Trams in Dnipro


Dnipro tram is a system of electric trams including 14 tram routes within the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. It has been operating since 1897.
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History

[Image:Dnepropetrovsk 9766s.JPG |left|thumb|Queuing for a tram in Central Dnipropetrovsk. December 2005]
The Yekaterinoslav tram opened on 27 June 1897. At the time of opening, it was the third tram system operating in the Russian Empire. It was constructed and operated by the Belgian company Tramways électriques d'Ekaterinoslaw. By the end of 1897, two million people had been transported. The initial tram system was based on a and included three tram lines starting from Catherine the Great Avenue. The routes were:
  • Steamboat hithe – Proviant str. – Catherine the Great ave. ;
  • Jordan str – Karaimska str ;
  • Catherine the Great ave. – Alexander str – Big Market str.
On 21 April 1906, an alternative tram network was opened in Yekaterinoslav. It was also based on. In 1918, the operating companies and tram networks merged. In 1931, the tram depot included 177 trams, and the network length reached. On 6 November 1932, the tracks were converted from narrow gauge to Russian gauge. The conversion was completed by 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 the premises of Pivdenmash. By 1996, the rolling stock included about 400 trams, and the overall ridership was 115 million passengers per year. By that time 19 tram lines existed.

Rolling stock

As of 1 January 2014, the rolling stock consists of 33 maintenance carriages and 275 passenger carriages, including the following types: 71-605 – 9 carriages, 71-608K – 5, 71-608 km – 23, Tatra T3D – 26, Tatra T3SU – 122, Tatra T6B5 – 12, Tatra T4D – 48, Tatra T6A2M – 30.
In August 2021, the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration announced a tender in the Prozorro system for the purchase of three-section low-floor trams for the cities of Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih. In the same month, Ukraine and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding for Dnipro to receive 15 new Stadler Rail trams. In 2019 Dnipro's rolling stock was expanded with 20 used Tatra T4D trams from Leipzig, Germany.