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[[Image:Dnepropetrovsk 9766s.JPG |left|thumb|Queuing for a tram in Central Dnipropetrovsk. December 2005]]

The Yekaterinoslav tram was opened on 27 June 1897 (according to the modern [[Gregorian calendar]] and 14 June according to the [[Julian calendar]]).<ref name="2365249dnipriretro"/> At the time of opening it was is the third tram system operating in the [[Russian Empire]] (it'sits predecessors were [[Kyiv Tram]] and [[Trams in Nizhny Novgorod|Nizhny Novgorod Tram]]).<ref name="2365249dnipriretro">{{in lang|uk}} [https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-tourism/2365249-u-dnipri-vidkrili-pamatnij-znak-retro-tramvaj.html Memorial sign "Retro tram" opened in Dnipro], [[Ukrinform]] (15 December 2017)</ref> The construction and operation was provided by the Belgian company ′Tramways électriques d'Ekaterinoslaw.′By the end of 1897, two million people had been transported.<ref name="2365249dnipriretro"/> The initial tram system was based on [[metre gauge|1000&nbsp;mm gauge]] and included 3<ref name="2365249dnipriretro"/> tram lines starting from the Catherine the Great Avenue (modern name is Dmytro Yavornytskyi Avenue). The routes were:<ref name="2365249dnipriretro"/>

* Steamboat hithe – Proviant str. (Paster Street) – Catherine the Great ave. (Dmytro Yavornytskyi ave.);

* Jordan str (Kotsyubynskyi str.) – Karaimska str (Shyrshov str);

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== Rolling stock ==

As of 1 January 2014, the rolling stock consists of 33 maintenance carriages and 275 passenger carriages including types 71-605 – 9 carriages, 71-608K – 5, 71-608KM608&nbsp;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 tram]]s for the cities of Dnipro and [[Kryvyi Rih]].<ref>{{in lang|uk}} [https://uprom.info/news/ogolosheno-tender-na-zakupivlyu-novyh-tramvayiv-dlya-dnipra-i-kryvogo-rogu/ A tender has been announced for the purchase of new trams for Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih], {{ill|National industrial portal|uk|Національний промисловий портал}} (30 August 2021)</ref>

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==External links==

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