This Tram has Characteristics of a Soviet Metro System: Volgograd - Метротрам в Волгограде

Tram that acts like a subway in the city of Volgograd, Russia (formerly known as Stalingrad)

The Volgograd Metrotram (Skorostnoy Tramvay, ST) is a light rail system operating in Volgograd, Russia. It consists of 22 stations on one line, paralleling the Volga River from the northern suburbs of Volgograd to its city core for a total length of 17.3 kilometres (10.7 mi). The Volgograd Metrotram was inaugurated on 5 November 1984, and had served 50 million passengers per year at the time the 2011 extension was opened.

Most of the Metrotram line shares a surface-level right of way with a previously constructed railway line for 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi), in a manner similar to that of the south leg of the C-Train system in Calgary, for example. Five city center stations, on the other hand, were built underground in two sections (opened in 1984 and 2011), over a total length of 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi), meeting design standards consistent with existing Russian metro systems ~Wikitravel

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[Krasavellich]

An ordinary solution in the Soviet Union: if passenger traffic is big, but less than 1 million people live in the city, then a high-speed tram is being built instead of the metro. (Google Translate)

[CZpersi]

There is a significant potential for capacity upgrade - the stations are built in a way that could easily handle some of the longer tram models that are used in light-rail systems. Overdimensioning was a typical feature of Soviet urban planning, but outside the ideological push to make everything "big", it was also a way of "future proofing".

[jidenils]

I live here and I like it when those who have not been to Volgograd are so surprised by it)))

[V.Chinin]

Необычно как то, трамвай и под землей, как метро😁

[metrotren]

Me encanta mucho los metros 🚇 los trenes 🚊 y los tranvias 🚋🚋🚋 ambos estan muy chulos 😁👋👋👋

[transportvibes]

that is very interesting. a metro is not always necessary, but a tram that’s separated from the car tratfic is better for a not so large city.

[michasbahnwelten]

Klasse sehr schöne Bahn Unterhaltung Klasse Gruß Micha

[mentallyilldarkjeroid]

At least it allows you to easily step off the platform and dart into the tunnel and explore what it's like to walk through a subway tunnel. You can dart onto the rails and back on the platform in two seconds.

[JaapFilius]

This looks very good. When they would have the money to improve the condition of the tracks it would be even better.

[metropolitantransit]

May look a bit too old but still a good and convenient system in least populated cities with traffic when BRT lanes can be trespassed.

[simunpusec]

They should build something like this in Zagreb

[scottyerkes]

The city seems to have public transit up to date. Thanks Tim

[RS-bbmp]

It's basically a light rail sistem. Also the tracks seem not to be in the best condition.

[HRHolm-bizu]

Seems quite spartan in design and construction, but hey, if it does the job...better than no trams at all (as here in Chicago-land, Illinois, USA)

[edisonz]

Haven't you already uploaded a video about the Volgograd Metrotram?

[theodeman]

that tram tune is akso the train station tune in china or japan