Ekaterinburg tram

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tram
Ekaterinburg tram
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Basic information
Country Russia
city Ekaterinburg
opening November 7, 1929
Infrastructure
Route length 81.9 km
Gauge 1524 mm
business
Lines 29
Network plan
A Tatra tram in Yekaterinburg

The Yekaterinburg Tram is a wide-gauge tram in the Russian city ​​of Yekaterinburg . It was opened on November 7, 1929.

Today the railway covers a network of 81.9 kilometers, on which 29 lines operate. The network is used almost exclusively by almost 400 Czech Tatra trams . In recent years, the railway has faced stiff competition from the metro , which opened in 1991, in addition to the trolleybus that has been in service since 1943 . Despite the expansion of the metro , no lines are planned to be discontinued.

See also: List of cities with trams

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