Trams in Dnipro

Trams in Dnipro
Trams in Dnipro
Operation
Locale	Dnipro, Ukraine
Open	1897
Lines	14
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1524 mm
Depot(s)	2 (+1 technical)
Stock	Tatra T3, Tatra T3D, Tatra T4D, Tatra T6B5, KTM-5, KTM-8
Overview

Dnipro tram is a system of electric trams including 14 tram routes (with 163 stops) within the city of Dnipro.^[1] It has been operating since 1897.^[1]

History

Early 20th century. The Belgian tram in Catherine the Great ave.

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).^[2] At the time of opening, it was the third tram system operating in the Russian Empire (its predecessors were the Kyiv Tram and Nizhny Novgorod Tram).^[2] The construction and operation were provided by the Belgian company Tramways électriques d'Ekaterinoslaw. By the end of 1897, two million people had been transported.^[2] The initial tram system was based on a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge and included 3^[2] tram lines starting from Catherine the Great Avenue (modern name is Dmytro Yavornytskyi Avenue). The routes were:^[2]

Steamboat hithe – Proviant str. (Paster Street) – Catherine the Great ave. (Dmytro Yavornytskyi ave.);
Jordan str (Kotsyubynskyi str.) – Karaimska str (Shyrshov str);
Catherine the Great ave. (Dmytro Yavornytskyi ave.) – Alexander str (Sichovykh striltsiv str) – Big Market str.

On 21 April 1906, an alternative tram network was opened in Yekaterinoslav.^[3] It was also based on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge. In 1918, the operating companies merged, as well as the tram networks. In 1931, the tram depot included 177 trams, and the network length reached 65 km (40 mi). 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 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.^[4]

Late August 2021 Ukraine and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding, according to whom Dnipro would receive 15 new Stadler Rail rolling stock.^[5] In 2019 Dnipro's rolling stock was expanded with 20 used Tatra T4D trams from Leipzig, Germany.^[6]^[7]

Current

Manufacturer	Model	Quantity	Since
UKVZ	71-605	232	1975
ČKD Tatra	T3SU (3 doors) T3DC T4D-MT T4D-M1	212 14 29 75	1976 2003 2011 2019
UKVZ	71-608K 71-608KM	7 24	1991 1995
ČKD Tatra Tatra-Yug	T6B5	12	1995
ČKD Tatra	T6A2M	30	2013
ČKD Tatra	T6A5	1	2023

Historical

Manufacturer	Model	Quantity	Years
MAN		54	1896–1932
Ganz		12	1905–1932
MAN		33	1906–1932
MMZ		14	1910–1932
UKVZ MSZ MMZ KZET	Kh 2M	99 22	1926–1968
UKVZ	KTM-1	60	1949–1971
RVR KZET	MTV-82 KTV-59	27 1	1953–1979 1962–1970
Gotha	T57 T2	15 11	1959–1970 1962–1970
ČKD Tatra	T2SU	1	1961–1964
UKVZ	KTM-2	143	1963–1985
ČKD Tatra	T3SU (2 doors)	226	1968–2014
UKVZ	KTM-5M Ural	20	1970–1985