Cheryomushki tram

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Cheryomushki tram
71-88G 1 and 3 between Cheryomushki and the dam (2011)
71-88G 1 and 3 between Cheryomushki and the dam (2011)
Route of the Cheryomushki tram
Route length: 5.5 km
Gauge : 1524 mm ( Russian gauge )

The Cheryomushki tram has been connecting the urban-type Cheryomushki settlement in Khakassia ( Russia ) with the power plant of the Sayano-Shushensk reservoir since 1991 .

history

In the 1960s, the construction of the Sajano-Schuschensker reservoir began. To connect the construction site and to operate the aluminum works in Sayanogorsk , a railway line was built from Kamyshta on the Novokuznetsk - Abakan - Tayshet railway line (South Siberian Railway) to the newly built settlement of Cheryomushki and to the construction site of the dam on the east side of the Yenisei in Krasnoyarsky Krai . After the power plant went into operation in 1985, the railway line between Sayanogorsk and the dam became superfluous. This made it possible to plan the construction of a tram route , which was to continue to use the existing route in part.

From 1988 the rails on the railway line between the former station "Wtoroja Terrassa" and the center of Tscherjomuschki were removed and relocated to the sleepers of the tram tracks, as before in the Soviet broad gauge (1524 mm). The tram line was rebuilt from the town center in a south-westerly direction. The railway line that crossed the Yenisei was no longer used and closed, as was the line to Sayanogorsk.

The tram line was opened on February 25, 1991 and has a length of 5.5 kilometers. The Cheryomushki tram was the last newly built tram operation in the Soviet Union and is the youngest tram operation in Russia.

route

Between the final stop “Wtoroja Terrassa” and the center of Tscherjomuschki (stop “Zentralnaja”) the tram runs on the former railway line well away from the road and partly in the cut. The newly built section begins southwest of the “Zentralnaja” stop. Shortly behind it is the depot, which is right next to the line and consists of two sidings. In the further course to the power plant, the tram route is still southeast of the road. The “Memorialny kompleks” stop was only built after the route opened and is only served when required. There is a memorial for the construction of the dam and the power plant. This stop is the last one open to the public, behind it begins the factory premises of the power plant, where the “ORU-500” and “SŠGES” stops are located. Behind the final stop “SŠGES”, the track continues a little further to the dam, where the tram operator's workshop is located.

The route is single-track throughout. The terminal stops are also designed as simple track stumps without additional tracks. There is no evasion.

vehicles

As early as 1988, three type 71-88G railcars were purchased from the Petersburg Tramway Mechanical Works (PTMZ). This is a variant of type LM-68M in a bidirectional design. This was necessary because the route has no turning point. The tram service was opened with these railcars. In 1992 three more railcars of the same type were delivered. In 2014 all railcars were still in stock.

business

The tram is operated by the local RusHydro office together with the hydropower plant. Use of the tram in Cheryomushki is free. The tram runs every hour from Monday to Friday from around 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The travel time over the entire route is 15 minutes. Only one railcar is required for this during the day. A double traction is used in the morning and in the afternoon , in the morning two additional single multiple units operate in sections in the same timetable, so these journeys are not visible in the timetable.

photos

71-88G 6 at the final stop "Wtoroja Terrassa" (2011)
Double traction with 72-88G 3 and 1 at the "Zentralnaja" stop (2011)
71-88G 6 at the final stop "SŠGES" (2011)

Web links

Commons : Cheryomushki tram  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Железнодорожная линия Предзаводская - Саяногорск
  2. ^ Aare Olander: Tram atlas of the former Soviet Union. Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-926524-21-9 .
  3. ↑ Timetable posted on the tram (2011)
  4. ↑ Car inventory list on transphoto.ru
  5. ↑ Public transport timetable in the Sayanogorsk district