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В рамках очередного 49-ого заседания Тульской городской Думы был представлен доклад об итогах общегородского голосования, состоявшегося 18 марта 2018 года.
За сохранение трамваев свой голос отдали 71,5%; против – 28,5% проголосовавших туляков.
Результаты голосования будут вынесены на обсуждение Штаба по стратегическому развитию Тулы.
https://myslo.ru/news/tula/2018-03-28-tu...j-v-gorode

2 new Solaris Urbino IV 12 Electric started service on route "84". The order includes 25 electric buses, that will be delivered before end of year.

В городе начались испытания электробуса с динамической подзарядкой ТролЗа-5265.02 "Мегаполис". Машина работает на 1-м маршруте с пассажирами.

The first Brookville Liberty streetcar has been delivered.

Dismantling of the trolleybus line to Lesopark.

Прибыла первая партия из 5 троллейбусов Тролза-5275.03 «Оптима». Согласно контракту, всего в Бишкек до конца лета должны доставить 37 троллейбусов данной модели.

The new segment of the Lyublinskaya — Dmitrovskaya Metro Line opens with 3 new stations: Okruzhnaya, Verkhnie Likhobory and Seligerskaya.

Minister of Public Works & Transport Abdelghani Zaalane inaugurates the cities first tram line. Construction of the 9·7 km route with 16 stops was undertaken by a consortium of Rover Alcisa, Elecnor & Assignia Infrestructuras under a €228m contract awarded in 2013. Cital has supplied 23 Citadis trams assembled at its factory in Annaba. Each 44 m long vehicle has capacity for 400 passengers.
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Поступил для испытаний с пассажирами электробус Volgabus СитиРитм-12Е (5270Е).

The tramway Line 2 opens between Zheleznodorozhniy Vokzal (the Main Railroad Station) and Siabskiy Bazar (the Siabskiy Market). The new line consists of 18 stops, and will be operated with 8 VarioLF cars on the 7 minute headway.

Stadler is to deliver 12 Metelitsa trams to Bolivia for the future Cochabamba Metropolitan Train system. The Bolivia's first new planned Light Rail network of 3 lines, 43 stations and 42 km. of tack should open by 2020. The project will cost $447 million.
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The interurban network operation was suspended in the mid-09.2017 due to the aftermath of the Hurricane Irma. As of 03.2018 the operation is not reinstated.

The first autonomous electric bus will operate for 3 months of testing.

Upon completion of the Vysokiy & Derevyanniy Bridges' rehab tramway operation through the 'island' to the Myaskombinat (Dyunnaya Ulitsa) is reinstated.

The first 5 of the batch of 14 trolleybuses delivered second-hand form Moscow are put into service. The rest of the vehicles will follow soon.

Solaris won the contract to deliver 80 new Trollino 18,75 MetroStyle trolleybuses with Kiepe Electric equipment. The Esslingen 504 was tested on Milan's Lines 90/91 this February — March.

TrolZa-5265.02 Megapolis trolleybus is delivered for presentation and testing.

2 new trams of the 71-623-03 type of the batch of 20 such trams are delivered to the Depot 5.

В автобусный парк R-1 "Woronicza" поступил первый автобус Solaris Urbino 12 IV Electric. Согласно договору поставки, в город должно прийти всего 50 автобусов данной модели.

Operations begin by the OOO TKK, a newly established private tramway carrier enterprise. 9 new Stadler B85600M trams will operate via the Line 8. No fares will be collected until the end of March. As the first stage of the project remains incomplete, trams turnaround 150 meters short of the transfer point to the Ladozhskaya Metro Station.

Tramway operation is suspended due to power supply limitations and hard weather conditions. The tramway depot property is put on the auction.

Italian government will provide 15 million euros to buy 3 new subway trains.

Italian government will provide 29,9 million euros for the Line 2 extension to Sesto Fiorentino-Polo Scientifico.

Italian government will provide 38 million euros to extend the Line 6 between Mostra — Arsenale — Campegna.

Two new trolleybus line segments open. The Lines 2 & 27 extend from the Pardubičky, točna terminal to Zámeček via Průmyslová Ulica (for a total of 900 meters). The Line 13 extends from the Polabiny, Sluneční terminal to Ohrazenice, točna via Bohdanečská Ulica and Semtínská Ulica (2100 meters).

The tram Lines 4 & 6 close. The Line 1 operating between Imanta — Yugla is rerouted via the Tsentralniy Rynok (the Central Market) in both directions. The tram Line 1 covers the entire former Lines 4 & 6. The trolleybus Line 20 closes. The new diesel bus Line 59 opens instead to serve the Tseletsentr branch. The trolleybus Line 24 closes. Selected trips of the trolleybus Line 19 operate to the Dzintars terminal instead.

The end of service of Škoda 15Tr trolleybuses, operated between 01.07.1989 — 03.03.2018.

The trolleybus Line 5 is cut back to the Zh.d. Vokzal (the Main Railroad Station) only. Hence the one-way loop line through Zavokzalniy Posyolok to the Yuzhniy Pereulok is no longer used in revenue service. The line that was operated for 33 years between 1985-2018 will most likely be dismantled in a few months.
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OCTA placed an order for 8 Siemens S700 vehicles, at a cost of $51.5 million.