Volgograd Metrotram
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| Owner | Volgograd Municipality |
| Locale | Volgograd, Russia |
| Transit type | Light rail |
| Number of lines | 2 |
| Number of stations | 22 |
| Daily ridership | 136,000 |
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| Began operation | 5 November 1984 |
| Operator(s) | Metroelektrotrans |
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| System length | 17.3 km (10.7 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) |
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The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a light rail system operating in Volgograd, Russia. It consists of 22 stations on one line, paralleling the Volga River from the northern suburbs of Volgograd to its city core for a total length of 17.3 kilometres. Most of the Metrotram line shares a surface-level right of way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres, in a manner similar to that of the south leg of the C-Train system in Calgary, for example; five city center stations, on the other hand, were built underground in two sections (opened in 1984/2011), over a total length of 6.8 kilometres, meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian metro systems.
| Line | Route | Opening | Stations |
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| ST1 | Traktornyj Zavod (VGTZ) (Тракторный завод (ВГТЗ)) ↔ Ploshchad Chekistov (Площадь Чекистов) | 1984 | 19 |
| ST2 | Stadion Monolit (Стадион Монолит) ↔ Yel’shanka (Ельшанка) | 2011 | 15 |
The Volgograd Metrotram was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and had served 50 million passengers per year at the time the 2011 extension was opened.
Stations
List of stations north to south:
- Traktornyy Zavod (Tractor Factory)
- Khlebozavod (Bakery Works)
- Vodootstoy (Water-sediment)
- Bol’nitsa Il’icha (Ilich Hospital)
- Zavod "Barrikady" (Barrikady Factory)
- Tridtsat' Pervaya Shkola (31st School)
- Stadion Monolit (Monolith Stadium)
- Zavod "Krasnyy Oktyabr’" (Red October Steel Factory)
- Tridtsat' Devyataya Gvardeyskaya (39th Guards Rifle Division Street)
- Ploshchad’ Vozrozhdeniya (Revival Square)
- Dvorets Sporta (Sports Palace)
- Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Kurgan)
- Tsentral’nyy Stadion (Central Stadium)
- Tsentral’nyy Park Kul’tury i Otdykha (Central Rest and Culture Park)
- Yevropa (Europa City Mall)
- Ploshchad’ Lenina (Lenin Square)
- Komsomol’skaya (Komsomol street)
- Pionerskaya (Pioneers)
- Ploshchad’ Chekistov (Chekists Square)
- Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions)
- Teatr Yunogo Zritelya (Theatre for Young Spectators)
- Yel’shanka
Projected:
- Rayonnaya
- Sel'khozakademiya (Volgograd A&M Academy)
Approved:
- Tormosilovskaya
- Panfilovskaya
- Mikrorayon 231
- Universitet
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Volgograd Metrotram. |
- Volgograd at UrbanRail.net
- Volgograd metrotram 3D – interactive Web3D model of metrotram
- Volgograd Rapid Tram Underground – photos of the metrotram (with texts in Russian)
- Unofficial site – site in Russian
- Volgograd Metrotram Track Map – site in Russian
- Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions) station on YouTube video
- Teatr Yunogo Zritelya (Theatre for Young Spectators) station on YouTube video
