502 102 |  | The long Route 23, from the downtown area to the suburb of
Svyatoshin, was, for a period of time, served by KTMs belonging
to the Shevchenko Depot. This train is leaving the outer terminus
of that route and heading east, along Brest-Litovsky Prospekt
and towards Bessarabka. An MTV-82 stands in the turning loop. [Raymond De Groote, Jr., 12.07.1959] |
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503 103 |  | That would be a risky shot if the car were moving...
Apart from the route sign, the color lenses, which were in use
in the 1950-60s and helped identify the route in darkness,
are clearly visible. [Lukyanovka Depot Museum] |
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506 106 |  | Trains of this type also served the first postwar trans-Dnieper route, 28,
from Podol to Darnitsa on the left bank.
The setting for this picture is likely the DShK
(Darnitsky Shelkovy Kombinat, or Darnitsa Silk Factory) terminus,
which still exists today, known as Metro Lesnaya. [Wolfgang Schreiner, 1959] |
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509 109 |  | A rear view of the trailer, on the same Route 28. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum] |
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510 110 |  | Before crossing the river, Route 28 ran on a long and almost straight
stretch along Naberezhnoe Shosse (Embankment Highway).
A glimpse of how this place looked before can still be caught
in the left part of the picture — a path through high grass.
The only other sign of civilization, apart from the tram line and
the roadway, is a truck with a trailer carrying a load of wood... [Raymond De Groote, Jr., 11.07.1959] |
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515 115 |  | Another central route served by KTM+KTP trains was Route 9.
When this picture was taken, it ran from from Podol via downtown
towards Zavod Dzerzhinskogo (nowadays Metro Lybedskaya); later
on, its southern terminus was changed to Stalinka (Demievka).
This picture is most probably taken at the depot.
Note the state emblem of the USSR on the side of the car. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1950's] |
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519 119 |  | The more "civilized" part of Naberezhnoe Shosse was its northern
piece, closer to Podol.
This picture is taken from an approach to the freshly-build
Peshehodny Most (Pedestrian Bridge).
On the horizon one can see the southern part of Podol,
with Rechnoy Vokzal (the river boat station) and the tall
building which is Brodsky's Mill, next to Pochtovaya Ploschad. [Raymond De Groote, Jr., 11.07.1959] |
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523 123 |  | The switch in the foreground is the old junction at Pochtovaya
Ploschad. The train is about to turn left (as it goes) and start the
Naberezhnoe Shosse portion of the journey on Route 28;
the line going straight leads to Vladimirsky Spusk (formerly
known as Aleksandrovsky Spusk), where electric trams first
started running in 1892. Nowadays, the single remaining line
is closer to the Dnieper (with respect to this picture,
much further right). [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1960's] |
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534 134 |  | The photographer's target here was, obviously, the brand-new
Skoda 8Tr trolleybus, but the tram just happened to be nearby.
The spot is the Ulitsa Kominterna, just short of Zhadanovskogo
(Zhilyanskaya). The trolleybus is about to proceed straight
towards Vokzal, whereas the tram will turn right to Ploschad
Pobedy and Brest-Litovsky Prospekt. [Wolfgang Schreiner, 06.1961] |
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546 146 |  | Route 10, from Vokzal to Stalinka (Demievka) was yet another
one to have seen the KTM+KTP trains.
This is probably at the old Shevchenko tram depot. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1950's] |
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553 153 |  | Saksaganskogo, between Kominterna and Tolstogo, Route 9 towards
Zavod Dzerzhinskogo. A whole string of trams is waiting behind...
This place looks almost the same nowadays, except, of course,
for the absence of the tram line. [Raymond De Groote, Jr., 12.07.1959] |
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559 159 |  | Route 9, Podol-bound, on Kominterna. This is just a few dozen
meters short of the spot where the 534 picture was taken (and
viewed from the opposite side of the street).
Again, all the buildings in the picture stand intact today. [Wolfgang Schreiner, 1960's] |
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5xx 1xx |  | Route 23 on Brest-Litovsky Prospekt. The train is about to
dive under the freshly-build viaduct under another pair of tram
tracks and a railway line (no longer existing). Nowadays,
the Beresteyskaya metro station is here, but the area is still
sometimes informally referred to as Zheleznodorozhnoye Peresechenie,
which means "railway crossing". [M. Selyuchenko, 1962] |
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5xx 1xx |  | Once again, route 23, on an S-curve that used to connect
what is presently the speed tram line, on Borschagovskaya, with
Brest-Litovsky Prospekt. The curve came into being in 1959, after a major
track realignment project in this area was completed, and existed
until 1978, when tram service on the eastern part of Brest-Litovsky Prospekt,
and Route 23 with it, were discontinued. [Kiev Electric Transportation Museum, 1960's] |
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