| Mingachevir trolleybus system | |
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| Operation | |
| Locale | Mingachevir, Azerbaijan |
| Open | 15 April 1989 |
| Close | 31 March 2006 |
| Status | Closed |
| Lines | 3 (max) |
| Infrastructure | |
| Stock | 17 (max) |
The Mingachevir trolleybus system was a system of trolleybuses forming part of the public transport arrangements in Mingachevir, the fourth most populous city in Azerbaijan, for about 15 years at the turn of the 21st century. [1]
The system was opened on 15 April 1989. At its height, it consisted of three lines. The only remaining line was closed on 31 March 2006. [1]
The three lines operating at the height of the system were as follows:
The Mingachevir trolleybus fleet comprised 17 vehicles of type ZiU-9. [1] As of 2009 [update] , part of the fleet was still in the depot.
Mingachevir is the fourth-largest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 106,000. It's often called the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which divides the city down the middle.
The Mingachevir Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Kura River just north of Mingachevir in Azerbaijan. It serves several purposes to include hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigation. The Mingachevir reservoir, behind the dam, supplies water to the Upper Qarabag and Upper Sirvan Channels which help irrigate about 1,000,000 ha of farmland in the country. Its six Francis turbine-generators were overhauled or replaced with 70 megawatts (94,000 hp) sets in 2000. Mingachevir reservoir has a storage capacity of 15.730 cubic kilometres (12,753,000 acre⋅ft), covering 605 km2 (234 sq mi). The length of the dam is 1,550 metres (5,090 ft), its width is 16 metres (52 ft) and height is 80 m (260 ft). It is the largest hydroelectric power station in the South Caucasus, is located over Kur river and not far from Mingachevir city.
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