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The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a 
The Volgograd metrotram normally use right-hand running, with left-hand traffic on the underground section between TRK Europa City Mall and Pionerskaya. This was done to enable unidirectional vehicles to use island platforms. On the new underground section between Pionerskaya and Yel'shanka, only bidirectional vehicles operate, with right-handed traffic and doors on both sides.
Planned stations:
* Novosibirskaya
* Agrarnyj Universitet (Agricultural University)
* Tormosilovskaya
* Panfilovskaya
* Kuporosnaya balka (Vitriol beams)
* Gosuniversitet (State University)
Volgograd at ''UrbanRail.net''Volgograd metrotram 3D
– interactive Web3D model of metrotram
Volgograd Rapid Tram Underground
– photos of the metrotram (with texts in Russian)
Unofficial site
– site in Russian
– site in Russian * video * video {{Trams in Russia Light rail in Russia Metrotram Rapid transit in Russia
light rail
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surface/subway line operating in Volgograd
Volgograd,. formerly Tsaritsyn. (1589–1925) and Stalingrad. (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. The city lies on the western bank of the Volga, covering an area of , with a population ...
, Russia. It was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and had served 50 million passengers per year at the time the 2011 extension was opened.
The line consists of 22 stations along the Volga River
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on a route from the northern suburbs of Volgograd to the city center, with a total length of . Most of the line shares a surface-level right of way with existing tram lines; this section spans a total of . A subway section in the south has five underground stations and an elevated station; this section opened in two stages in 1984 and 2011, and spans .
There are two routes, ST and ST-2. Before July 2018, ST-2 terminated at 'Stadion Monolit' station, while ST terminated at 'VGTZ'. In November 2020, ST route was suspended to enable renovation of the tracks and power lines.
The Volgograd metrotram normally use right-hand running, with left-hand traffic on the underground section between TRK Europa City Mall and Pionerskaya. This was done to enable unidirectional vehicles to use island platforms. On the new underground section between Pionerskaya and Yel'shanka, only bidirectional vehicles operate, with right-handed traffic and doors on both sides.
Stations
List of stations north to south: * Traktornyy Zavod (Tractor Factory) * Khlebozavod (Bakery Works) * Vodootstoy (Water-sediment) * Bol’nitsa Il’icha (Ilich Hospital) * Zavod "Barrikady" (Barrikady Factory) * Chetyrnadcataya Gimnaziya (Gymnasium No.14) * Stadion Monolit (Monolith Stadium) * Zavod "Krasnyy Oktyabr'" ( Red October Steel Factory) * Tridtsat' Devyataya Gvardeyskaya (39th Guards Rifle Division Street) * Ploshchad' Vozrozhdeniya (Revival Square) * Dvorets Sporta (Sports Palace) * Mamayev Kurgan (Mamayev Kurgan
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The formation is dominated by a memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stali ...
)
* Tsentral’nyy Stadion (Central Stadium)
* Tsentral’nyy Park Kul’tury i Otdykha (Central Rest and Culture Park)
* Yevropa (Europa City Mall)
* Ploshchad' Lenina (Lenin Square) - underground
* Komsomol’skaya (Komsomol
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street) - underground
* Pionerskaya (Pioneers) - elevated
** Ploshchad' Chekistov ( Chekists Square) - ST branch
* Profsoyuznaya (Labour Unions) - underground
* Teatr Yunogo Zritelya (Theatre for Young Spectators) - underground
* Yel’shanka - underground, ST-2 branch
Planned stations:
* Novosibirskaya
* Agrarnyj Universitet (Agricultural University)
* Tormosilovskaya
* Panfilovskaya
* Kuporosnaya balka (Vitriol beams)
* Gosuniversitet (State University)
References
External links
Volgograd at ''UrbanRail.net''
– interactive Web3D model of metrotram
Volgograd Rapid Tram Underground
– photos of the metrotram (with texts in Russian)
Unofficial site
– site in Russian
– site in Russian * video * video {{Trams in Russia Light rail in Russia Metrotram Rapid transit in Russia