Trams in Odesa

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Odesa urban electric transport
Одеський міський електротранспорт
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A K1 tram in Arcadia, 2013
Operation
Locale Odesa, Ukraine
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+2732 in) Russian gauge
Electric tram era: since 1910
StatusOperational
Routes14 routes
Operator(s)OdesMiskElektrotrans KP [1]
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Depot(s)2 depots [2]
Track length (double) 196 km (121.8 mi) [3]
January–July 201974.543 million [4] Increase2.svg 12.2%
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Website www.oget.od.ua
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Tatra tram in Odesa

As of mid-2011, trams have been one of the primary modes of public transportation in Odesa, Ukraine. The city operates 13 regular tram routes and one rush hour route. Electric trams have served Odesa since 1910. [5]

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The tram network primarily runs along main streets from the city center, providing convenient connections to outer neighborhoods. As of early 2011, Odesa operated 210 Tatra T3 tramcars, 106 of which had been modernized. In 2006, the city began receiving К-1 tramcars manufactured by the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro, and Tatra-Yug trams are also produced there. Additionally, a heritage tram, the pseudo-Nivelles retro tram, was made from an MTV-82 tram.

Odesa's tram network is served by two depots: one near the railway station and another in the western part of the city, in Slobodka. A service tram depot near the Tovarnaja station used to house passenger service routes until 1996, but now only houses service trams.

As of November 2016, several lines along Preobrazhenska Street, Tiraspol Street, and Nizhyn Street were out of service due to ongoing construction of a new roundabout. The project involved excavation to a depth of one meter and the pouring of concrete slabs. Tracks were being fabricated on-site using straight rails, with work expected to take several more months. During this time, the track along Novoshepnoy Ryad Street was in poor condition, especially near the Privoz market. The asphalt road surface had deteriorated, and the pointwork at Preobrazhenska Street was also in disrepair, forcing trams and vehicles to travel at very slow speeds over the exposed rails.

By October 2018, the roundabout on Preobrazhenska Street was operational, allowing trams to travel in any direction. However, operational issues persisted, particularly with the tracks and pointwork in Novoshepnoy Street, which remained unchanged since 2016. In 2018, services along two routes ceased for extended periods on the same day due to the removal of turn-back facilities, which had previously allowed trams to continue partial service during breakdowns. The lack of cross-links to reroute trams in case of incidents, along with the continued use of single-ended trams, further exacerbated these issues. Unlike double-ended trams, which can reverse direction at shunts, single-ended trams require loops or turnouts to change direction.

On December 21, 2023, Odesa received the first of 13 Tatra-Yug K1T306 trams, ordered in December 2022. These new three-section trams are 26 meters long and feature a 100% low-floor design. [6]

Route network

No.TerminalsRemarks [7]
1Peresyp Bridge — "Centrolit" PlantServed by 7 trams. By 1997 operated as #9.
5Central Bus Station — ArcadiaOne of major routes. Served by 9 trams
6Peresyp Bridge — LuzanivkaShortcut version of route # 7 (rush hour time only). In run, starting with 9 AM, also used for "yard moves", when route number 1 comes in service out of Depot #2 (Slobidka Tram Depot)
7Paustovsky Street (Tavriya V) - LustdorfOne of major routes. Served by 28 -40 trams. Route " North - South".
10Yitzhak Rabin Street — Starosinna Square (Railway station)Served by 5-9 trams. By 2000 operated as #14.
11Starosinna Square (Railway station) — Alexeyevskaya PlazaIn 2008 it was severely trimmed. Served by 1-2 trams.
12Peresyp Bridge — Slobodka MarketInitially this route terminated at Peresyb Bridge, starting with June 1, 2011 was extended, following route cancelled 22.
13Shkolny housing estate — Starosinna Square (Railway station)One of major routes. Served by 3 trams
15Slobodka Market — Alexeyevskaya PlazaRemains unchanged since the moment of first run. Served by 5-6 trams
17Kulikovo Field — 11th station of Fountain RoadShort version of route #18. Served by 6 trams
20Peresyp Bridge — Khadzhibay FirthThis line is served by 2 trams.
21Zastava 2 railway station — Tiraspolskaya SquareServed by 2-3 trams
27Fishing Port — LustdorfServed by 2 trams.
28Shevchenko Park — Paster's StreetPassed along original porto franco line. Served by 4-6 trams

Additional routes

2nd station of Lustdorf Road- Tiraspolska Square.

2nd station of Lustdorf Road — Railway station

Temporary not in service

4 Arcadia — Peresyp Bridge. Closed in 2017.

18 Kulikovo Field — 16th station of Fountain Road. One of major routes. The route is temporarily closed due to repair on 16th station of Fountain Road

19 16th station of Fountain Road — Memorial of 411 Battery. Has a single track line. The route is temporarily closed due to repair on 16th station of Fountain Road

Closed routes and phantom routes (after 1990)

2 Peresyp Bridge — Railway Station

3 Peresyp Bridge — Lustdorf. Cancelled due to route 7 extension to Lustdorf.

4 Zastava 2 — Shevchenko Park

8 Luzanovka — Paustovskogo Street (Tavriya V)

9 "Centrolit" plant — Peresyp Bridge

14 Isaac Rabin Street — Railway Station

16 Kulikovo field - 6th station of Fountain Road

22 Slobodka market — Peresyp bridge

26 Starosinna Square (Railway station) — 11th station of Lustdorf Road. Operates occasionally as rush hour service.

29 Lustdorf — 11th station of Lustdorf Road For a long time, used to be what's now known as route 31.

30 Ivanovskiy Viaduct — Peresyp Bridge

31 Lustdorf — Railway Station. Used to be route 29. Since 2015 replaced by route 3. Cancelled.

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