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Volgograd (the former Stalingrad); pop. 1 million, in southern Russia, some 900 south of Moscow

EXPRESS TRAM (Skorostnoy Tramvay)

In 1984, a 13.5 km long light rail line was inaugurated running north - south, parallel to the river Volga, in order to relieve a very crowded suburban rail line. The original line, called Skorostnoy Tramvay (Express Tram) included a 3.3 km long tunnel section which was built to metro standards with two underground stations with island platforms. With the southern underground extension opened in Dec. 2011, the line is now 17.1 km with 22 stations. Trams used are of the TATRA KT8D5 and TATRA T3 type common in Eastern Europe.

05-11-1984: Traktorniy Zavod - Pionerskaya
29-12-2008: TRK Europa City Mall station added
01-12-2011: Pionerskaya - Yel'shanka

TRAM

- opened 1913
- 58 km (including express tram)
- 12 lines (lines 11 and 13 isolated from the rest of the network)
- 1524 mm gauge

Photo © Aare Olander 1992

Metroelektrotrans (Official Site)

Volgograd Metrotram at Wikipedia

Volgogradskie Tramvay at Wikipedia

Tramvay s maniey velichiya - A great page by Sturman

Volgograd Express Tram at Mir metro/Metroworld by Aksenov Dmitry

Volgogradskiy ST by Sergey Nechuguenko

Dmitry Zinoviev's Map

Volgograd Fast Tram Track Map

Metrotram Photo Gallery