| Capacity | 120 + 14 seated 156 standing |
| Operator(s) |
ČSD to 1992 ŽSR from 1993 |
| Depot(s) | Poprad |
| Line(s) served | Tatra Electric Railway |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Steel |
| Train length | 37,534 mm (1,477.7 in) |
| Articulated sections | 3 |
| Maximum speed | 50 km/h (31 mph) |
| Weight | 47.4 t (46.7 long tons; 52.2 short tons) |
| Power output | 320 kW (430 hp) |
| Electric system(s) | 1.5 kV DC |
| Current collection method | Pantograph |
| UIC classification | Bo'Bo'Bo'Bo' |
| Bogies | Jacobs |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
The former ČSD Class EMU 89.0, later known as the ŽSR Class 420.95, was a class of metre gauge electric multiple units operated from the late 1960s until 2001-2002, on the Tatra Electric Railway (TEŽ), in the Prešov Region of northeastern Slovakia.
The TEŽ is a small network of railway lines totalling 35 kilometres (22 mi) in length. It connects Poprad-Tatry railway station, on the standard gauge Košice–Bohumín Railway, with a number of ski, tourist, and health resorts in the nearby High Tatras. Opened in 1908, the TEŽ had become so run down by the early 1960s that it needed extensive reconstruction, to meet the requirements of its growing tourist traffic. The work required went beyond the renewal of tracks and equipment, and included the procurement of new vehicles.
Between 1964 and 1970, the TEŽ was therefore completely refurbished, in preparation for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970, which were held in the area. The class EMU 89.0 vehicles entered service on the TEŽ between 1965 and 1969 as an integral part of the refurbishment. They replaced an obsolete fleet of vehicles, of classes EMU 25.0, EMU 26.0, EMU 28.0, EMU 48.0 and EMU 49.0. The oldest of these obsolete vehicles had entered service in 1912, and the youngest in 1956.
All members of the class were designed and built by ČKD Tatra, then one of the world's leading manufacturers of trams.
The prototype vehicle, assembed at ČKD Tatra's factory in Smíchov, Prague, was completed in 1965. Its design was derived largely from that of the then current Tatra T2 and T3 type standard trams, and K2 type articulated trams.
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