Vinnytsia tram

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A tram of the KT4 type on vul. Soborna in Vinnytsia.

The Vinnytsia tram (Ukrainian: Вінницький Трамвай, translit.: Vinnytskyi Tramvai) network is the part of the public transportation system that since 1913 serves Vinnytsia, the administrative center of the Vinnytsia Oblast. The tram system has a narrow rail gauge of 1000 mm and can besides the one in Vinnytsia only be seen in Lviv, Zhytomyr and Eupatoria in Ukraine. The system currently consists of 21.2 km of tracks.^[1]

[edit] History

The first electric tramway in Vinnytsia started to operate on October 28, 1913. The system was built by the German company MAN AG.^[2] The operation has only been suspended during two longer periods: February 1920 – November 27, 1921 and March 1944 – June 1945.^[3]

A tram outside Hotel Savoy in Vinnytsia in the mid 1910s.

Today most of the trams are of the KT4 type, produced by Czech ČKD Tatra Works.

But since 2007 the city of Zürich has without cost donated used trams to the city of Vinnytsia. Eventually about 30 trams are planned to be handed over to the city of Vinnytsia.

Presently there are 59 trams and 103 trolleybuses in operation in Vinnytsia.^[4]

[edit] Notes

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Misсellaneous	Kiev funicular • Kiev monorail • Odessa funicular