Rolling Stock
Service is currently provided entirely with five-car units. There are two kinds of units currently in operation on the Prague Metro:
- M1, serving on line C since 1998, completely replaced older cars on line C in 2003. The metro owns 48 units. These units were manufactured in Prague by consortium consisting of ČKD Praha, ADtranz and Siemens (during the contract Siemens acquired ČKD Praha). This unit was also adapted for use in Venezuela on the Maracaibo Metro.
- 81-71M, modernized variant of the old Soviet 81-71 trains serving on the line A and on line B. First modernization was completed in 1996 and they are still continuing since in Škoda Transportation. Similar reconstructions were also made in the Tbilisi metro and Yerevan metro.
Previously in service:
- 81-71, old Soviet trains manufactured by Metrovagonmash serving only on line B, being gradually phased out and replaced by the modernized versions. Their service ended on 2 July 2009. Note that the original type designation discerned between cab (81-717) and cabless (81-714) cars, while Czech did not, referring to a whole trainset consisting of both 717 and 714 type cars.
- Ečs, Soviet trains manufactured by Metrovagonmash, that ran on line C, in service from 1974-1997.
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