Volgograd Metrotram
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| Волгоградский метротрам Volgograd Metrotram |
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| Locale | Volgograd, Russia |
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| Transit type | Light rail |
| Began operation | 5 November 1984 |
| System length | 13.5 km (8.4 mi) |
| No. of lines | 1 |
| No. of stations | 18 |
| Daily ridership | 136,000 |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11⅞ in) |
| Owner | Volgograd Municipality |
| Operator(s) | Metroelectrotrans |
The Volgograd Metrotram is a light rail system operating in Volgograd, Russia. It consists of 18 stations on one line, paralleling the Volga River from the northern suburbs of Volgograd to its downtown core for a total length of 13.5 kilometres. Most of the Metrotram line shares a surface-level right of way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres, in a manner similar to that of the south leg of the C-Train system in Calgary, for example; the three downtown stations, on the other hand, were built underground over a total length of 3.3 kilometres, meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian metro systems.
The Volgograd Metrotram was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and presently serves 50 million passengers per year.
[edit] Stations
List of stations north to south:
- Traktornyy Zavod (Tractor Factory)
- Khlyebozavod (Bakery Works)
- Vodootstoy (Water-sediment)
- Bol’nitsa Il’icha (Ilich Hospital)
- Zavod "Barrikady" (Barrikady Factory)
- Tridsad' Pervaya Shkola (31st School)
- Stadion Monolit (Monolith Stadium)
- Zavod "Krasniy Oktyabr’" (Red October Steel Factory)
- Tridtsat' Devyataya Gvardeyskaya (39th Guards Rifle Division Street)
- Ploshchad’ Vosrozhdyeniya (Revival Square)
- Dvoryets Sporta (Sports Palace)
- Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Kurgan)
- Tsentral’nyy Stadion (Central Stadium)
- Tsentral’nyy Park Kul’tury i Otdykha (Central Rest and Cultural Park)
- Ploshchad’ Lenina (Lenin Square)
- Komsomol’skaya (Komsomol street)
- Pionyerskaya (Pioneers)
- Ploshchad’ Chekistov (Chekists Square)
Under construction:
- Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions)
- Teatr Yunogo Zritel’ya (Theatre for Young Spectators)
- Yel’shanka
[edit] External links
- Urbanrail.net — Volgograd metrotram
- Volgograd metrotram 3D — interactive Web3D model of metrotram
- Volgograd Rapid Tram Underground — photos of the metrotram (with texts in Russian)
- Unofficial site — site in Russian
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