| 1282 |  | On a nice sunny frosty day on Zhilyanskaya,
just short of the corner of Starovokzalnaya.
Today trams make a right turn, to the new terminus at
Starovokzalnaya, just past this spot; at that time,
there was a tram stop here (the small yellow sign is visible
on the left). [Michael Taplin, 14.01.1976] |
| 1284 |  | The freshly-built speed tram line is,
however, still being serviced by the veteran MTVs.
Routes 17 and 18, which used to reach this line from
Brest-Litovsky Prospekt and Bulvar Lepse,
would be closed about two months after this picture
was taken, leaving around only the speed routes 1 and 3,
and, respectively, only Tatra cars. [Hans Oerlemans, 10.09.1978] |
| 1285 |  | The stop at today's Evropeyskaya Ploschad,
near the Philharmonic Society building.
The tram is on route 21, going down to Podol.
Once again, the slogan on the front is informing citizens
that the crew is on a "Stakhanov Peace Watch". [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1950's] |
| 1286 |  | Two employees are cleaning the track
right in front of an approaching car, the third one
must be their supervisor... The car facing us is going
towards Lvovskaya Ploschad and further on to Lukyanovka,
the other one is turning from Yaroslavov Val
onto Vladimirskaya, towards St Sophia; both are on route 4. [State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 10.1955] |
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| 1288 |  | The Ploschad Pobedy triangle
(nowadays just a branching). Chestnuts are flourishing,
women with shopping bags hurrying somewhere...
and a tram on route 7 is doing its usual job of
carrying the inhabitants of Otradny and Brest-Litovsky Prospekt
towards the railway station. [Dieter Kuellmer, 1977] |
| 1289 |  | A deserted Gnata Yury station
on the brand-new speed tram line. Route 18 is a predecessor
of today's route 3; this train is bound for Zavod Bolshevik. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1970's] |
| 1291 |  | A car on route 6 turns from under the
Vozduhoflotsky Bridge onto Brest-Litovsky Prospekt.
This S curve came into existence back in 1959, when tracks were
moved from what is now a part of the Prospekt into the backyards
of Yevbaz (Jewish Market). In the background there is a
train of two-axle KTM-1/KTP-1 cars, which have but a year or
so left to run. [Wolfgang Schreiner, 06.1961] |
| 1292 |  | According to the standards of that time,
what is in this picture would have been called an enormous
traffic jam... There is even a road policeman, visible in
his white uniform, trying to regulate the flow.
The train on route 6 could not care less;
having just disembarked its passengers at Metro Zavod Bolshevik,
it is proceeding calmly towards Vokzal. [State Photo Archive of Ukraine, 03.08.1965] |
| 1293 |  | The Ploschad Pobedy stop.
Trams of all routes which ran here, save for a ghostlike route 25
(which was served by one car, with a headway of a little
less than three hours), have made it into the picture:
MTV-82s on routes 9 and 13, as well as a Tatra train on route 2. [Aare Olander, 03.03.1983] |
| 1294 |  | The single-track line along Ulitsa Uritskogo,
with route 8. A peculiar feature of this stretch was that trams ran
here in pairs! With single cars, the capacity of a single track was
insufficient, trains could not be used because of the incline,
thus such a non-standard solution was resorted to.
Here we see car 1924 approaching the so-called Nizhny Razyezd
(Lower Siding Track), and far away is its mate which will
accompany it through the siding.
[Raymond De Groote, Jr., 12.07.1959] |
| 1296 |  | Yet another picture in the middle
of the then-brand-new Borschagovka residential area. [Hans Oerlemans, 11.09.1978] |
| 1298 |  | An MTV-82 on the ring route A meets a Kh+M
train on route 10; the place is Ulitsa Saksaganskogo
in the quarter between Tolstogo and Kominterna.
There was a tram stop here back then. [Raymond De Groote, Jr., 12.07.1959] |
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| 1299 |  | The rear part of the Ukraina department store
and the Hotel Lybed skyscraper at Ploschad Pobedy.
It is possible to take quite a similar picture today,
except that a Tatra train on speed route 1 would be there
instead of this MTV+KTP train on route 7. [Michael Taplin, 01.1976] |
| 1301 |  | A washing machine installation
at the freshly-built Darnitsa depot, at
Novomoskovskaya (Usenko).
In the background are cheap five-storey buildings
of the Khruschev period, popularly known
as khruschevki. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1960's] |
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| 1304 |  | The Krasnaya (Kontraktovaya) Ploschad loop,
and a freshly-painted tram on route 13 is ready to take on
passengers. In front of it one can see the tail
of a new Tatra car. [Wolfgang Schreiner, 08.1973] |
| 1305 |  | A picture twice sad.
In the background is the Baikovo cemetery, on the left,
the babushkas selling flowers, as they still do...
and this car has little time left to run before its own funeral.
Two years later, no single passenger MTV car remained.
Today, resulting from the activity of a former Kiev mayor
with a mentality of a kolkhoz manager, there are no trams here at all. [Aare Olander, 05.03.1983] |