List of town tramway systems in Russia
Tram system in Kazan.
This is a list of town tramway systems in Russia by federal district. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems are indicated in bold. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Central Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanovo (Иваново) | Electric | 8 Nov 1934 | 1 Jun 2008 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Kolomna (Коломна) | Electric | 5 Nov 1948 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Kursk (Курск) | Electric | 30 Apr 1898 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended April 1918 – October 1924 and November 1941 – September 1943 because of war. | ||
| Lipetsk (Липецк) | Electric | 11 Dec 1947 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Trams in Moscow | Moscow (Moskva / Москва) |
Horse | 22 Jun 1872 | 1912 | |
| Steam | 29 Jul 1886 | 1922 | |||
| Electric | 6 Apr 1899 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |||
| ♦ Novogireevo (Новогиреево) | Horse | 1907(?) | ? | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| ♦ Noginsk (Ногинск) | Electric | 2 Mar 1924 | 10 Aug 2012 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 1992 – 1994 and 1 April 2011 – 1 June 2012. Fully single track. | |
| Orel (Oryol / Орёл) | Electric | 15 Nov 1898 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended May 1919 – May 1922 and October 1941 – October 1943 because of war. | ||
| Rostov Velikiy (Ростов Великий) |
Horse | 1902(?) | 1921 | Standard gauge | |
| Ryazan (Рязань) | Electric | 2 Jan 1963 | 15 Apr 2010 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Smolensk (Смоленск) | Electric | 20 Oct 1901 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended August 1919 – May 1922 and 15 July 1941 – 6 November 1947 because of war. | ||
| Stary Oskol (Старый Оскол) |
Electric | 4 Jan 1981 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Express tramway. | ||
| Tula (Тула) | Horse | 15 Nov 1888 | 1919 | ||
| Electric | 7 Nov 1927 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |||
| Tver (Тверь) | Electric | 28 Aug 1901 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Voronezh (Воронеж) | Horse | 23 Aug 1891 | 1919(?) | ||
| Electric | 16 May 1926 | 15 Apr 2009 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Yaroslavl (Ярославль) | Electric | 29 Dec 1900 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
Far Eastern Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aniva (Анива) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) | Electric | 11 Nov 1956 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Khavomai (Хавомай) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Комсомольск-на-Амуре) | Electric | 6 Nov 1957 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Vladivostok (Владивосток) | Electric | 22 Oct 1912 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)[1] |
Siberian Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnaul (Барнаул) | Electric | 7 Nov 1948 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Express tramway opened 26 September 1985. | ||
| Biysk (Бийск) | Electric | 13 Jun 1960 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Irkutsk (Иркутск) | Electric | 3 Aug 1947 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Angarsk (Ангарск) | Electric | 26 Nov 1953 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Usolye Sibirskoye (Усолье-Сибирское) |
Electric | 26 Feb 1967 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Kemerovo (Кемерово) | Electric | 11 May 1940 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Cheryomushki (Черёмушки) (Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam) |
Electric | Feb 1991 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Connects railway station with hydropower dam and generating station. | ||
| Krasnoyarsk (Красноярск) | Electric | 1 May 1958 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Achinsk (Ачинск) | Electric | 15 Apr 1967 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Novokuznetsk (Новокузнецк) | Electric | 30 Nov 1933 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line on the right bank of the river Tom (Томь) opened 30 November 1969. | ||
| ♦ Osinniki (Осинники) | Electric | 1 Nov 1960 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line in southern extremity, extending from Kaltan (Калтан) railway station, 1957 - 1963 (?). | ||
| ♦ Prokopyevsk (Прокопьевск) | Electric | 12 May 1936 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 5 November 1956, connected with main Prokopyevsk system 1964. | ||
| Novosibirsk (Новосибирск) | Electric | 26 Nov 1934 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected lines on the left bank of the river Ob (Обь) opened 4 May 1941. Tramway service across river Ob, 1955 - 1992. | ||
