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Трамвайно-ремонтный завод Скоростного трамвая выпустил первый двусторонний вагон на базе 71-605, получивший бортовой номер 66.

The new tramway network with 4 lines opens:
http://www.comune.palermo.it/noticext.php?cat=1&id=8893

International Association of Urban Electric Transport Enterprises prepared a petition to President Putin of the Russian Federation on development strategies to improve the electric transport in Russia.

The first TrolZa 5275.03 Optima trolleybus delivered. The vehicle was purchased to commemorate the 55th anniversary of Voronezh trolleybuses.

A new trolleybus extension to the Kuznechiki apartment block development opens. The loop Line 1 is rerouted to serve the new extension, and will operate as follows: Podolsk RR Station — Yubileynaya Ploschad — Mikrorayon Kuznechiki (Akademika Dollezhalya Ulitsa) — Podolsk RR Station.

The following trolleybus services were suspended in 2015:
6 ZhD Vokzal — GorMash suspended as of 13.12.2015; 7 Aeroport — BGTU im. Shukhova suspended as of 12.2015; 10 Energomash — BVK suspended as of 09.2015

The Video Catalog rules have been published.

The first 3 out 8 Bogdan T70117 trolleybuses delivered.

The Technopark Metro Station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line opens.

Huaian Modern Tram opens, with 23 stations over 20.7 km.

The tram operation in Dzerzhinsk terminated on December 18, 2015. Rolling stock will be disposed of, while tracks and overhead will be dismantled. We ask EVERYONE CONCERNED with the fate of trams to sign the following petition to save the Dzerzhinsk tramway:
https://goo.gl/f8zkOY
Also you can write another adresses, instruction is here https://vk.com/topic-21256623_33315390
Every vote counts!

A rally Against Closure of the Dzerzhinsk Tramway on 19.12 at Lenin Square:
http://transphoto.ru/articles/4728/

Organized collection of signatures under the petition for the preservation of trolleybuses in Vologda:

Троллейбус в Вологде должен быть сохранён!

A new trolleybus line opens via Lyudviga Svobody Prospect and Pobedy Prospect, to the tramway loop at the end of Pobedy Prospect. The Lines 2 & 40 extended: http://gortransport.kharkov.ua/news/20746/

Starting from January 1st, trolleybus Lines 5, 9, 10, 11, 15, 23 & 57k will be suspended. The service on the Lines 4, 13 & 14 will be cut back. Eight routes will remain in service — the Lines 2, 4, 7, 13, 14, 18, 21 & 57. The Line 57 will be rerouted via Komsomolskaya Ulitsa and Mira Ulitsa instead of Banykina Ulitsa. Hence, the Banykina Ulitsa line, and many lines bordering the AvtoVAZ car factory, will no longer have revenue service. http://goo.gl/9QvX5H

An agreement was reached for a delivery of 21 second hand Tatra T3 trams from Prague to Mariupol free of charge. Upon a transfer to Ukraine cars' wheelbases will be replaced either in Kharkov or Dnepropetrovsk. It is expected that Tatra cars will enter regular service in the spring of 2016.

Die Bestellung der DT5-Wagen wurde auf insgesamt 107 Fahrzeuge erhöht.
https://twitter.com/hochbahn/status/679598190115569664

Delivered 6 Moderus Beta MF 19 AC manufactured by Modertrans Poznań.

Beginning of construction of a Siemens tram factory in Gebze, Turkey. Tram production will start in 2018.

The tramway system opens.

The Line 3 Zapadaniy Avtovokzal — Vishenka — Elektroset opens. The service will be operated with 4 trains on weekdays, 3 trains on weekends and holidays. Trams will operate every 15-18 min.

Delivery of K1M tram.

http://transphoto.ru/vehicle/374770/#n446503

The Dzerzhinsk tramway is closed. The last trip via the Line 4 was operated by the car 052 "Our Home Town", former Ivanovo 319, which pulled into the Depot 2 at 23:17.

http://transphoto.ru/photo/869205/

В троллейбусное депо №3 прибыл троллейбус БКМ-321. В депо №3 также прибыл на испытания троллейбус ТВЗ-6281 «Адмирал».

BKM-321 trolleybus delivered to the Depot 3. In addition, TVZ-6281 Admiral trolleybus delivered to the Depot 3 for testing.

http://transphoto.ru/photo/868920/

The first 12km long subway line is opened.

Официально объявлено об окончании строительства нового моста и трамвайной линии на другой берег Дуная. Последний раз новая трамвайная линия была построена 26 лет назад, трамвайное движение на другой берег Дуная будет запущено в следующем году после 55 летнего перерыва.

The trolleybus Depot 2 is officially closed.

The Governer of the Kaluga Region Anatoliy Artamonov expressed a need to gradually phase out trolleybuses.

Открылся участок северо-западного межгородского туннеля скоростного трамвая от станции Severinstraße через Bonner Wall до Schönhauser Straße. Участок будет работать по маршруту трамвая №17:
http://www.ksta.de/koeln/das-sind-die-neuen-haltestellen-der-kvb-linie-17-sote,15187530,32457226.html

Section of north-south cross-city tunnel was opened from Severinstraße via Bonner Wall to Schönhauser Straße. The section is part of tram line 17

The city counsel decided to temporary close tramway operation. The official reason — construction work on the Severniy railroad viaduct. The city's last remaining tram Line 4 Santurinovka — Molokozavod passes under the viaduct.

Opening of the new 1,5 km. tram line via Berliner Allee to Messe. The Route 4 Zähringen, Gundelfinger Straße — Messe introduced.