The MRTC 3000 class or ČKD Tatra RT8D5M LRV, also known as Tatra Train, is a class of high-floor light rail vehicles built by Czech tram manufacturer ČKD Tatra. It is currently used on the Manila MRT Line 3 and were the last vehicles made by ČKD Tatra before it was taken over by Siemens.
A MRTC 3000 class train passing the Ortigas Interchange (October 2023)
3000 class (RT8D5M) interior, post-second refurbishment
A 3000 class trainset at North Avenue station. Notice the door lights above the doors in LRV 044. (July 2018)
A 3000 class LRV with Cebu Pacific wrap advertising. (December 2022)
ČKD was one of the largest engineering companies in the former Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic. It is famous for the Tatra T3, a tramcar that sold 13,991 units worldwide.
Share of the Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, issued 1. November 1927
ČKD Tatra-T3 tram car in Prague. T3 was the most successful ČKD tram manufactured from 1960 to 1989; 13991 units were sold worldwide, as of 2015 they are still the most common trams in the world
ČKD Tatra RT8D5 light rail vehicle in Manila. The RT8D5 is a high-floor light rail vehicle based on the KT8D5 tram. These were the last trains that ČKD produced before the company was sold to Siemens Mobility.
