Trams in Avdiivka

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Avdiivka tram system
Operation
Locale	Avdiivka, Ukraine
Open	August 23, 1965
Close	2015 and again in 2017 (after partial reopening)[1]
Status	Service suspended indefinitely
Routes	2
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Propulsion system(s)	520-537 volts
Depot(s)	1
Stock
Statistics
Route length	24

The Avdiivka tram opened August 23, 1965.^[1] Due to the ongoing War in Donbass the transport system has not operated since 2015 despite attempts to restart operations (the last such attempt was in 2017).^[1]

In 2010 it had 2 routes, 24.0 km and 25 rail cars.^[2] It used mainly multiple-unit tram consists, with an average of 3-4 cars per set.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

2012 Avdiivka tram ticket

The first section of the tram line opened August 23, 1965.^[1] It was opened to connect the city with the Avdiivka Coke Plant.^[1] Still in Ukraine no other tram line exists that was built to connect residential areas with a large industrial enterprise.^[1] The first stock used were the KTM/KTP-1 two-axle trams.^[1]

In 1969 and 1972 the line was further extended.^[1] In the early 1970s it was planned to extend the tram line to Donetsk, works to this end did start, but the project was never finished.^[1] In 1977 and 1978 the KTM-5 tram type replaced the KTM/KTP-1 type.^[1]

In 1986 the tram line was extended to the village Spartak, almost doubling the length of the line.^[1]

In 2003 tram traffic to Spartak was permanently suspended.^[1]

Destroyed section of rail in August 2015

Although Avdiivka was already suffering from the War in Donbass in June 2014 trams in Avdiivka continued to operate.^[1][3] After three trams were hit by artillery fire in January 2015 the tram line was completely dismantled.^[1] By late March 2015 tram traffic was completely stopped due to artillery bombardments and power failures.^[1] In 2016 a part of the tram line was reopened, but in January 2017 the tram line was permanently closed because of active fighting in Avdiivka.^[1] Currently the former tram line is served by a shuttle bus with the same number, "1".^[1]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tram transport in Avdiivka.

• "Avdiivka tram on the site "Gorelectrotrans»" (in Russian).
• Avdiivka tram on the site "Trams and trolleybuses in the countries of the former Soviet Union» (in Russian)