| Omsk (Омск) | Electric | 8 Nov 1936 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Tomsk (Томск) | Electric | 25 Apr 1949 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Ulan-Ude (Улан-Удэ) | Electric | 16 Dec 1958 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Ust-Ilimsk (Усть-Илимск) |
Electric | 15 Sep 1988 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Express tramway. |
Northwestern Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Arkhangelsk | Arkhangelsk (Архангельск) | Electric | 26 Jun 1916 | 21 Jul 2004[2] | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)[2] From 1916 until its closure, it was the world's northernmost electric town tramway.[2] |
| Cherepovets (Череповец) | Electric | 19 Oct 1956 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Trams in Kaliningrad | Kaliningrad (Калининград) (was: Königsberg) |
Horse | 26 May 1881 | 1901 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 31 May 1895 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Operation suspended January 1945 - 7 November 1946 because of war. | |||
| Pskov (Псков) | Horse | 13 Nov 1909 | 1912 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)(?) | |
| Electric | 22 Jan 1912 | Sep 1944 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Trams in Saint Petersburg | Saint Petersburg (Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург) |
Horse | 8 Sep 1863 | Sep 1917 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)(?) |
| Steam | 1882 | 1922 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)(?) | ||
| Electric | 29 Sep 1907 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 8 December 1941 – 15 April 1942 because of war. Until 2002 ranked as world's largest operating town tramway (by system length). | |||
| ♦ | Steam | ? | ? | Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург - Ozerki / Озерки, Sestroretsk / Сестрорецк - Kurort / Курорт, branch to Lisi Nos (Лисий Нос). | |
| ♦ Popovka (Поповка) | Horse | ? | ? | Connected Popovka / Поповка with Zakhozhye / Захожье, branch to Peschanka / Песчанка. | |
| ♦ Strelna (Стрельна) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| ♦ Vyritsa (Вырица) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Sovetsk (Советск) | Electric | 26 Jul 1901 | Oct 1944 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Closed because of war damage. | |
| Staraya Russa (Старая Русса) |
Electric | 6 Jul 1924 | Jul 1941 | ||
| Vyborg (Выборг) | Electric | 28 Sep 1912 | 25 Apr 1957 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Until 1940 the city was a part of Finland. Operation suspended 23 December 1939 – 22 August 1940, August 1941 - 5 May 1943 and 25 April 1944 – 21 September 1946 because of war. See also: List of town tramway systems in Finland. |
Southern Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abinsk (Абинск) | Horse | 1904 | 1919 | ||
| Astrakhan (Астрахань) | Electric | 24 Jun 1900 | 14 May 2007 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended April 1919 – April 1922 because of war. | |
| Grozny (Грозный) | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | Dec 1994 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Closed because of war damage. Virtually all tramway infrastructure was destroyed; no plans for reconstruction are known. | |
| Ilsky (Ильский) | Horse | 1908 | ? | ||
| Krasnodar (Краснодар) | Electric | 23 Dec 1900 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Krasnodar (Краснодар) – Pashkovskaya (Пашковская) | Petrol | 4 Apr 1912 | 1914 | ||
| Electric | 14 Dec 1914 | Connected to main Krasnodar system 1918. | |||
| Krymsk (Крымск) | Horse | 1921 | 1932 | ||
| Novocherkassk (Новочеркасск) | Electric | 22 January 1954 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Novorossiysk (Новороссийск) | Electric | 30 May 1934 | 26 Aug 1969 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Pyatigorsk (Пятигорск) | Electric | 5 May 1904 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Rostov-on-Don (Ростов-на-Дону) |
Horse | 11 Sep 1887 | Dec 1902 | ||
| Electric | 2 Jan 1902 | Operation suspended October 1941 – 1 June 1943 because of war. | |||
| ♦ Nakhichevan-na-Donu (Нахичевань-на-Дону) |
Horse | 21 May 1890 | Dec 1902 | ||
| Electric | 4 Jan 1903 | Nakhichevan amalgamated with Rostov in 1928. | |||
| Shakhty (Шахты) | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | 7 Dec 2001 | Operation suspended 1942 – April 1944 because of war. | |
| Taganrog (Таганрог) | Electric | 7 Nov 1932 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Vladikavkaz (Владикавказ) | Electric | 16 Aug 1904 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 1920 – November 1924 because of war. | ||
| Yeysk (Ейск) | Steam | 1915 | 1918 |
Urals Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelyabinsk (Челябинск) | Electric | 9 Jan 1932 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Kopeysk (Копейск) | Electric | 5 Nov 1949 | Feb 1976 | ||
| ♦ Chelyabinsk (Челябинск) – Kopeysk (Копейск) | Electric | 1961 | Feb 1976 | ||
| Irbit (Ирбит) | Horse | 1926 | 1933 | ||
