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A petition to re-instate tram service in Astrakhan:
https://www.change.org/p/%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0...ef=Default

Delivered a modernized tram 71-605, ex-Chelyabinsk.

Открыта станция "Перемога" ("Победа") Алексеевской линии, 30-я по счету станция Харьковского метрополитена http://gortransport.kharkov.ua/news/21891/

Trolleybuses of the TrolZa-5265.02 "Megapolis" type entered revenue service.

Expected to be bought 5 pieces used railcars model Tatra KT8D5 city of Miskolc (Hungary), Sofia and 1435 mm gauge until the end of 2016. They will replace the old trams Duewag GT8, serving the 23 lines.

The 85th anniversary of the Konstantinovka Tramway.
http://transphoto.org/photo/947842/

The "new" closing date for the entire trolleybus system is set as June 30th, 2017. Bids for dismantling of the entire overhead are announced.

The first Electron trolleybus entered revenue service on the Line 2.

Dismantling of the tramway line via Mazita Gafuri. The line was out of service since 2007.

Following a meeting between the governor of the Orenburg Region Yu. Berg and the mayor of Moscow S. Sobyanin, 12 second-hand trams will be delivered from Moscow to Orsk, and 10 trams will be delivered to Novotroitsk. All together 8 trams of 71-608KM type and 14 trams of LM-99AE type will be transferred.
http://ural56.ru/news/57/533071/

Dismantling of the tramway line to Zavid Polimerov.

The 4 km-long light rail line extension from Gar to Balıkçı opens.

Frontalzusammenstoß der Wagen Nr. 404 und 405 zwischen den Haltestellen Conconello und Banne, Straßenbahnbetrieb bis auf Weiteres eingestellt.

The first tram of the PESA 71-414К type entered revenue service.

Work began on a tramway extension to the Airport — the 11,5 million Euro project with 11.2017 target opening date.
http://rus.postimees.ee/3795091/v-tallin...ajeroporta

Троллейбусное движение полностью восстановлено. Линия 1 обслуживается троллейбусами "Bredabus" (восстановлены номера 805, 806, 807, 808, в процессе восстановления номера 809, 811, 813). Линия 3 обслуживается троллейбусами "Solaris Trollino".

Dismantling of trolleybus overhead began on Gagarina Ulitsa.

Dismantling of the entire overhead network began at the end of July, 2016.

An open contest for redevelopment of the former tramway depot site.
http://m.365info.kz/2016/08/vo-chto-prev...ti-almaty/

Tram cars of the 71-608KM type retired.

The BTZ trolleybuses was decomissioned.

В августе 2016 г. после 9 лет эксплуатации троллейбусное движение в Мериде (Венесуэла) прекращено. Сообщается, что закрытию предшествовали кражи контактной сети, в настоящее время перевозки переведены на обслуживание автобусами.

Trolleybuses and trams previously used in Bratislava for sale:
https://imhd.sk/ba/doc/sk/15650/Dopravny...elektricky

http://www.dpb.sk/predaj-trolejbusov-a-elektriciek/

Metro Rio Line 4 began special olympics operations. During the Olympic games the line will be accessible only to ticket holders. After the Olympics the line will operate only between 11 AM and 4 PM through December 2016. It is expected to fully open at the beginning of January 2017, when it will be integrated into line 1.

Incheon light Metro Line 2 opens from Geomdan Oryu station to Unyeon station. The line has 27 stations and is 29.2km long

The new Tver-built tram 71-931M Vityaz delivered to the Depot 5 for testing. The new tram will be tested on the Light Rail ('Speed Tramway') Line.

Ex-Moscow 71-608KM trams 102,103,105 entered service on the Line 5.

Erste offizielle Fahrt des angefertigten Obus-Nachbaus TMG 1907 anlässlich des 100. Jubiläums der Stilllegung der Obuslinie zwischen Gmünd und Gmünd Bahnhof (České Velenice) im Jahre 1916: Informationen.

Delivered the first of the seven ex-Arnhem Berkhof Premier AT18 trolleybuses (№5213).

Two RVZ-6M2 trams delivered from Kazan. Following a rehab, one tram will become a museum car, while another will be available for charters.