Trams in Tashkent

Tashkent tramway network

A Tatra T6B5 tram in Tashkent, 2009.
Operation
Locale Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Horsecar era: 1901 (1901)–1912 (1912)
Status closed
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s) horses
Electric tram era: 1912 (1912)–2016 (2016)
Status closed
Routes 6
Operator(s) Ассоциация «Тошшахартрансхизмат»
(Association "Toshshahartranshizmat")
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
(1912–1968)
1,524 mm (5 ft)
(since 1936)
Propulsion system(s) electricity
Electrification 600 V DC
Route length 69,02
Website Ассоциации "TOSHSHAHARTRANSXIZMAT"
(Russian)

The Tashkent tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.

The network 1901, the network currently has six lines from its one-time maximum of 24.

Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmonov announced on March 29, 2016, that the network would close by year's end in order to make way for more cars and thus aid in reducing congestions within the capital. City-owned operating company Tashgorpastrans also plans to sell the 30 KTM-19 and 20 Vario LF trams, which it respectively acquired in 2007 and 2011. [1]


See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/toshkent-tram-network-to-close.html

External links

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Coordinates: 41°16′N 69°13′E / 41.267°N 69.217°E / 41.267; 69.217

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