Cronologia principalelor evenimente / Știri

Delivery of a new K1M tram with a low-floor segment of the floor. This tram replaces the all-high-floor K1 vehicle, illegally delivered earlier. Photo:
http://transphoto.ru/photo/883930/

The official "blue ribbon" ceremony with Córdoba's mayor Ramòn Mestre and the acceptance of the 7 new Russian trolleybuses, including the first commemorative departure from the Depot's gates took place on February 3rd. Revenue service with passengers started on February 5th. Due to low passenger carrying capacity the new trolleybuses are assigned to the Line C.
http://transphoto.ru/articles/4551/

According to the New York Times, the New York mayor Bill de Blasio announced the project to construct a 25,75 km-long tramway line by 2024. The line will be built via the eastern bank of the East River, connecting Brooklyn and Queens. Trams will operate in mixed traffic with speeds around 20 km/h. The project's cost is estimated at about 2,5 billion dollars. Link: http://goo.gl/La1uzK

The road safety commission considers possible dismantling the tramway tracks on the Pyatnitskiy railroad overpass leading to the Main Railroad Station. http://goo.gl/XgK4xF

Petition to save the tram line to the Main Railroad Station: https://goo.gl/dUvxJJ

Due to a partial collapse of the Sovetskaya Ulitsa railroad overpass, trolleybuses operate as far as the Dvorets Sporta Dinamo Stop only. Trolleybus traffic in the western part of the city is temporarily suspended.
http://transphoto.ru/photo/884485/
The overpass was in poor state of repair since the 1990s.

Открыта система скоростного трамвая.

According to the official statement by the city authorities, the trolleybus system in Vologda will be retained.

Delivered the first MAN SL 172 HO trolleybus, second hand from Solingen.

The trolleybus operation in Dzerzhinsk could cease on 29.01.2016 unless electric supply bills are paid off. The tramway operation in the city closed on 18.12.2015.

The trolleybus Line 8 Naugorskoe Shosse — Yuzhniy Pereulok suspended. Hence, trolleybus service via the long one-way loop line in the Zavokzalniy Posyolok area is no longer provided.

The Argentinian federal government ordered an exemption of import duties on the 7 new Russian trolleybuses, as this units meet a public service standard. The vehicles were locked for many months by customs formalities. The 5 Optima trolleybuses reached the TAMSE Depot, but are not allowed to operate in service. The 2 Megapolis trolleybuses are being held by the customs.

A mass optimization of the trolleybus operation is expected due to a dire financial situation. As of 01.02.2016 the Bezhetskoe Depot will be mothballed, with trolleybuses gradually transferred to the main A.V.Sidorov Depot. As of 01.03.2016 the Lines 10 & 10K will be suspended, while the Line 3 will be extended to the Gorbatova Ulitsa. The service on the Lines 3 & 12 will be reinforced at the expense of the Line 10.

A picket for the restoration of the tram traffic in the city was held near the city administration building. A TV spot on the tramway: https://goo.gl/ksmgcB
A petition for saving the tramway service in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine: http://goo.gl/Sc2Ut9

A head-on collision between two trains, which resulted in hospitalization of 57 people, mostly students on the way to school. Both train operators were also injured. It is suspected that a faulty switch caused the accident, by allowing two trains to run head-on via a single truck segment.
http://transphoto.ru/articles/4774/

The trolleybus operation is to close on 01.02.2016.
A petition to save trolleybuses in Vologda: http://goo.gl/TZvsM9

The Metro Station Rumyantsevo on the Sokolnicheskaya Line opens.

Jihlava has retired Skoda 21Tr trolleybuses. Note, that Jihlava was the last city in the former Czechoslovakia to operate 9Tr trolleybuses, and also the first city to retire 14Tr trolleybuses.

A tramway extension to the major apartment block development Fordon opens. Tram services revised.
http://transphoto.ru/photo/879922/

Opening of the rehabbed segment of tramway south of the Bécsi út Stop, along with the new segment between Batthyány tér & Margit híd.

Opening of a new trolleybus line to the Railway Station.
Route #6 will run along the line: KP KTTU — Ostrovskogo Street.
The route passes along the streets of Ostrovsky, Shkolnaya, Rosa Luxembourg, Gorky, Ordzhonikidze, Parkovaya and Kramatorsk Boulevard.

Sign the petition to support the electric transport and the environment https://goo.gl/pkji2z.

Two Mercedes-Benz O405GTZ trolleybuses 152 & 161 delivered second hand from Winterthur, Switzerland. The vehicles were bought using private funds. They will be prepped for revenue service at the Kramatorsk Heavy Machinery Factory.

The first tram of Electron Т5B64 type enters service.

50th anniversary of the Tbilisi metro.

Trolleybus service is running again with 35 cars. The amount of operating cars will be decreasing.

Trolleybus lines #6 and #7 were reorganized in the bus lines #42 and #43.

Closure of the Reißeckbahn funicular.

Trolleybus service stopped due to severe electricity supply shortages.

Trolleybus service suspended from 12/31/15 due to severe electricity supply shortages.

Following a lengthy renovation, the Vladivostok Funicular reopens.