| Kamensk-Uralsky (Каменск-Уральский) |
(Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1949, not completed. | |
| Krasnoturinsk (Краснотурьинск) | Electric | 15 Jan 1954 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Fully single track. | ||
| Magnitogorsk (Магнитогорск) | Electric | 18 Jan 1935 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Nizhni Tagil (Нижний Тагил) |
Electric | 28 Feb 1937 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Orsk (Орск) | Electric | 5 Dec 1948 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line in eastern extremity opened 12 December 1985. Orsk lies on both banks of the river Ural (Урал), the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia. | ||
| Ust-Katav (Усть-Катав) | Electric | 1973 | 1997 | Operation on the test track of Ust-Katav carriage works | |
| Trams in Volchansk | Volchansk (Волчанск) | Electric | 31 Dec 1951 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Fully single track. Tramway serves a city of just about 10,000 people. | |
| ♦ Karpinsk (Карпинск) | Electric | 26 Jun 1946 | 1 Nov 1994 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| ♦ Volchansk (Волчанск) – Karpinsk (Карпинск) | Electric | Jun 1953 | 22 Apr 1965 | ||
| Yekaterinburg (Екатеринбург) | Electric | 7 Nov 1929 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Zlatoust (Златоуст) | Electric | 25 Dec 1934 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
Volga Federal District
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Izhevsk | Izhevsk (Ижевск) | Electric | 18 Nov 1935 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Kazan (Казань) | Horse | 15 Oct 1875 | 1900 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)(?) | |
| Electric | 2 Dec 1899 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |||
| Kirov, Kirov Oblast (Киров) | (Electric) | - | - | Construction started 1943, not completed. | |
| Naberezhnye Chelny (Набережные Челны) | Electric | 8 Oct 1973 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Nizhnekamsk (Нижнекамск) | Electric | 15 Feb 1967 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Trams in Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) | Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород) | Horse | 1908 | 1918 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft)(?) |
| Electric | 20 May 1896 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 1 May 1919 – 2 August 1923 because of war. | |||
| ♦ Dzerzhinsk (Дзержинск) | Electric | 7 Nov 1933 | 17 Dec 2015 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| ♦ Bor (Бор) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Novotroitsk (Новотроицк) | Electric | 5 Nov 1956 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) See also: Orsk (above). | ||
| Penza (Пенза) | Diesel | 1935 | 1938 | ||
| Perm (Пермь) | Electric | 7 Nov 1929 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line to southwest (Osentsy / Oсенцы) opened 25 October 1957. Connected with main Perm system December 1958. | ||
| Salavat (Салават) | Electric | 29 Jul 1957 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Samara (Самара) | Horse | 22 Jul 1895 | 1917 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Electric | 25 Feb 1915 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 1 March 1919 – 20 July 1920 because of war. | |||
| Saratov (Саратов) | Horse | 13 May 1887 | 1909 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | |
| Electric | 22 Oct 1908 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Express tramway opened 1974. | |||
| Ufa (Уфа) | Electric | 1 Feb 1937 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| ♦ Chernikovsk (Черниковск) | Electric | 16 Aug 1956 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Chernikovsk amalgamated with Ufa in 1956, tramway lines connected in 1958. | ||
| Ulyanovsk (Ульяновск) | Electric | 5 Jan 1954 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) | ||
| Volgograd (Волгоград) | Electric | 22 Apr 1913 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Operation suspended 1920 – 1922 and 23 August 1942 – 26 December 1943 because of war. Express tramway, initial surface segment opened 1 May 1972. Underground segment opened 5 November 1984. | ||
| ♦ Krasnoarmeysk (Красноармейск) | Electric | 6 Nov 1958 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) Unconnected line in southern Volgograd. | ||
| ♦ Volzhsky (Волжский) | Electric | 30 Dec 1963 | Gauge: 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
See also
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of trolleybus systems in Russia
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
References
- ↑ http://www.tramz.com/tva/ss.html
- 1 2 3 Bent, Mike (February 2016). "The World's Northernmost Tramway". Today's Railways Europe. Sheffield, UK: Platform 5 Publishing. p. 28.
Bibliography
External links
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