Trams in Tashkent

Tashkent tramway network

Uzbek: Toshkent tramvayi

A Tatra T6B5 tram in Tashkent, 2009.

Operation
Locale| Tashkent, Uzbekistan
| Horsecar era: 1901 (1901)–1912 (1912)

Status  | Closed
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s) | Horses
| Electric tram era: 1912 (1912)–2016 (2016)

Status  | Closed
Routes  | 6
Operator(s)  | Ассоциация «Тошшахартрансхизмат»
(Association "Toshshahartranshizmat")
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
(1912–68)
1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
(since 1936)
Propulsion system(s) | electricity
Electrification | 550 V DC
Route length | 87.8 km
Website  | Ассоциации "TOSHSHAHARTRANSXIZMAT"
(in Russian)

The Tashkent tramway network (Uzbek: Toshkent tramvayi) formed part of the public transport system in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.

## History

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The network opened with horsecars in 1901. Since 1912 the system has been converted to electric tramway. As of its closing in 2016, the network consisted of six lines of 87.8 kilometres (54.6 mi) of route, a decline from the tram system's maximum of 24 lines.

Tashkent Mayor Rakhmonbek Usmonov announced on March 29, 2016, that the network would close by year's end in order to make way for more cars and thus aid in reducing congestions within the capital. City-owned operating company Tashgorpastrans also plans to sell the 30  KTM-19 and 20 Vario LF trams, which it acquired in 2007 and 2011, respectively.[1] The system was closed on May 2, 2016.

The plans are to restore the tram system by 2024. This will be done by the French company Alstom.[2] [needs update]

## See also

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* Trains portal
* Uzbekistan portal
* Tashkent portal

* Tashkent Metro
* List of town tramway systems in Asia
* Trolleybuses in Tashkent

## References

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1. ^ "Toshkent tram network to close". Railway Gazette International. DVV Media UK. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
2. ^ "Французская Alstom построит трамвайные линии в Ташкенте". Газета.uz (in Russian). 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-04.

## External links

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Media related to Trams in Tashkent at Wikimedia Commons

* Tashkent database / photo gallery and Tashkent tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
* Tashkent database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.

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Tashkent Metro|

| Operational|

* 1 Chilonzor Line
* 2 Oʻzbekiston Line
* 3 Yunusobod Line
* 4 Circle Line

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Construction|

* 5 Sirghali Line

Trams|

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Bus|

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