Trams in Dnipro
| Trams in Dnipro | |||
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| Operation | |||
| Locale | Dnipro, Ukraine | ||
| Open | 1897 | ||
| Lines | 13 | ||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Track gauge | 1524 mm | ||
| Depot(s) | 2 (+1 technical) | ||
| Stock | Tatra T3, Tatra T3D, Tatra T4D, Tatra T6B5, KTM-5, KTM-8 | ||
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Dnipro tram is the system of electric trams including 13 tram routes within the city of Dnipro.
History
The Ekaterinoslaw tram was opened on June 26, 1897. This is the third oldest tram system within the Russian Empire. The construction and operation was provided by the Belgian company ′Tramways électriques d'Ekaterinoslaw.′ The initial tram system was based on 1000 mm gauge and included 3 tram lines starting from the Catherine the Great Avenue (modern name is Dmytro Yavornytskyi Avenue). The routes were:
- Steamboat hithe – Proviant str. (Paster Street) – Catherine the Great ave. (Dmytro Yavornytskyi ave.);
- Jordan str (Kotsyubynskyi str.) – Karaimska str (Shyrshov str);
- Catherine the Great ave. (Dmytro Yavornytskyi ave.) – Alexander str (Sichovykh striltsiv str) – Big Market str.
On April 21, 1906, an alternative tram network was opened in Ekaterinoslaw. It was also based on 1000 mm railway gauge. In 1918 the operating companies merged, as well as the tram networks. In year 1931 the tram depot included 177 trams, and the network length reached 65 km. On November 6, 1932 the tracks were converted from narrow gauge to Russian gauge. The conversion was completed by year 1948.
In the years between 1970 and 1990 the rolling stock was changed for cars from ČKD Tatra. Later, the tramcars were also produced on premises of Pivdenmash. By 1996 the rolling stock included about 400 trams, the overall ridership was 115 million passenger per year. By that time 19 tram lines existed.
Rolling stock
As of January 1, 2014, the rolling stock consists of 33 maintenance carriages and 275 passenger carriages including types 71-605 – 9 carriages, 71-608K – 5, 71-608KM – 23, Tatra T3D – 26, Tatra T3SU – 122, Tatra T6B5 – 12, Tatra T4D – 48, Tatra T6A2M – 30.
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