9. Kontraktovaya Ploschad - Goloseevskaya
Ploschad
Kontraktovaya Ploschad - Moskovskaya Ploschad
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Route 9 used to connect Podol with downtown and Demievka.
It served Zavod Dzherzhinskogo (Dzerzhinsky Plant) up until the end
of the '50s, then it was rerouted to Stalinka (Goloseevskaya Ploschad),
to be trimmed down to Moskovskaya Ploschad in 1980.
In 1996, amidst fears of steep grades and the lack of rolling stock,
the "nine" was suspended.
A trip along the tracks of this once popular route begins
on Krasnaya (now Kontraktovaya) Square. More than enough cars
available so far...
[Wolfgang Schreiner, 08.1973]
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Upon mounting Glubochitsa, the line crosses Artema St. and turns left into
Dmitrievskaya (at that time Menzhinskogo), following the latter
along opposite sidewalks.
This is the corner of Menzhinskogo and Kosiora; car 1249 is Podol-bound.
[Aare Olander, 22.05.1981]
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At the eastern end of Dmitrievskaya, the track turns into
Ploschad Pobedy (Victory Square).
Before 1959, the line proceeded straight ahead here,
crossing the square in its eastern part and continuing along
Saksaganskogo; nowadays the trams turn right, curving around,
west of the Circus building and the square.
[Hans Oerlemans, 10.09.1978]
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After the Univermag "Ukraina" (Ukraine Department Store) stop,
there is a left turn into Zhadanovskogo (now Zhilyanskaya).
The track turning in the opposite direction has not been lifted
yet, but is no longer in use; that's where route 6 towards
Brest-Litovskiy Prospect used to run. Service on the part
of the prospect adjacent to this place has been discontinued,
and speed routes 1 and 3 proceed straight along Zhilyanskaya.
[Hans Oerlemans, 10.09.1978]
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The same spot, with Tatra 5220 from the Kurenevka depot
serving route 13. From Zhilyanskaya, the line will turn
into Kominterna and then Saksaganskogo.
[Hans Oerlemans, 10.09.1978]
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Having passed Saksaganskogo, one enters a steep descent
along Vladimirskaya towards Korolenkovskaya and the
Shevchenko depot. An MTV-82 has just ascended and is turning
into Saksaganskogo, with a descending Tatra on route 9 or 10
in the background.
[Aare Olander, 25.06.1981]
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Korolenkovskaya St. and a depot entrance adjacent to the line.
Here we are entering a neighborhood, which, despite being
quite close to downtown, doesn't exactly look luxurious...
[Hans Oerlemans, 1970]
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Ulitsa Dimitrova stop, half a block further down the line.
Visible behind the depot fence are a KTV-55-2 and a Tatra.
Forward and to the left with respect to the tram are the
buildings of the Paton Electric Welding Institute.
[Aare Olander, 10.06.1981]
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Upon clearing the institute complex, the line enters Bozhenko St.
for another run on both sides of the street. The author has
succeded in capturing a rare event when, due to construction,
a short stretch of the line is temporarily used as single-track.
The 1522 is using a temporary connection to return from the "wrong" track.
[Aare Olander, 24.06.1981]
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Baykovo Kladbische (cemetery). Here begins a segregated
piece along Nikolaya Grinchenko St. towards so-called
Berlizovy Ogorody.
[Aare Olander, 05.03.1983]
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The turning loop at Moskovskaya Ploschad was built when
routes 9 and 10 were cut back here from Goloseevskaya Ploschad.
Here as well, we witness the advent of the Tatras at the
expense of the MTVs; although the latter are still used for
instruction (car U-3), they have about a year left to roam
Kiev streets...
[Wolfgang Schreiner, 05.1983]
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Before that, the line ran further, along Prospect 40-Letiya Oktyabrya,
down to Goloseevskaya Ploschad. The pavement where nowadays
outbound trolleybuses run, was used for the tram tracks.
Approximately midway between Moskovskaya Ploschad and
Goloseevskaya Ploschad...
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1980?]
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... and on the same approximate spot, viewed from a different direction.
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1980?]
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Behind the fence to the left is the Lukyanovka depot, which
served route 9. This track was used to store rush-hour cars
outside hours.
[Aare Olander, 11.06.1981]
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10. Vokzal - Goloseevskaya
Ploschad
Vokzal - Moskovskaya Ploschad
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Route 10 connected Vokzal (railway station) with the bus terminal
at Moskovskaya Ploschad,
earlier with Goloseevskaya Ploschad, along the same line as the 9.
It had always been in high demand, which did not prevent city
bosses from pulling it from underneath the feet of the passengers
on 20 May 2001, together with the whole line to the bus terminal.
Here, however, the MTV has just come to serve the 10,
a new car 1524 leaving the Vokzal terminus.
[Wolfgang Schreiner, 06.1961]
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A rather rare shot of the stretch between Moskovskaya and Goloseevskaya
Ploschad which was abandoned in 1980.
A Vokzal-bound 1545 is approaching Moskovskaya Ploschad,
moving along the parallel roadway of Prospect 40-letiya Oktyabrya
(Goloseevskiy). The trolleybus line running in the
opposite direction has been relocated here recently.
[Anatoliy Vilkovich, 1980?]
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The 1555 decorated to honor the 75th anniversary of Kiev tram,
at the Goloseevskaya Ploschad loop.
[KTTU Museum, 1967]
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11. Kontraktovaya Ploschad - Ul. Lajosha Gavro
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The 11 had become one of the first right-bank routes to switch completely
to Tatras. As a result, photos of MTVs serving it are all but nonexistent.
The only picture we are aware of is this one of cars 1229+1029
at the Kurenevka (Krasin) depot.
[Aare Olander, 18.06.1981]
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