Chronology Of Main Events / News

Final day of Tatra operation in Berlin. After 45 years in service the last KT4DM were withdrawn from regular service. Therefore, all tram service in Berlin is now provided by low-floor trams.

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/20...ne.html

Jangchon — Songdowon trolleybus line opens.
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After 13 years and 8 months, service in Route 801 has been resumed, service is operated with a 22 minutes frequency with one Pullman and one NAW during quarantine, it is expected to increase frequency to 10 minutes when sanitary situation improves. Route 801 connects the Av. Argentina terminus vía Pedro Montt Avenue (city's main street) and join the route 802 at Plaza Victoria till Aduana, both shares the route again till Plaza Victoria, where 801 detours to Pedro Montt Ave. till Avenida Argentina Terminus. Transit time are 18/25 minutes.

Two sets of trolleybus motor-trailer operated on Line 7 for the last time, marking the end of trolleybus train operation worldwide. Hess APM 925 trailer was the last such vehicle in operation:
https://transphoto.org/vehicle/194696/?h...lang=en

Аround 10.30 p.m Mexico City rail overpass collapses onto road. Two train carriages precariously hung from the damaged overpass. At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/m...-05-04/

По состоянию на конец апреля из Москвы в Саратов были переданы на безвозмездной основе 30 трамваев, из них 29 вагонов модели МТТА и 1 — МТТЕ.

Получены первые 2 из 14 заказанных электробусов малой вместимости Universal 907 OPP на базе Mercedes Benz Sprinter.

A new trolleybus model BKM-321 has arrived from the Belarusian manufacturer.

Trolleybus Park 2 has received the city's first 43300D trolleybus.

After a five-year break, trolleybus route number 6 will start operating on April 26.
The route runs according to the following scheme: Railway station Almaty-2 — Abylai Khan Avenue — Abai Avenue — Seyfullin Avenue — Satpaeva Street — Shepetkova Street — Shalyapin Street — Momyshuly Street — mkrt. "Aksai-3. In the opposite direction: Mkrn. "Aksai-3" — Tole Bi Street — Sain Street — Zhandosova Street — Satpaeva Street — Seyfullina Avenue — Abai Avenue — Abylai Khan Avenue — Railway Station Almaty-2.
On weekdays there will be 12 units on the route and 8 on the weekends.

The first Green Line of the Taichung MRT (Mass Rail Transit) automated metro opens. The elevated line is 16,7 km-long and has 18 stations. The line is operated with 36 two-car units by Kawasaki/TRSC.

The second section of the third metro line from Krasnoye Selo station to Gorna Banya station was opened. At the same time, the Gorna Banya stop on railway line No. 5 was opened.

A trolleybus line along Yuzhnaya Street was opened. The route network has been changed: trolleybuses of trolleybus route No. 7 will follow Lenin Avenue, Yuzhnaya Street, Dzerzhinskogo Street and Kunikova Street in the southern part of the city from April 25, trolleybuses of trolleybus route No. 14 will follow the opposite direction.

The metro line has been extended from Lingotto to Bengasi. The new section is 1,7 km long.

Trolleybus route #6 has been opened.

A unique project "Theatrical trolleybus" starts in Saratov. The enterprise MUPP "Saratovgorelectrotrans" has allocated trolleybus No. 2258 to re-equip it for the necessary stage conditions and decorate with decorations both inside and outside.
For residents of the city today at 18:30 the premiere of the play "Three Sisters" based on the play by A.P. Chekhov. The trolleybus will be used not only by professional actors, but also by actors from amateur and student theaters. The spectators will board at the Ploschad Ordzhonikidze stop, then the trolleybus will proceed to the railway station along route 15 and back. The duration of the performance is 80 minutes.

More information about the project: https://smog-mag.ru/theatre-in-trolleybus , https://www.instagram.com/theatrical_trolleybus/ .

The new tram line T9 — Porte de Choisy — Orly Gaston Viens is put into service. The length of the line is 10.3 km.

From April 10, the movement of trams on routes No. 3 and No. 1/3 will be temporarily suspended. MUP "TTU" will start repair work.

Начало внедрения валидаторов для бескондукторной оплаты проезда в скоростном трамвае (вагоны 15, 60, 85 и 87). К концу 2023 года эксперимент был признан неудачным из-за существенного увеличения времени посадки пассажиров в пиковое время.

A new trolleybus route No. 50, "Freedom Square — Pyatikhatki", was opened. There are trolleybuses with increased autonomous running on the route. More details: https://gortransport.kharkov.ua/news/26601/

Completed delivery of BKM-32100D trolleybuses under a contract for 100 units, with a six-month delay. The last 16 trolleybuses arrived.

The trams and shop equipment are being sold to the Soller, Spain tramway. The heritage tramway line operated in La Coruña between 10.05.1997-02.07.2011.

Beginning of comprehensive 2-year reconstruction project which will involve periodic suspension of tram service and bus substitutions.

The Narodnoe Opolchenie and Mnevniki metro stations of the Big Circle Line [11] were opened.

The route 24 "AC-2 — Kievskaya Street" was launched. Part of the route trolleybuses run autonomously. On weekdays, the route is served by 11 trolleybuses, on weekends and holidays — 9.

The delivery of UTTZ-6241.01 "Citizen" trolleybuses with increased autonomous running under the contract for 16 units has been completed.

На троллейбусный маршрут № 2 вышел первый БКМ-32100D.

Движение автобусов и другого общественного транспорта через Ивановский мост прекращено из-за его неудовлетворительного конструктивного состояния.

Троллейбусный маршрут № 12 сокращён до временного кольца на перекрёстке улиц Святослава Рихтера и Аэропорт Центральный.
Троллейбусный маршрут № 14 направлен на конечную станцию «Застава І» — таким образом, значительная его часть совпадает с маршрутом № 3.

Poslední den pravidelného provozu vozů Škoda 03T Astra s vozy č. 301 a 303 na lince 1 • Last day of regular operation of the Škoda 03T Astra tram cars with vehicles No. 301 and 303 on line 1.

TMK-2300LТ trams enter revenue service.
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