RUSSIA | Urban Transport Compilation - Page 4

Aokromes · May 5th, 2009, 07:49 PM

Amazing metro

***K-Lex*** · May 7th, 2009, 04:46 AM

Kazan underground was opened in August 2005 on the occasion of Kazan Millennium. It is the first underground in Russia constructed after the Soviet Union collapse. Kazan underground is the seventh in Russia and the fifteenth in the CIS.

"Prospekt Pobedy" station (opened in 2008):

JoKo65 · May 18th, 2009, 01:06 PM

I have found some images of Kaliningrad's tram. Kaliningrad is the former Königsberg and is a part of Russia.
I don't know much about it's trams, I have only heard, that they have problems to modernise the rolling stock, because russian manufacturers don't build trams which are narrow enough and new trams from other countries are too expensive.
Perhaps someone knows more about the tram of Kaliningrad and can tell here something about it.

The photos:

Old map from the time before WWII:

parovoz.com

JoKo65 · May 18th, 2009, 04:27 PM

Площадь Восстания, станция метро, Санкт-Петербург:

train-photo.ru

JoKo65 · May 18th, 2009, 04:49 PM

More:

wiki

Aokromes · May 18th, 2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoKo65

Площадь Восстания, станция метро, Санкт-Петербург:

[]http://www.train-photo.ru/data/media/198/10.05.09.ploshad-vosstaniy.jpg[/IMG]
train-photo.ru

Really amazing station

Linnea2 · May 18th, 2009, 07:08 PM

Wonderful pics, thank you. Seems to be a nice city and an interesting tram system; it´s the first time I´ve seen pantographs like those. I hope they can find a source for new trams.

Filip7370 · May 19th, 2009, 08:20 AM

May I ask, does this GT6 tram will be put into service, or is it already retiered?

Tramwayman · May 19th, 2009, 08:31 AM

KALININGRAD'S TRAM IS FADING AWAY CONSTANTLY THERE ARE LIIE CLOSURES CONSTANTLY ONLY LESS TYHEN HALF OF THE SYSTEM IS LEFT SO SOON THERE WILL BE LEFT A LITTLE.

JoKo65 · May 19th, 2009, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Filip7370

May I ask, does this GT6 tram will be put into service, or is it already retiered?

I'm not sure, but I think it will be put into service. Could be that it is an old tram of Mannheim's system (Germany).

paF4uko · May 19th, 2009, 08:46 PM

What's this:

:

Tramwayman · May 19th, 2009, 10:08 PM

iT'S ROAD CLEANER WITH WATER. CELANS ROAD AND TRACK

paF4uko · May 19th, 2009, 11:47 PM

It looks much more like a canalisation pump!

urbanfan89 · May 20th, 2009, 12:45 AM

I thought it was some military-related object being shuttled from the port to a rail station.

JoKo65 · May 23rd, 2009, 03:52 PM

More images:

wiki

Filip7370 · May 23rd, 2009, 05:16 PM

Is Kaliingrad the last city in Russia with typical and complete meter-guage tram system?

kidrobot · May 23rd, 2009, 10:03 PM

Kaliningrad has seen great development in recent years, so it's possible that they'll get new european trams, or the ones produced in Russia (like these two)

Gag Halfrunt · May 24th, 2009, 12:36 AM

Based on what JoKo65 and Filip7370 wrote, it seems that the Kaliningrad tramway is the only metre gauge system in Russia and no domestic manufacturer offers metre gauge trams.

If that's so, if and when Kaliningrad has enough money to buy new trams the most cost-effective answer might be to buy secondhand metre gauge trams from Germany, for instance, and modernise them.

JoKo65 · May 24th, 2009, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gag Halfrunt

Based on what JoKo65 and Filip7370 wrote, it seems that the Kaliningrad tramway is the only metre gauge system in Russia and no domestic manufacturer offers metre gauge trams.

If that's so, if and when Kaliningrad has enough money to buy new trams the most cost-effective answer might be to buy secondhand metre gauge trams from Germany, for instance, and modernise them.

The problem is not the meter gauge, I've heard, but the loading gauge of the cars. They are very narrow, only 2,2 m, russian tram cars normally are 2,5 m broad.

Filip7370 · May 24th, 2009, 02:26 PM

For sure we 'll be seeing N8S/C/or any other version of those "second-generation" german trams. In further future they can buy some low flor versions of that construction.

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May 19th, 2009, 08:20 AM	#68
Filip7370 Modern transit... Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw Posts: 133 Likes (Received): 0	May I ask, does this GT6 tram will be put into service, or is it already retiered? __________________ Faculty of Transport of Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw Polytechnics).

May 19th, 2009, 08:31 AM	#69
Tramwayman Trams the Best!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tbilisi Posts: 207 Likes (Received): 1	KALININGRAD'S TRAM IS FADING AWAY CONSTANTLY THERE ARE LIIE CLOSURES CONSTANTLY ONLY LESS TYHEN HALF OF THE SYSTEM IS LEFT SO SOON THERE WILL BE LEFT A LITTLE. __________________ Tram lines the spirit of the city! Each deconstructed tram line makes City soul poor and poor.

May 19th, 2009, 08:46 PM	#71
paF4uko Fortuna Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,906 Likes (Received): 68	What's this: : __________________ Fortunæ rota volvitur...

May 19th, 2009, 10:08 PM	#72
Tramwayman Trams the Best!!! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tbilisi Posts: 207 Likes (Received): 1	iT'S ROAD CLEANER WITH WATER. CELANS ROAD AND TRACK __________________ Tram lines the spirit of the city! Each deconstructed tram line makes City soul poor and poor.

May 18th, 2009, 07:08 PM	#67
Linnea2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 517 Likes (Received): 0	Wonderful pics, thank you. Seems to be a nice city and an interesting tram system; it´s the first time I´ve seen pantographs like those. I hope they can find a source for new trams.

May 19th, 2009, 11:47 PM	#73
paF4uko Fortuna Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,906 Likes (Received): 68	It looks much more like a canalisation pump! __________________ Fortunæ rota volvitur...

May 20th, 2009, 12:45 AM	#74
urbanfan89 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,472 Likes (Received): 2	I thought it was some military-related object being shuttled from the port to a rail station.

May 23rd, 2009, 05:16 PM	#76
Filip7370 Modern transit... Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw Posts: 133 Likes (Received): 0	Is Kaliingrad the last city in Russia with typical and complete meter-guage tram system? __________________ Faculty of Transport of Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw Polytechnics).

May 24th, 2009, 12:36 AM	#78
Gag Halfrunt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 733 Likes (Received): 0	Based on what JoKo65 and Filip7370 wrote, it seems that the Kaliningrad tramway is the only metre gauge system in Russia and no domestic manufacturer offers metre gauge trams. If that's so, if and when Kaliningrad has enough money to buy new trams the most cost-effective answer might be to buy secondhand metre gauge trams from Germany, for instance, and modernise them.

May 24th, 2009, 02:26 PM	#80
Filip7370 Modern transit... Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Warsaw Posts: 133 Likes (Received): 0	For sure we 'll be seeing N8S/C/or any other version of those "second-generation" german trams. In further future they can buy some low flor versions of that construction. __________________ Faculty of Transport of Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw Polytechnics).

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