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7. Vokzal - Kislorodnyj Zavod
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Route 7 ran, just like 6, from Vokzal along Brest-Litovskiy Prospect,
then turning into the Otradnyj line along Bulvar Lepse. The 1228 is
pictured here at the Ploschad Pobedy junction, a year before
abandonment.
[Dieter Kuellmer, 1977] |
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Near Politechnicheskiy Institut. Don't look for those flowers there today...
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1978?] |
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The "Zoopark" (Zoo) stop. The zoo entrance is opposite the street.
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1978?] |
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It is impossible nowadays to imagine a tram line diagonally crossing a
motorway... Nevertheless, that is how things were here (Brest-Litovskiy Prospect and
Polevaya) up until 1978. Such a configuration came into existence because a
city tram line up to Polevaya ran on one side of the prospect, the Svyatoshino
tram taking the other side. After they were united, the line got to cross
the prospect.
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1978?] |
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In the background is the Vozdukhoflotskiy Bridge. The five-story
building to the right is the one opposite the "Yubileyny" deli;
behind it is an oil repository, whose place is now occupied
by the Marriage Palace, colloquially known as the "Bermuda Triangle"
(it has a triangular shape, the rest you might be able to figure out!).
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1978?] |
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The previously mentioned spot by the Zavod Bolshevik metro station.
The tram, in a relatively short-lived yellow-and-blue livery,
leaves the stop Svyatoshino-bound.
[Wolfgang Schreiner, 08.1973] |
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Garmatnaya. Note the name of the stop atop the pavilion,
all capitals, in two languages... and, of course,
"LONG LIVE THE CPSU!" on an apartment block in the background.
[Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1966] |
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8. Ploschad Bogdana Khmelnitskogo -
Zheleznodorozhnyj Massiv
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MTV-82's ran on the 8 until 1959, when the route ended at
Ploschad Bogdana Khmelnitskogo which had a loop. Then the
Vladimirskaya stretch was abandoned and a stub track at
University put in place, necessitating a transition to double-ended
cars. Just before the abandonment, the 1243 is seen here running
along Vladimirskaya near the Opera House.
[Raymond De Groote Jr., 11.07.1959] |
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The route number is not visible but it must be 8, since
route 15 employed almost exclusively KTC cars at that time.
Having passed by the Red Building of the University on Vladimirskaya,
the tramcar is about to make a right turn into Tolstogo.
[M. Kozlovsky, 1957] |
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The last single-track line in town along Ulitsa Uritskogo
(it is barely possible to recognize the present area of
Ploschad Petra Krivonosa). This piece is even more unique
since trams ran here in pairs! With single cars, the capacity
was less than needed, trailers could not be used because of
a steep incline, thus such an original solution was resorted to.
The 1294 is on approach to the so-called Lower Passing, and
in the background is its partner; the two will go through the
passing together.
[Raymond De Groote Jr., 11.07.1959] |
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The same 1243 accompanied by sister cars from routes 6 and 21,
in the Lukyanovka depot. The cars are no more than two years old here...
[Archive of Photographic Documents of Ukraine, 1951] |